Additional thoughts from a non- Hockey-L friend...


"Wow, what a scam. Although do they really think it will keep Cornell
fans away? It could backfire though on Harvard. If
Harvard fans were planning to go to just the Cornell game, now it's even
less likely they will go, leaving many more tickets available for walkup
sales (assuming you don't need to buy the package at the door.
This could lead to MORE Cornell fans, or if not that, then more empty seats
... and that
would really make the AD look good!"

Arik Marks



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Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:37 AM
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Subject: Re: Harvard's "new" ticket policy


--- Craig Roberts wrote:
Several NFL teams have been doing that, most notably Minnesota, for games
involving Green Bay as the Packer fans are notorious for travelling to games
(since they can't get home tickets).

It's the first I've heard of a college doing so, however.
--- end of quote ---

The lesser Big 8/Big XII schools are notorious for doing such things for
Nebraska football games. Usually they just bump the price way up, but
occasionally they'll make you buy a ticket to another game if you want
tickets
to the Nebraska game. I think they do similar things for in-state rivalries
like Iowa/Iowa State and so forth.

It's not price gouging if people are willing to pay. There is no reason the
scalpers should get the money instead of the school.