Tail Gate Spot Parking Policy (merged)

[GeauxCajuns]

I still don't think 3 years of success is enough leverage for the University to use in this situation. While I love this city, Lafayette can be flaky as ____ when it comes to what is considered an "in" thing to do. UL football is hot right now and everybody wants a piece of it, but they haven't been hot for long enough for UL to be using the "its ok if you leave, we have 10 more people waiting for your place" argument. If Hud were to leave after this season and we were to have a down year or two, support would be back to a little above what it was before Bustle left, in my opinion. That's just how this city is with its support.

completely agree. but do we wait til we suck again to put in these measures. we can have 10 years straight success, give it two or three bad years in a row and it will be empty again. like you said - it is exactly how lafayette is

[TCbacker54]

B/c some here think they're getting kicked in the nuts while paying for a spot.

Would you pay for someone to kick you in the nuts?

EXACTLY

[KajunKrazy]

As I sit hear at Cajun field looking at the dirt mound that covers my TG spot and my 2 neighbors, the real reason for this change has just occurred to me. Looking over the tailgate area I see that about 70% of it is dirt today on August 7th, there is no way possible to have good grass by the 30th. I don't see it in the budget to lay sod in a parking lot. If it rained and you had typical TG traffic cars would be making ruts and bogging down all over.

Note to all TG'ers in the event of rain don't expect to drive to your spot at all unless you have a 4x4. Even then you may be blocked in order to not make ruts.

[cajunhawk]

As I sit hear at Cajun field looking at the dirt mound that covers my TG spot and my 2 neighbors, the real reason for this change has just occurred to me. Looking over the tailgate area I see that about 70% of it is dirt today on August 7th, there is no way possible to have good grass by the 30th. I don't see it in the budget to lay sod in a parking lot. If it rained and you had typical TG traffic cars would be making ruts and bogging down all over.

Note to all TG'ers in the event of rain don't expect to drive to your spot at all unless you have a 4x4. Even then you may be blocked in order to not make ruts.

That green quick seed spray will take care of it.

[KajunKrazy]

I am not conviced they will actually spray seed. If that is the plan how much time does it take to grow?

[GeauxCajuns]

they can start now if you stop driving to your spot to look at it.

[CrazyCajun]

Luckily you aren't gonna have to park in that mess ...just stand in it

[KajunKrazy]

they can start now if you stop driving to your spot to look at it.

Hey Mo you may have not read but my spot has a pile of dirt 6' high by about 30'. They will have to move that before seeding. So no they can't start now. Thanks anyway Mr Ron.

[KajunKrazy]

Luckily you aren't gonna have to park in that mess ...just stand in it

No actually I was hoping to park in my TG spot and sit in my vehicle for 3 hrs to keep my feet out of the mud.

[CrazyCajun]

No actually I was hoping to park in my TG spot and sit in my vehicle for 3 hrs to keep my feet out of the mud.

Well now you can sit in your car in C-lot, listen to pregame and eat hooters wings...just don't wipe your fingers on the carpet

[CajunRebel]

Do this group of "complainers" realize it's not our god given right to tailgate in the close vicinity of the stadium and it's a privelage!
With all the complaining, the school could say "screw all of you, have fun finding your own tailgate spots and leave"

Geez spoiled people can make a fan base look bad.

What a really ______*y way to look at things. I'm so glad you're not in charge.

[CajunsHat]

My point was that it seems a lot of people think they are entitled to have their way with tailgating...obviously I don't think the school would come to such decisions, but geez i remember the time where we could just drive up a couple of hours befor the game and literally tailgate out the back of my family's car (at the time was a minivan). How many big schools in the country can u just drive around the tailgate areas literally within the parking lot of the stadium...things will only change more and more as the success continues with our football program and we can't expect to keep doing the same thing each year because "that's how we have always done it" just sounds like whining to me...and I'm sure that's all the administration takes it as.
Just think what's gonna happen if we actually start having every game over 30k in attendance or dare I say over 35k in attendance...u think tailgating is crazy now, imagine how it will be with more success. I believe the school is doing it's best to adapt to greater influx of tailgating and trying to make it more "tailgater" friendly and less cars using those spots...
I'm all for it.
That's all I have to say.