Fairweather/bandwagon
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Wtf? If you must know I was certainly at the game tonight, but while there were only few of us there. We were loud and into it more than most games I've seen. It felt like a turning point even more than Georgia did.
As to my points earlier? I was bringing up how the Men's Basketball ticketing is different than Women's and thus that's why you see many empty seats. Ive suggested a reform by the athletic department on this subject but big money wins. Funny tonight at some points our fans were trying to get into it and our own was yapping at each other to "sit down". WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAND WHENEVER WE WANT CAUSE WE WANT TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE SO WE CAN WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm as embarrassed and pissed at anyone about this situation. But I'm trying to asses the reality and find some solutions. If we get a sellout against Ole Miss, does that mean we have 3k empty seats? They claim 7k people were there tonight but no doubt there were only 4k maybe tonight. I'm sick of lower bowl people paying for season tickets and now showing up. It's turned into baseball. All the upper deck people just move down. Even some Bammers moved down tonight. How pathetic.
But I'm happy with the win. Let's create a big atmosphere against Ole Miss. We have till next Saturday. Much more time than 3 games in 4 days. I'm supporting our Men's and Women's Basketball Teams. I hope this year we become Connecticut where we win national championships in both. But that's probably not realistic.
Tonight was a fun moment in it's own way right? You should've seen you were there.
As to my points earlier? I was bringing up how the Men's Basketball ticketing is different than Women's and thus that's why you see many empty seats. Ive suggested a reform by the athletic department on this subject but big money wins. Funny tonight at some points our fans were trying to get into it and our own was yapping at each other to "sit down". WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAND WHENEVER WE WANT CAUSE WE WANT TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE SO WE CAN WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm as embarrassed and pissed at anyone about this situation. But I'm trying to asses the reality and find some solutions. If we get a sellout against Ole Miss, does that mean we have 3k empty seats? They claim 7k people were there tonight but no doubt there were only 4k maybe tonight. I'm sick of lower bowl people paying for season tickets and now showing up. It's turned into baseball. All the upper deck people just move down. Even some Bammers moved down tonight. How pathetic.
But I'm happy with the win. Let's create a big atmosphere against Ole Miss. We have till next Saturday. Much more time than 3 games in 4 days. I'm supporting our Men's and Women's Basketball Teams. I hope this year we become Connecticut where we win national championships in both. But that's probably not realistic.
Tonight was a fun moment in it's own way right? You should've seen you were there.
I've been saying this is a problem for years now but it's now MSU's fault for continuing to sell them season tickets and allow them the opportunity to not show up. The tickets for basketball need to be first come first serve and season tickets need to be done away with. Also corporate season tickets needs to be done away with. Tennessee has something called "seasonal tickets" where you have to go in before each game and claim a seat or you won't be included for that game for getting a ticket, they also keep track if you show up or not and if you don't show you lose your tickets for the rest of the season.
It's time Cohen and MSU stop allowing the people that buy tickets and don't show up that opportunity anymore. MSU needs to get off their *** and do promotions and events with the local community and businesses to get asses in the seats too. There is zero reason a major SEC university with a top 50 basketball program in the country can't get 9,000+ people to go to these games. It's Mississippi. There is NOTHING better going on within 2 hours of the damn Hump. Quit acting better than it. You aren't. Start appreciating what you have in your backyard cause a whole bunch of other people outside of Mississippi wish they had something that awesome so close to them.
Just track whose seats are used and which aren't.. They have the tech to do it. I bet they already are honestly. Had been doing it in the old DNF for years before they introduced "The Dudes" concept. Problem being they are too afraid to step on toes to actually pursue correcting the situation(or they legally couldn't correct it there with the lifetime seats).
I think a renovated concourse in the Hump with skyboxes built into the current concession stand areas will alleviate the majority of this problem because those high $$ tax writeoffs that are currently going unused directly behind the tv camera will then be going unused at least partially behind glass that no one really pays attention to. And you move newly energized fans and students back into those seats down low.
I think a renovated concourse in the Hump with skyboxes built into the current concession stand areas will alleviate the majority of this problem because those high $$ tax writeoffs that are currently going unused directly behind the tv camera will then be going unused at least partially behind glass that no one really pays attention to. And you move newly energized fans and students back into those seats down low.
I'd kinda like to know this too. Specifically,
Is Mississippi State University the only place where good money is spent on season tickets only for most to go unused? (This has never made sense to me). If so why us?
Regarding the proposed solution of monitoring to determine if people actually use the product they paid for (I assume to ostensibly to determine whether or not to let them continue to purchase said product). Is this practiced anywhere now?
TBH demand is still basically the problem. Season ticket holders aren't going to make 10-15 calls a week to try and give their tickets away, especially those with the big boy seats. We've gone so many years like that that they are having to adjust their whole mindset back to how it used to be and it's taking a little time. It's going to happen though.
Here is the thing. Everyone is a bandwagon fan to a degree. If we were 0-22 losing every game by 40 the pep band and the Pom squad would be the only people in attendance. Vice versa if the women weren't 23-0 going in to South Carolina there wouldn't have been 10,700 people in the stands. Honestly of the 10 grand there Monday, how many of them could name 1 starter on the women's team 5 years ago?
Up until 6 games ago, it has been 5.5 years of very difficult to watch basketball. They probably got tired of trying to find someone that even wanted to take their tickets.
You don't have to keep track if they aren't using them really if they have to log in each week and claim their spot. How many people are going to take the time to log in and claim a ticket if they still aren't going to go to the game? But you could track it by seeing if they swipe the ticket and if they don't they get greyed out for the next game or the rest of the season.
Only thing people have been boycotting is ******, losing basketball. With the recent turnaround, you'll start seeing fans return pretty soon. Would have been more there last night if almost 11,000 hadn't just driven up to StarkVegas the night before. Hard for anyone to get to such a rural, isolated place 2 weeknights in a row.
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