[Ticket Line] How does everyone else do it?

[KeithK]

[Q]The incredible hassle of setting your schedule to show up at games you don't want to see, perhaps?[/q]Is it really that much of a hassle to stroll up to the east end of campus for a few minutes of facetime when it's something you want?  People are willing to sit in line overnight, which seems like more of an imposition.  A hassle yes, but not that big of a deal.

But then again, a majority of current students seem to think it's an incredible hassle to get to the rink at game time for an event they really want to see...

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[Q]KeithK Wrote:

 [Q2]The incredible hassle of setting your schedule to show up at games you don't want to see, perhaps?[/Q]
Is it really that much of a hassle to stroll up to the east end of campus for a few minutes of facetime when it's something you want? [/q]Every week? For multiple sports? Forget about the stroll - this policy forces you to be in town when you might not be otherwise. I don't think too many people would go to events that they don't actually attend.

It might be a promising business idea, though.

[KeithK]

Well if the policy requires you to attend every game, with a single miss causing you to lose any priority then I agree it's an imposition.  if on the other hand it simply rewards those who do manage to attend every week more than those who don't then I see no problem with it.  I feel no sorrow for someone who  hypothetically has reduced hockey priority because he wanted to go on a road trip.

[q]I don't think too many people would go to events that they don't actually attend.[/q]I agreee with you on this.  There might be some enterprising folks who would game the system to get high priority.  I have no problem rewarding individuals who feel strongly enough about hockey that they'll go to these lengths to get priority. But most would not.

[Tub(a)]

This is probably the most sensible system I have seen that results in zero liability for athletics.

Of course, buying software and scanners and paying someone to keep track of everything costs money, so this could probably never happen :-P

[Liz '05]

At least at football, it couldn't be that hard to implement.  They've got people checking tickets for non-students, and students are supposed to show their ID already.  Changing the system from showing your ID to swiping your ID isn't going to consume any more time or man-power...although it may require additional wiring for the little booths the guys sit in.

I know there's security at the big track meets (Heps) too...it would probably be even easier to swipe cards there (and at wrestling and gymnastics meets), because they're inside.  If they have systems to punch employees in and out in Barton, Teagle, and Friedman, they can certainly add the necessary equipment there.

Does anyone have an opinion on whether watching club sports (like rugby) should count?

[Jordan 04]

[Q]Liz '05 Wrote:


Does anyone have an opinion on whether watching club sports (like rugby) should count?[/q]

Intramurals next?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Someone should tell Athletics that this is a method for assessing fan interest.   From that they can determine where they can focus their budgets and where they can charge higher advertising dollars.  

That might make them spend the money to put in a monitoring system.  ::rolleyes::

[bigREdwings]

all michigan students are offered, and granted if wanted, season tickets for about $150.  they actually had a problem this year with too many students getting tickets and disrupting the traditional "sitting" sections.  if only this easy-access package was the case for big red hockey

[Liz '05]

[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:

 [Q2]Liz '05 Wrote:


Does anyone have an opinion on whether watching club sports (like rugby) should count?[/Q]
Intramurals next?

[/q]

Hey, I'd have gotten a ton of points if that were the case (Intramurals, that is).  I only mention rugby because I've seen a lot of rugby games and there's no equivalent varsity sport.