[NU Sports] NU & Bowl Tickets

[Jintsjason]

Great post. Just so you know, there is a button just for donating.  
used if this morning. Safe travels, Jim.

Jason Singer
jason at jasonsinger.com

On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Fellow Wildcat Faithful,
>
> I am waiting on my first paycheck in Korea, but I plan to donate two  
> bowl tickets.
>
> With respect to not selling the 11,000 allotment, I am disappointed  
> that NU isn't more creative. I don't think they do much to educate  
> season ticket holders on the importance of buying through NU. But  
> beyond that, there are two things I can think of to make NU's goal  
> easier.
>
> 1) Improve the donating process. I donated 4 Alamo Bowl tickets last  
> year to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of San Antonio, but I had to do the  
> legwork myself. I received the tickets in Nashville, then mailed  
> them overnight to San Antonio and received a tax deduction letter  
> from BBBS.
>
> NU should step in and make this easier.On the NU bowl ticket website  
> there should be a button that says 'Click here to Donate' and then  
> 4-5 tax deductible options. Perhaps, BBBS, USO, Red Cross (I really  
> don't care which groups). Then when you purchase the tickets, NU  
> sends them directly to the organization and the organization gets  
> your information so that they can send you the tax deduction letter.
>
> I emailed NU Athletics about this last year and never heard back.
>
> 2) Waive the $8 per ticket fee on donated tickets. If NU is  
> ultimimately going to have to buy 4,000+ tickets then this is a  
> small sacrifice to generate more sales.
>
> Merry Christmas to you all.
>
> Victory & Honor,
> Jim
>
>
>
>
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