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I got my annual call from the U tix office and spoke with a nice young guy about last season and the upcoming 2016 season ticket renewal process. I know you're all anxiously awaiting my report. For those of you who are still reading this post, here's the gist of things. As I did last year, I explained to him that I already dropped two season tix and have no interest in buying additional season tix. I explained that the long term plan is to help out the U by eventually dropping my two remaining season tix so they can consolidate more of those empty corporate seats. He was very nice about hearing my thoughts in this regard.
Next he asked about the pick your pack or whatever you call them where in order to get tix for a "good" game like WI or Nebby, you have to buy a non-season dog like some directional school from IL. I politely told him when you can't sell out WI or Nebby, why would anyone in their right mind do this? A person is much better off scalping WI or Nebby for or at less than face value and getting the non-conference dog at somewhere between $10 and free.
We then chatted a bit about the upcoming season and he seem to agree with me that unless the team shows marked improvement from last season, it will take him alone about 20-minutes to call future season tix holders. Since I no longer drink the maroon and gold kool-aid for mental health reasons, I spared the nice young man what I really thought of this juggernaut of a football program. This is why I love GH so much as a venue to talk calmly and reasonably about our beloved U.
At the end of our conversation, the nice young guy assured me that my input was valuable and that I should call him directly if I should ever need any help. While I doubt my input will go anywhere, I do think the U tix rep was sincere about helping me within the confines of the U tix office shackles he must wear. With that I thanked him for his time.
Next he asked about the pick your pack or whatever you call them where in order to get tix for a "good" game like WI or Nebby, you have to buy a non-season dog like some directional school from IL. I politely told him when you can't sell out WI or Nebby, why would anyone in their right mind do this? A person is much better off scalping WI or Nebby for or at less than face value and getting the non-conference dog at somewhere between $10 and free.
We then chatted a bit about the upcoming season and he seem to agree with me that unless the team shows marked improvement from last season, it will take him alone about 20-minutes to call future season tix holders. Since I no longer drink the maroon and gold kool-aid for mental health reasons, I spared the nice young man what I really thought of this juggernaut of a football program. This is why I love GH so much as a venue to talk calmly and reasonably about our beloved U.
At the end of our conversation, the nice young guy assured me that my input was valuable and that I should call him directly if I should ever need any help. While I doubt my input will go anywhere, I do think the U tix rep was sincere about helping me within the confines of the U tix office shackles he must wear. With that I thanked him for his time.