Tigue reseating

[BeauCajun]

Yeah thanks Farmer, if it wasn't for you we would be opening the season with southern miss in a 100% completed stadium...thanks.

It's amazing what happens when we have open communication. People are allowed to do their jobs and your customers are happy. Happy customers will keep coming back for what you are selling.

[jric116]

Sorry but not sorry....you have to pay to play. I understand it's hard for people, but there are plenty that are willing to pay that fee and help the athletic dept prosper and move forward. Can't do that by just buying tickets and only having 2300 donors....

Not taking shots at you, just showing that College Athletics is a business....Way bigger than the Ole USL days. Those days and ways of thinking will sink this ship.

Its not a USL way of thinking. It's a reality of economics. I fully understand that athletics is a business, but this may push out some of us who have struggled to buy tickets for many years, even the years where we weren't great, in favor of a "Johnny come lately", who simply has more money to give. Yeah I know life's not fair and I should deal with it, but loyalty should have its rewards too.

[Hark Mudspeth]

It's amazing what happens when we have open communication. People are allowed to do their jobs and your customers are happy. Happy customers will keep coming back for what you are selling.

I know...what a crazy concept, communicating with people you need money from

[Hark Mudspeth]

Its not a USL way of thinking. It's a reality of economics. I fully understand that athletics is a business, but this may push out some of us who have struggled to buy tickets for many years, even the years where we weren't great, in favor of a "Johnny come lately", who simply has more money to give. Yeah I know life's not fair and I should deal with it, but loyalty should have its rewards too.

Who said it was in favor of Johnny come lately? If you are a season ticket holder you should be an RCAF member. Where does Johnny come lately come into that? We probably have around 10k season ticket holders across all sports...2200 RCAF members.

[Esqueleto]

Who said it was in favor of Johnny come lately? If you are a season ticket holder you should be an RCAF member. Where does Johnny come lately come into that? We probably have around 10k season ticket holders across all sports...2200 RCAF members.

Yep. That's an extra 2 million /year if you increase the minimum to $250

[Cajunrunner]

I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to Scott Farmer for putting all the pices of this deal together fast enough to allow us to play all our home games at the Tigue.

I see that shiny hook. Fish don't get big by being stupid.

[CajunAlum10]

Who said it was in favor of Johnny come lately? If you are a season ticket holder you should be an RCAF member. Where does Johnny come lately come into that? We probably have around 10k season ticket holders across all sports...2200 RCAF members.

I think he meant "Johnny Come Lately" because as of last season, we were SOLD OUT of baseball season tickets. And if we continue to be sold out, let's say, if we increase the minimum donor level and you lose a few hundred long-standing season ticket holders because of it, then Johnny Come Lately gets to snag them up because he has a bigger wallet.

For the record, I was planning on trying to move into the Chairbacks this year from my long-standing Section B seats, but damn... $300/ticket? During Christmas? In this economy? I think I'll have to renew at my lowly $200/ticket seats in Section B and just continue being happy as hell in my 1st base bleachers.

[Cajunrunner]

Its not a USL way of thinking. It's a reality of economics. I fully understand that athletics is a business, but this may push out some of us who have struggled to buy tickets for many years, even the years where we weren't great, in favor of a "Johnny come lately", who simply has more money to give. Yeah I know life's not fair and I should deal with it, but loyalty should have its rewards too.

Same thing with every single athletic program that wants to be amongst the big boys. You think there aren't some die-hard LSU loyalists who graduated from there and sat in Tiger stadium during the Curly Halmann years haven't had to relinquish their season tickets due to rising prices, and being replaced by band wagoners with more money, some of which said band wagoners have never stepped foot inside an LSU classroom?

"Oh, but we don't want to be like LSU!"

Well then we should be willing to settle for mediocrity with some good seasons mixed in every now and then if being comfortable is more important than progressing to compete on a national level.

[Hark Mudspeth]

I think he meant "Johnny Come Lately" because as of last season, we were SOLD OUT of baseball season tickets. And if we continue to be sold out, let's say, if we increase the minimum donor level and you lose a few hundred long-standing season ticket holders because of it, then Johnny Come Lately gets to snag them up because he has a bigger wallet.

For the record, I was planning on trying to move into the Chairbacks this year from my long-standing Section B seats, but damn... $300/ticket? During Christmas? In this economy? I think I'll have to renew at my lowly $200/ticket seats in Section B and just continue being happy as hell in my 1st base bleachers.

At some point, everyone was a "Johnny come lately" none of us were here in 1898. Also why is it fair to everyone else to hold the entire athletic program back because some people might have to go from 4 tickets to 3? It's not just about you.

[Cajun90]

For the record, I was planning on trying to move into the Chairbacks this year from my long-standing Section B seats, but damn... $300/ticket? During Christmas? In this economy? I think I'll have to renew at my lowly $200/ticket seats in Section B and just continue being happy as hell in my 1st base bleachers.

That is the same price that chairbacks were last season. I suspect that number will get bumped considerable for 2018.

Economy is hammering a lot of us. My baseball tickets might be the only thing I have left for UL but I consider them a mental health expense.