On Tue, 18 Apr 1995, Richard Edward Vehlow wrote: > I figured out that Students have to sit on line to get tickets for the season, > but now I've heard from one of the alums that they het the same seats year > after year if they want them and through the mail. I think they should have to > reapply for seats totally each year on a first-come first served basis just > like the students. [ring-ring] cluephone for Rich Vehlow. :-) A couple of differences between student season ticket holders and non-student season ticket holders: 1. Individual students are only around for a few years -- non-students are a continuing source of income for the school. 2. Students are, by their very nature, on campus and available to stand in line for tickets -- non-students are not, and would have to take a day of vacation, day without pay, etc. to stand in line, to say nothing of those who do not live in the immediate area and might have to travel great distances to stand in line. In addition, can you imagine the logistical nightmare of trying to coordinate the sale of n-hundred season tickets at one fell swoop? While I can't begin to know exactly how student season tickets are handled, I would imagine that they are sold on an individual basis (i.e., 1 student gets 1 set of season tickets). Non-student season tickets, however, are not limited to 1 set, but are usually sold in a group (limited by number of family members, available cash, seat availability, etc.). > This "same seat" crap is the same scam that's in profession- > al sports parks. No need for it- in every instance, the stadium is sure to > fill their seats regardless of who comes and what the situation is, even in > pro baseball nowadays... Sorry, Rich, but this argument is your basic hogwash. With very few exceptions (Michigan football perhaps?), there isn't an athletic department on the face of this planet who is guaranteed a full house for each and every event. By and large, attendance flows in direct proportion to the wins and losses. Some people purchase season tickets because they figure their team has a good chance to be good and they want to be there for it, and season tickets allow them to do that. OR, they just plain want to support their team through their purchase of season tickets. Or, both. There is a world of difference between people who buy season tickets when a team is first starting out and those who just have to have season tickets when the team is established and is a winner. Having the opportunity to purchase the same seats (center ice if you're lucky) could be considered a "thank you" to those people who have stuck with the program through the lean years as well as the good years. [Whew, it's a long way down from this soapbox.] Don't you just love the off-season?! :-) Debbie \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Debbie Somers NCAA Div III National Champs UW-Stevens Point 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91,1992-93 [log in to unmask] ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously." Hubert H. Humphrey