Basketball game Monday vs. UT Tyler

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Originally Posted by moorecajun

I thought he wanted to be closer to home; he is but I thought he would go to New Yourk.

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GW is in beautiful Boiling Springs, NC...right outside Shelby...off of Hwy 74 on the way to Charlotte...

My son has shown some interest in basketball, so figured Youngstown could be a cool game to bring him to..

Four tickets - $22
Ticketmaster fees - $51

This lunacy needs to be addressed faster than any other problem that affects attendance

Quick Google search pulled up an article from last year about baseball ticket fees, and here's some guy vowing to convince others to boycott games with him:

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Dr Mouton

October 19, 2023 at 2:32 pm

50 years bringing my family of 12 immediate and now six grandchildren to all the games and paying for the education at UL.
ticket Master parasites at 30% who are not buying a uniform shoulder pads,
training, transporting or doing anything else but sucking with probably some kickbacks to third parties with my money.
WE will not be coming to any more of the games and I will not be funding my other six grandchildren or the 4 great-grandchildren.
if you can’t find a better way to ticket..
I have a network of over 60 doctors that will hear the same.
Dr Mouton"

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. . . you know, Dr. Mouton has a point . . .

Was RP responsible for Richards not being able to stay eligible? I guess he couldn’t focus on his academics with all the bad mouthing people were doing.

Go to the dome and buy tickets. No fees. You can also buy them right before the game at the Dome without fees. Game is at 7:30. Show up an hour before the game up to tipoff and you can buy them with little trouble. Late start Monday due to cajuns women playing at 5. The original point remains. The ticket master fees are hurting our entire athletic program.

If all goes well, we will be out of Ticketmaster by the start of baseball and softball season.

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Originally Posted by MelRock

If all goes well, we will be out of Ticketmaster by the start of baseball and softball season.

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Praise the good lord.

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Originally Posted by Million$Mullet

Praise the good lord.

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. . . second that emotion . . .

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

. . . for the record, he didn't leave specifically because of that however from my memory, it was pretty despicable the things that fans posted about him and the regularity of such antagonism . . .

. . . I can remember off the top of my head three Cajun athletes in three different sports that got just abhorrent treatment here on RP that none of the three earned or deserved . . . Richards - basketball, Conor Angel - Baseball and Levi Lewis - Football . . .

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You have to be thinking of someone else because you're wrong about Richards. He was hardly talked about outside of fouling a lot. He barely played so there was literally no reason to bang on him at all.

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Originally Posted by zephyr

You have to be thinking of someone else because you're wrong about Richards. He was hardly talked about outside of fouling a lot. He barely played so there was literally no reason to bang on him at all.

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. . . sorry, you are absolutely correct . . . Justin Miller for basketball . . .

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Originally Posted by cajuns80

Maybe in 3 years but he is no where near ready to play division 1 basketball right now or anytime in the short term.

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That is basically what I said.

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

. . . sorry, you are absolutely correct . . . Justin Miller for basketball . . .

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Not piling on but Justin Miller and Isiah Richards were 2 polar opposites as players with vastly different strengths and weaknesses to their games.

We could use Richards length and athleticism on this year's squad

Miller was a good player but in a much different skillset and body type (ie it would be hard to mix these 2 players up)