me and my wife have recently graduated from MSU and are in professional school without alot of money. I am wanting to join the bulldog club and start accumulating points and also get season tickets. I was just wondering if someone could explain to me how much it would cost to join and have 2 season tickets in the lower level (if thats even possible).
Bulldog Club question.
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me and my wife have recently graduated from MSU and are in professional school without alot of money. I am wanting to join the bulldog club and start accumulating points and also get season tickets. I was just wondering if someone could explain to me how much it would cost to join and have 2 season tickets in the lower level (if thats even possible).
This year we donated $200 for 2 seats (in the $100/seat donation). We are on the 43ydline, 22rows up, right underneath the student section. $200 donation + 2 tickets at $240 each = $680. You can get pretty good football tickets without breaking the bank or being super high on the donor list, like you need to be just to get in the door for basketball.
on the home side you have to pay more. You don't just automatically get the seats that you donate for. They have to be available for Bulldog Club rank.
To be honest, I can't tell you what rank you need to have to be between the 40's on the home side. Our tickets were not there this year because we haven't been excited about State football since the 90's. We didn't want to pay for good tickets because our family would never go. We WILL pay for good tickets next year and be within the 40s. Our rank will allow us to kick people out of their seats. That's how it works.
To be honest, I can't tell you what rank you need to have to be between the 40's on the home side. Our tickets were not there this year because we haven't been excited about State football since the 90's. We didn't want to pay for good tickets because our family would never go. We WILL pay for good tickets next year and be within the 40s. Our rank will allow us to kick people out of their seats. That's how it works.
i graduated in 08 ( yeah my entire college experience was consumed by the garbage that was the croom era) so you can understand why i was not chomping at the bit to buy seasons tickets. That and i have been able to find tickets from people i knew that were still there. I've been able to go to every home game since 04 but last year getting tickets actually became difficult and/or expensive.
You CAN'T kick someone out of their seat in DWS based on your BC points. Someone has to GIVE UP their seats in DWS first, then you have to have more points than anyone else wanting those seats to get them. It's not like the HUMP. I'm betting that changes in the next few years though if things keep going in the right direction for our football team.
You don't think it's logical to reward someone who has persevered through the Sherrill Implosion and the Croom Error by not allowing the first person to show up with wads of cash to boot them back out of the way? As one of those people, I think it's entirely logical.
It would be hilarious if they built you a luxury suite just based on that. And I beg you to let me in on it if that ever happens. And megadawgmaniac.
I actually like how it is now for the most part. If you get seats you like, you can keep those seats as long as you continue to give the required amount and buy the tickets each year. We've had the same Football tickets for as long as I can remember, the same baseball tickets since they tore down the wooden bleachers and built Polk-DeMent, and had the same tickets at the Hump since it was built until they changed the rules there three years ago. We lost our center court seats to someone that donated HUGE amounts of money!!
I don't agree with being able to bump someone just because you give more money. I like the point system but I think you should be awarded more points for ATTENDANCE than for just opening your wallet. In our case, our family was in those seats in the Hump for EVERY game and almost EVERY girls game too. Now, we see those seats vacant on a regular basis. A rich donor is nice but a faithful screaming fan in the seat is better!!!!
I don't agree with being able to bump someone just because you give more money. I like the point system but I think you should be awarded more points for ATTENDANCE than for just opening your wallet. In our case, our family was in those seats in the Hump for EVERY game and almost EVERY girls game too. Now, we see those seats vacant on a regular basis. A rich donor is nice but a faithful screaming fan in the seat is better!!!!
You get more points for continued giving, buying tickets, etc. There are appropriate mechanisms in place where you can't just buy your way in. But...to encourage large gifts and help a program reach the next step large wads of cash are important and necessary. I would sit 10,000 feet in the air if we had the kind of success Bama or Florida had this year. You forget that this is BIG business. I take it you disagree with the Hump reseating.
Isn't your reasoning selfish? You don't want to encourage large gifts and donations because you are cynical from past years and feel like you deserve some sort of prize? That's absolutely ridiculous, against the growth of the program, and against success for the football team.
Isn't your reasoning selfish? You don't want to encourage large gifts and donations because you are cynical from past years and feel like you deserve some sort of prize? That's absolutely ridiculous, against the growth of the program, and against success for the football team.
your family or friends that you gave (or sold like some on this board do) the tickets to? I'm assuming they are state supporters. Why does it matter who attends the games? The money and fan support is there.
A rich donor is always better than a faithful screaming fan as long as there is someone in the seats. Otherwise, why not let the students have the best seats?
Oh...and shame on you for attending a girls basketball game.
A rich donor is always better than a faithful screaming fan as long as there is someone in the seats. Otherwise, why not let the students have the best seats?
Oh...and shame on you for attending a girls basketball game.
I don't disagree with the Hump reseating but I do disagree with HOW they reseated the hump.
I believe in rewarding the faithful fan. You keep showing up through thick or thin then I think you should be allowed the opportunity to keep your seats as long as you want. Now, the key word there was opportunity. What I didn't agree with at the hump was that we were not given the opportunity to keep our seats.
When they reseated, they just told us that we wouldn't get our same seats the next season but we would be allowed to pick based on level of giving. I agree with supply and demand. The demand was up for Hump seats and the supply limited.
What I wish they would have done was to come to us first and say, "if you want to keep your same seats then you will have to donate X amount more. If you can't do that, you will lose your seat." It would then be up to me to pony up the cash to keep the seats. They didn't give us that opportunity.
So now, the only reason I kind of agree with you about DWS is because it was done to me in the Hump. That's selfish of me.
I believe in rewarding the faithful fan. You keep showing up through thick or thin then I think you should be allowed the opportunity to keep your seats as long as you want. Now, the key word there was opportunity. What I didn't agree with at the hump was that we were not given the opportunity to keep our seats.
When they reseated, they just told us that we wouldn't get our same seats the next season but we would be allowed to pick based on level of giving. I agree with supply and demand. The demand was up for Hump seats and the supply limited.
What I wish they would have done was to come to us first and say, "if you want to keep your same seats then you will have to donate X amount more. If you can't do that, you will lose your seat." It would then be up to me to pony up the cash to keep the seats. They didn't give us that opportunity.
So now, the only reason I kind of agree with you about DWS is because it was done to me in the Hump. That's selfish of me.
You are right to a point. Someone needs to be in that seat but it does NEED to be a State fan. I had Ole Miss and Bama fans right behind me in Bulldog Club seats this season. If they are your seats and you can't come, you need to make sure a State fan sits in them.
Just because seats(football) are listed at $200, $300. etc doesn't mean you will get seats in that area just because you give that amount. As mentioned, many of the seats are grandfathered. Just give what you can as long as you can and your seats will get better eventually.
rugbdawg said:
...football is not seated by BC ranking, it's seated upon a seat license policy. If I have my seats and I'm willing to continue paying the seat license amount for them and you want them, then you're out of luck. Now the reality of it is that if you want to sit in Section D between the 40's, then not everybody in Section D is going to renew and continue giving every single year regardless of results on the field, so you could probably still buy your way in there in a given year, but you're not going to be allowed to boot anybody down.
If they decide my seats in Section B are worth more than the currently mandated $50/seat, then that's fine, I'll pay it*, but you're not going to show up with $200 in hand per seat and take them away. (*-and my BC donation already is far more than what it would cost to keep my seats, for the record....I'm not cheapskating my way in there.)
My point is that you're speaking as though DWS is handled like the Hump is now, when it's not. And for the record, I didn't have a problem with what they did at the Hump. It holds far less people than a football stadium, and due to the high demand, should clearly be seated in accordance with priority. That was a good change they made.
And I doubt there is an answer. It all depends on the demand each year. If you haven't noticed, there is a LOT more talk about the BC now with the excitement over the Egg Bowl. That means there will be more people giving next year to get better seats. So, it's all a guess on how much you need to give to beat out the guy ahead of you. Best thing to do is to give what you can and work your way up. If you already have seats, a minimum donation will keep those seats but I don't think a minimum will get you into any other sections. Take a look here and it will give you a better idea. http://www.mstateathletic...1709.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800