Tigue reseating

[Cajun90]

Your ratianale doesn't solve the problem and it is not what I suggested at all. Ok so we join RCAF to keep our tickets. Great for the short term. But what happens next? You can't keep coming back to the same people for more money. It is a bandaid for a larger issue. I don't have an answer because I am not involved in any decision making processes for athletics, but at least communicate with the fan base what other options are being considered for future revenue growth

There isn't a major University (sports wise) in the country that doesn't require donations to an excellence fund/ foundation etc. in order to purchase high demand tickets. Considering baseball is the one and only sport at UL to ever sell out of season tickets I think they qualify.

[Hark Mudspeth]

Your ratianale doesn't solve the problem and it is not what I suggested at all. Ok so we join RCAF to keep our tickets. Great for the short term. But what happens next? You can't keep coming back to the same people for more money. It is a bandaid for a larger issue. I don't have an answer because I am not involved in any decision making processes for athletics, but at least communicate with the fan base what other options are being considered for future revenue growth

No it isn't short term, it's revenue you can count on based on your season ticket sales. You take that money and invest it into growth, better facilities, keeping good coaches, recruiting budgets which gets you better teams and players, more winning, more season ticket holders, which is more money. You can invest it in production equipment, branding etc...it's a business..no different than any other business in that it takes money to make money. How do businesses grow? With the money they get from their consumers pocket. In order for you to continue to sell a good product you have to maximize your dollars so you can keep reinvesting in your company and making a better product. Otherwise you die on the vine because you are producing a ____y product and you go out of business. Until we can have student fees this is the only way to progress..the only shot at even catching up much less moving past people. Winning consistently and winning big takes money. 20$ a month from everyone and we increase our budget 2 million a year overnight.

[Rougarou]

Do people really not think season ticket holders should pay a little more (contribute) for a big brand new stadium? They are one of the direct beneficiaries of it.

[Boomer]

Do people really not think season ticket holders should pay a little more (contribute) for a big brand new stadium? They are one of the direct beneficiaries of it.

----I think with the markets rising like they have been that the Louisiana Foundation should be sitting pretty good with its endowment and ability to fund more S-ships and teaching positions! Any CPAers on here to guess the % it might have risen with conservative investments???

[CajunT]

Your ratianale doesn't solve the problem and it is not what I suggested at all. Ok so we join RCAF to keep our tickets. Great for the short term. But what happens next? You can't keep coming back to the same people for more money. It is a bandaid for a larger issue. I don't have an answer because I am not involved in any decision making processes for athletics, but at least communicate with the fan base what other options are being considered for future revenue growth

This is why we must move forward in looking for other avenues to raise revenue. The Alden report suggested a number of them, beginning with purchasing production equipment and selling your second and third tier rights to networks like CST and American Sports Network. If Arkansas State can create $1.8 mil to $2 mil revenue in the Jonesboro Market, imagine what UL could do in this market? Re-seating arenas and selling your rights are the two areas that will be addressed first. But with some of the auxiliary fees ending soon, more revenues will need to be raised.

[Ole Colony]

Your ratianale doesn't solve the problem and it is not what I suggested at all. Ok so we join RCAF to keep our tickets. Great for the short term. But what happens next? You can't keep coming back to the same people for more money. It is a bandaid for a larger issue. I don't have an answer because I am not involved in any decision making processes for athletics, but at least communicate with the fan base what other options are being considered for future revenue growth

What is your reason for not joining RCAF? Are you in the cooking club or diamond club?

[Boomer]

This is why we must move forward in looking for other avenues to raise revenue. The Alden report suggested a number of them, beginning with purchasing production equipment and selling your second and third tier rights to networks like CST and American Sports Network. If Arkansas State can create $1.8 mil to $2 mil revenue in the Jonesboro Market, imagine what UL could do in this market? Re-seating arenas and selling your rights are the two areas that will be addressed first. But with some of the auxiliary fees ending soon.

---I am saving my bucks to rent/purchase the Cajun Condos that will go up on top of the business bottom floors of the designated areas! Now we are talking about the great future planning of Cajun athletics!!!

[Hark Mudspeth]

This is why we must move forward in looking for other avenues to raise revenue. The Alden report suggested a number of them, beginning with purchasing production equipment and selling your second and third tier rights to networks like CST and American Sports Network. If Arkansas State can create $1.8 mil to $2 mil revenue in the Jonesboro Market, imagine what UL could do in this market? Re-seating arenas and selling your rights are the two areas that will be addressed first. But with some of the auxiliary fees ending soon, more revenues will need to be raised.

I agree There are several ways to raise revenue but some people don't understand none of them are free..it takes money to put those things in place. You put a value on something and people want it. Nobody values free, tailgating was free and nobody went...we started charging and we had a waiting list a mile long.

[jric116]

What is your reason for not joining RCAF? Are you in the cooking club or diamond club?

Short term it is strictly financial. I will join RCAF in 2018 to keep baseball tickets but will more than likely have to drop football tickets. Not my ideal scenario but there are only so many entertainment dollars to go around.

[ManAboutTown]

You get what you pay for. I'm sorry that prices are going up, but that's life guys. If you want a better product, you have to pay for it. We bttch and complain about lagging behind other programs, and then we bttch and complain when action is taken?

I'd like to survey all of the people that are upset. Would you rather unprecedented success for the athletic program (and subsequently the university and community) at a higher cost, or would you prefer to stay in the middle and keep your parking spot and your seats?

[jric116]

What other stakeholders are there besides the season ticket holders? That's your backbone of the entire program!

I think every season ticket holder for every UL sport should be required to be a RCAF member. How much depends on your seat location.

WBB can just be minimum of $100
MBB minimum of $100, better seats $250, Courtside $500
Baseball bleachers $100, grandstand $250, section right behind home $500, suites $1000
Football can be done many ways.

How about national corporate sponsors like Coke and Budweiser or others that sell at baseball. How about other companies that do business with the university? Maybe that is already there. I have no way of knowing. If you have to join RCAF then so be it but lets at least let the fans know what else we are doing to increase revenue. People keep talking about growing our budget but ticket prices and RCAF can only take us so far. Its time to be more proactive and visionary and reaching outside the box

[Rougarou]

You get what you pay for. I'm sorry that prices are going up, but that's life guys. If you want a better product, you have to pay for it. We bttch and complain about lagging behind other programs, and then we bttch and complain when action is taken?

I'd like to survey all of the people that are upset. Would you rather unprecedented success for the athletic program (and subsequently the university and community) at a higher cost, or would you prefer to stay in the middle and keep your parking spot and your seats?

They want to eat the cake.

I'm sure McNeese/Northwestern/Nicholls (you get the idea) season ticket holders would love to trade places.