Sorry- I missed this post when I replied.

In short, GREAT POINT!


--- Dan Doucette <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> OK...where's the "leadership" when the tickets in
> question are HOCKEY
> tickets, and the buyer ends up getting squeakball
> tickets in the bundle.
> Nero's response was heavily weighted with an
> explanation of capacity and
> demand for the hockey tickets, and that seemed
> reasonable, but not the
> explanation of why hockey tickets were bundled.  The
> questioner didn't ask
> about hockey ticket distribution -- she asked why
> she got BASKETBALL tickets
>  in the package.
>
> My beef is not with our University's right to
> exploit ticket demand for
> certain hockey contests, it is with the bundling of
> those tickets with
> extraneous sporting contests.
>
> If I were the Maine women's hockey coach I would be
> very, very upset that
> the AD slapped my program in the face by not
> offering at least one women's
> hockey game in the "rivals" bundle.  One should
> think that if you are
> desirous of watching hockey, you'd be favorably
> inclined to watch....more
> hockey ?
>
> And for those that say it was announced as an
> opportunity to watch "rivals",
> why not offer tickets to see other UMaine winter
> sports: swimming and
> diving, perhaps ?  I mean, if the University
> surmises you want to watch your
> alma matter in athletic competitions against the
> fearsome New Hampshire
> squad, wouldn't you want to see Maine have a chance
> to beat them
> elsewhere...in the pool, perhaps.  Hey, wait a
> minute...isn't ice water that
> is frozen ?
>
> In a serious moment: to hockey fans stuck with what
> they think are useless
> squeakball tickets...please do not trash them.
> Instead, consider donating
> them to your local school or to a community
> organization helping the needy
> or handicapped. They certainly will have value to
> clients in those
> organizations and should result in a person in the
> seat, rather than a
> putting up a no-show.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 02:05 EST, Wayne T. Smith wrote:
>
> >
> >   I think it's another example of Patrick Nero
> providing great
> >   leadership and then taking the time to explain
> his team's decisions
> >   in a most understandable fashion.
>
> snip


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