Losing Hud to another Mid Major Unacceptable

[shof]

I'm very good with students believing they get into all athletic events for free. I want the student athletic assessment to be handled correctly so it passes. We need a predictable revenue stream out of the assessment. Taking the direction of directly charging students for admission will undoubtedly cut down on student participation. That is a bad idea. It sounds good on the surface... but it's a bad idea overall. We need to get the assessment passed.

Agree. I too want to see the assessment for athletics. Hopefully we get to the point where the number of student "tickets" become allocated on a first come/first served basis. That would mean we have a product people want to see, and are paying for. Essentially we set aside a specific number of student seats (pick a number; 5K, 7K......), and sell everything after that. I'm sure we wouldn't be the first school to have such a set-up.

Question: how is it handled now? Do students simply walk up to the gate, flash the ID, and go in?

[cjdecuir]

Here is my novel idea, instead of it being called a student assesment for athletics. Why don't we call it a student ticket fee. Students are to pay with there tuition a certain fee in order to get into every game free of charge. Have this voted on by the students to allow an increase in tuition to pay for the student tickets. 30$ per student @ 18K is $540K. Not sure if it would fly but I say it is worth a shot.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Students pay a fee and do not get in for "free". At this time no additional amount should be put on them to get into a football game where there are thousads of empty seats. I would however; move them to something less than the best seats in the house, and create chairback section there.

Sticker shock. We should increase the cost of seats including adding a seat fee for sections besides the ones currently being charged. Just a more gradual increase than 100% in one year. The fee should be for the RCAF or RaginCajun Club. Those funds can be used to supplement the coaching salaries beyond the states limit.

Check it out folks both ASU, and WKU have base salary less than HUD and they seem to be doing OK. That is not to say we do not need to improve, only that it is about spending wisely.

[VObserver]

If we are raising one and not the other, raise ticket prices before raising license fees. That way, the walk up buyer of a single game ticket will also pay more; if you raise the license fee from $100 to $150, you get $50 extra from every season ticket. If you leave that alone and raise ticket prices by $10, you get and extra $50-60 from every season ticket AND and extra $10 on every walkup ticket.. Much better deal.

[CajunEXPRESS]

The problem with increasing the price is that all those funds go to the general fund. RIght now there is zero fee for tickets between the 30 and the endzone. I suggest making them chairbacks, charging them some fee, and increase the 40-40 fee by some amount. That could also be include a ticket price increase, but again that is just an increase to the general fund.

[VObserver]

I agree with that, Jerry; adding to the number of seats requiring a license fee is a good plan. Even if you don't upgrade the seating, you can still charge a smaller fee. Say $125 for chairbacks, $75 for non-chairbacks from 30-30 and $50 for all others. The big drawback with that is the increase in cost to corporate block buyers who have been getting blocks of GA season tickets for discounted prices.

[moorecajun]

Some very good ideas here, keep them coming!

[Policarp]

$5 for student tickets, raise escort up to $15. Can't charge athletic tuition surcharge but you can (sort of) by making tickets a little more vs free. Still dirt cheap, this tinlkering would raise 100+k easily in a 6 game home schedule.

Make the two middle sections on student side chairbacks. Students still have a huge part of the East side, and with the south end zone being bowled it can expand this direction. Just move them over a bit for seats that command a value & raise funds needed dollars. 5k prime seats added at $30 x 6 games = $900k new revenue.

[VObserver]

Make the two middle sections on student side chairbacks. Students still have a huge part of the East side, and with the south end zone being bowled it can expand this direction. Just move them over a bit for seats that command a value and raise funds needed dollars. 5k prime seats added at $30 x 6 games = $900k new revenue.

More than $900K.... some of those chairbacks would be sold as season tickets with a $100-$125 license fee in addition to the ticket price.

[RedTails]

Make the two middle sections on student side chairbacks. Students still have a huge part of the East side, and with the south end zone being bowled it can expand this direction. Just move them over a bit for seats that command a value and raise funds needed dollars. 5k prime seats added at $30 x 6 games = $900k new revenue.

More than $900K.... some of those chairbacks would be sold as season tickets with a $100-$125 license fee in addition to the ticket price.

I'm all for taking away the student section and cashing in on that chairback real-estate as long as people don't sit on their hands, which I'm sure will just end up happening - successfully draining most of the energy from Cajun Field.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I'm all for taking away the student section and cashing in on that chairback real-estate as long as people don't sit on their hands, which I'm sure will just end up happening - successfully draining most of the energy from Cajun Field.

So LSU, BAMA, PENN STATE, and many other premium teams have that exact same seating arrangement. Student body in the or near the end zone making a huge difference when the opposition is in the red zone, and the hand sitters in the middle. Come on you cannot have it both ways. Nobody with a good program have students occuppying the 30-30 yard lines.

Our students pay for their seats in fees, but really at a huge discount.

[NOCajun]

The RCAF is not big enough yet to fund a bigtime salary by relying on everybody chipping in an extra $20.

However, there are enough people in Acadiana who are members of the RCAF with DEEP, DEEP, pockets. They can fund a seven figure salary if they wanted.

I know one guy who could do it by himself and not lose a wink of sleep about it.

Would you lose a wink of sleep if you asked him??