[NU Sports] NU Needs your help - pass the word

[Beamsley, Jeff]

I understand the frustration about being complicit in this bowl game
con.

The bottom line, however, is that the con works and that's why there are
so many bowl games.

Our part in this scheme is to buy up all the least desirable seats as a
means to demonstrate that our school has strong fan and alum support.

This is how it works at EVERY bowl game (NU and otherwise) that I've
been to.

The promise is if we DO buy up all the Outback end zone seats at
inflated prices, and our football team continues to do well on the
field, we will earn the privilege to buy end zone seats somewhere again
next year.

Unless something changes at the last minute, I won't be able to attend
this year because we are trying to get some new financing in place
before the end of the year.  I still bought some tickets for donation
even though it does perpetuate this strange system.

Jeff


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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
On Behalf Of dpenderg at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:15 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU Needs your help - pass the word


 
But a great many NU fans are not among the sponsors/corporations and
have  
gone commercial to get good seats. I am sorry not to be among them.   
Athletic Dept perhaps should be a little more honest since they
presumably knew the allotment would be in the end zone but played the
loyalty harp to sell them.  I agree that Outback Bowl is at fault as
well  when they want bowl team supporters to make the costly travel
commitment to come  and spend big bucks locally and then are relegated
to end zone seats.  We  expect this to happen when we travel to Iowa
City or State College, but the  bowls really could do better.  And NU
should be more open about what they  have been given and it is indeed
"the best they can get" by their own admission. 
 
 
In a message dated 12/22/2009 9:46:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
mzilka at sbcglobal.net writes:

I understand completely - but do not blame this on NU.  This  has
nothing to do with "is this the best they can get".
 
If you want to blame and complain, then do so to the Outback Bowl not
NU.
 
Outback is a huge corporate event and every decent seat  is pre-sold to
sponsors and corporations or Outback Bowl season ticket  holders.  
There are several events including the luncheon which are invite only --
all sponsors, no real fans.
 
 



 
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 From: "DPENDERG at aol.com"  <DPENDERG at aol.com>
To:  nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent:  Tue, December 22, 2009 7:57:09 AM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU Needs your  help - pass the word


I must say that my concern about  selling the NU allotment is undermined
by 
 
realization that my  tickets are in the corner end zone (Section 120).
For 
 
a 30+  year season ticket holder.  Can't NU do better than that?    No  
wonder so many NU fans have gone to commercial sources, which I will do
next time.  No wonder the Athletic Dept is having trouble  selling its
allotment, but they have no one to blame themselves if  the end zone is
the best  they can offer.  


In a  message dated 12/21/2009 8:29:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
_mzilka at sbcglobal.net_ (mailto:mzilka at sbcglobal.net)   writes:


________________________________

NU still has  several  thousand Outback Bowl tickets from their
allotment that have  not been  sold. But I know there will be lots of
purple in the stands  because of seats  bought on StubHub etc.

I know many of you on  this list are going  to the game --but if you are
not, and have the  capability to do so, please  order a ticket and have
it donated to a  student or a member of the armed  forces.

_www.nusports.com_ (http://www.nusports.com/)   and click donate
ticket

And please pass this along to other fans you   know

This is really important for future consideration of  bowl  games
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