to add to the rant.....

...and doesn't all the money I've spent on UMaine hockey tickets over the years count toward my donation total????

I also felt that it sounded a bit like extortion.

-Holly

> Did we all donate our 10K to the athletic department
> this year to get the opportunity to see our Bears play
> in the finals?  I think that it is great to increase
> revenue and donations to the athletic department, but
> come on Nero!!!  This "if you want to get tickets,
> there is still time to open your check book" is
> absurd.  I love the use of words like "increase the
> probability" you hear no guarantee from the
> University.  I am completely supportive of the efforts
> to build the Shawn Walsh Hockey Center, however isn't
> this a form of scalping?  Per the release, the
> University has harsh penatlies for scalpers...  I mean
> seriously, if myself, Deron, and Acheson met Patrick
> Nero with our checkbooks outside of the Fleet and he
> gave a set of tix to the largest donor to the
> University it is the exact same thing as scalping!
> The tickets have a face value of what $45? You need to
> donate AT LEAST 10K to have a chance at them.  That is
> a fantastic markup!!  I can buy tickets online on eBay

> for less that a 10K donation to the University.
> Anyone else soured by this?
>
> P.S. Does anyone know if tuition dollars count towards
> donations?
>
>
> --- Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Donors to the athletic department at or above
> > $10,000 annually
>
>
> > If fans would like to increase their chances at
> > tickets for this year’s
> > Frozen Four the Black Bear Club and Shawn Walsh
> > Hockey Center will be
> > accepting gifts, which are non-refundable, and will
> > increase the
> > probability of securing tickets for the Tournament.
> >
> >
>
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> Matthew R. Dewkett
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