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

[Bill Bender]

You make some valid points.  In fact, you just convinced me to donate 4 tix (same as my season allotment), in addition to the one I will occupy at the game. 

At the very least it's good karma, writeoff or not.

BB

--- On Tue, 12/22/09, mlinhardt at netzero.com <mlinhardt at netzero.com> wrote:

> From: mlinhardt at netzero.com <mlinhardt at netzero.com>
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU Needs your help - pass the word
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Cc: Maureen.Linhardt at plexus.com
> Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 10:29 AM
> I have heard we have 20K season
> ticket holders.
> 
> We all should realize the best bowl tickets don't go to the
> schools they go to the sponsors.  Economics 101.
> 
> If you want good bowl seats buy your tickets via scalpers,
> but donate your season ticket seats.  If you can afford
> to go to the bowl you can afford to donate between
> $70-$280(1 - 4 tickets).
> 
> Yes, I understand there are people unemployed and that is
> why I don't expect every single season ticket holder to buy
> their allotment, but if you hold season tickets and are
> going to the bowl you dang well should buy from NU's
> allottment.  
> 
> If you are attending the bowl and don't have season tickets
> you should buy from NU's allotment, otherwise the next bowl
> might not be in a desirable area for yourself.
> 
> Anybody who does not buy their tickets from NU should think
> twice before complaining about anything bowl related,
> because IMO it would be hypocritical.
> 
> Big-time athletics are an expensive business and beyond TV
> contracts it is funded by donations(Gridiron Network, Fast
> Break Club, Wildcat Fund, etc.) and ticket sales, which are
> entirely up to us(Northwestern community)!
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>
> 
> > I can understand non-alumni season ticket holders not
> > buying their allotment, but if you are alumni buy at
> least
> > your season ticket seat quantity.  This would be a
> lot
> > more than 11K.
> 
> How many season ticket holders do you think there are? I
> would have to imagine the number isn't much bigger than 11k.
> 
> 
> And, while many of our season ticket holders are probably
> retired and/or financially secure, I'll bet more than a few
> our out of work right now. Based on the number of extremely
> bright, skilled, and experienced folks I know who are out of
> work, it could be well more than a few. I expect bowl
> attendance this year is going to be pretty crappy relative
> to "normal" years. 
> 
> As for the bowl seat locations, that is always a problem.
> The school allotments almost always seem to be in the worst
> locations. It's why I bough tickets directly from the Alamo
> bowl rather than through NU back in 2000. I don't like the
> idea of spending a significant portion of my annual vacation
> budget on a bowl game only to end up relegated to crappy
> seats.
> 
> That said, if we had been able to go this year, I probably
> would have bought tickets through NU because I derive a lot
> of enjoyment from watching our team play and want the
> players and coaches to continue to have opportunities like
> this. But if the seats were crappy, I'd be complaining about
> it.
> 
> It's certainly not NU's fault. If anything, it's the Big
> Ten that needs to negotiate better deals. Not gonna happen
> though. The key is not to delude yourself over why these
> bowls exist and how they operate. It's all about money for
> most of the folks involved. 
> 
> So I'm not comfortable criticizing anyone who buys better
> and/or cheaper seats elsewhere. It's not like this is about
> immunizing children or feeding the hungry. It's a very
> commercial operation, and I can't argue with anyone who
> treats it as such. 
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
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