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. > > > > > > ===== > ------------------ > Matthew R. Dewkett > [log in to unmask] > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html