[NU Sports] Tipping Point Near ?

[Michael Vance]

The "Priority Point" system is a form of PSL, it just incorporates and 
emphasizes a loyalty bonus (consecutive years of giving and consecutive 
years as a season ticket holder) in addition to a flat-out "How much did 
you give this year?" But compared to other Big Ten stadiums, it's pretty 
easy to get up to the point of getting good seats.  It only took us 
eight years of donating $100 each year (the minimum for the "consecutive 
years" points) to get 50-yard-line seats on the east side.

-Michael

Mark Ament wrote:
> And since when did you think they haven't already done PSLs? Most of 
> the "bigger" programs have instituted a variation of the PSL by 
> forcing season ticket holders to "donate" to the school's athletic 
> fund in order to buy season tickets;  the better the seats, the higher 
> the donation.  It's not called a PSL for the simple reason that as 
> long as it's styled as a donation to the athletic department, it's 
> stilled 80% deductible.  I would imagine, although I don't know this 
> for sure, that even NU has this in place for some seats.
> Mark
>
> Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal) wrote:
>> Dennis (and everyone),
>>  I don't dispute for a second your conclusion that it would be sad.
>>  But do I think it's inevitable?
>>  Yes.
>>  And as I say, I don't understand why someone hasn't thought of it
>> already. Bluntly, it's a function of supply and demand.  From where I 
>> sit, it's inevitable that colleges will take up the idea
>> of making fans pay for PSLs -- personal seat licenses -- like the NFL
>> teams do. That's a fee you pay just for the right to buy season tickets.
>>  Club seats and other "premium" seating "innovations" are inevitable,
>> too.
>>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
>> On Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:08 AM
>> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
>> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Tipping Point Near ?
>>
>>  
>>>  say, Celine Dion or Cirque du Soleil are sold in Vegas.
>>> You wanna go? OK, it's $250/seat between the 40-yard-lines.
>>> Field-level? $450. Or whatever.
>>>     
>>
>> Alan, the day that happens will be a sad one for American sports.  It's
>> already gone that way in pro sports where the number of businesses
>> owning season tickets shuts out most fans from good seats.  I personally
>> would not pay $250 for any Las Vegas attraction whoever it may be, but
>> there is a major difference here.  Most people go to Las Vegas
>> occasionally or only once.  Ergo, they are more willing to pay inflated
>> prices because it's a once-and-done vacation event.  College football
>> games are another matter. Most people sitting in the stands got in on 
>> a season or a student
>> ticket. Few are there on a once-and-done vacation.  They're 
>> regulars.  What's
>> next? Making the students pay the same price as everyone else?
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