[NU Sports] Tipping Point Near ?

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> $60 for the game at Ohio State.  Made me wonder if
> the game might (someday) price itself out of reach
> of many of its fans.  A columnist in Columbus seemed
> to have similar thoughts:

Excellent points, Chuck.

Another thing to consider ... with the new 12th game,
many teams have 7 or 8 home games, making season
tickets more expensive this year than when there were
5 or 6. I'll admit that this year was a tough call on
the season tix, knowing that I really didn't think I'd
make it back for all those early non-Big Ten games.

Granted, NU fans don't really have anything to
complain about compared with fans in Columbus, Ann
Arbor or State College. But then again, these places
have demand and could sell 200,000 tickets to some
games. Does NU really need to be hiking prices --
especially for September games that don't fill half
the stadium anyway?

You mentioned the game sponsors in the Big XII, it'll
be interesting to see how the new Big Ten Network
(can't wait, btw!!!) factors in. Now that I'll pretty
much be able to see the Cats in Arizona every week,
will paying for 7-8 games a year (especially 3-4
against the likes of NIU, Northeastern and EMU or so)
really be worth it?

It'd be a shame if the average fan became phased out
of the college game. It's bad enough that luxury
boxes, Wrigley Yuppies and seat licenses have made pro
games out of reach for many. They have the bowl games
already - can't they leave the regular season to the
rest of us true fans? Ugh!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!

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