<p>What the hell is this?</p>
<p>As a Sr I should be pretty much guaranteed a good seat. Now I have to get there super early just because freshman couldn't get there on time last year? ***</p>
<p>And prices went up too</p>
<p>I think they want to oversell the student tickets and sell extra tickets to the public.</p>
<p>hahaha sucks to be current juniors, good thing im graduating.
I did sign the petition though!</p>
<p>Please help support our cause! We need those seats back!
<a href=“https://csg.umich.edu/upetition/p/footballseating[/url]”>https://csg.umich.edu/upetition/p/footballseating</a></p>
<p>This is ridiculous. I hope some kind of boycott or something happens if this change goes through</p>
<p>Prices went up because there is 7 home games instead of 6. Another reason why they did general admission is because they know that us students will show up early. They are doing this because they are trying to tone down the pregame frat tailgates.</p>
<p>Prices went up about 8 bucks a ticket, accounting for the extra game</p>
<p>I signed it even though a freshman. This just makes it glaringly obvious that the athletic department doesn’t give a **** about real students and only cares about $. The old farts who contribute nothing to gameday cried and cried till they got what they want. Well, I definitely will not be donating to them after i graduate, or buying their crap network. That petition should really go to Mary Coleman, since i doubt they even consulted her before this. To dump this on during finals week with no input whatsoever, **** them.</p>
<p>Even as a sophomore, I’m sure I’ll have better things to do than wait in line all day. I called them as well and pointed out the liability issue since with the narrow tunnels and concrete steps, if anyone gets hurt like almost happened at the Ohio basketball game, they’re gonna get sued. As for the price, I heard it’s to upgrade the student rec buildings, but $40 to see akron is complete ********.</p>
<p>I just paid $310 for a t shirt and first come first serve seating to 7 football games…</p>
<p>“This is ridiculous. I hope some kind of boycott or something happens if this change goes through.”</p>
<p>It seems as though over a quarter of your classmates boycott every game. If you want to get mad, get mad at them.</p>
<p>And drunk Greek kids or busy real-major students aren’t my concern. Their inability to show up on time is not my fault or for me to worry about. They should not be keeping me from the seat I’ve been “promised” for 3 years</p>
<p>Sorry ThisIsMichigan, but that is the way life goes sometimes. It’s not always fair.</p>
<p>"I just paid $310 for a t shirt and first come first serve seating to 7 football games… "
cry me a river. I just paid over 1000 (600 PSD + ticket face value*7) for a ticket all the way at the top…</p>
<p>“The old farts who contribute nothing to gameday cried and cried till they got what they want.”
Old farts like me want to see the student section filled at game time, not by the beginning of the 2nd quarter. I don’t give a crap how. The process is unimportant. And yes. We get what we want. People who actually pay get what they want. This is how the world works. Learn it. It’ll do you good.</p>
<p>"As for the price, I heard it’s to upgrade the student rec buildings, but $40 to see akron is complete ********. "</p>
<p>And you are still paying for it. So obviously it’s not *****<strong><em>. As long as people are willing to pay for it and they still sell out, mission accomplished. Everyone in the stadium in general are price takers, not price makers, and this is particularly true about the students who get discount tickets. Guess what? Do you think upperclassmen being *</em></strong>ed about general admission would affect ticket sales? Nope. So you really have no power. That’s how the market works. You have no say unless you are willing to walk away. And even if you do, they would just sell your ticket to a non-student season ticket holder for more. Absolutely nothing to lose.</p>
<p>tl;dr version: you can whine all you want but it’ll fall on deaf ears and rightfully so.</p>
<p>If you all don’t want your tickets, my husband and I will gladly take them! And if we could get season tickets for $300 we’d be doing a happy dance.</p>
<p>Bearcats, we did our undergraduate years at a university whose mascot is the Bearcat. Back then (20-25 years ago) they would give out tickets to students to attend the football games for free. It was like opposite-scalping. There would be folks walking around going, “Hey, want a ticket to the game? They’re free! I’ve got tickets for free right here.”</p>
<p>P.S. I am sorry that the seniors aren’t happy with the new policies. It’s understandable to be disappointed.</p>
<p>Did you hear that Brady Hoke is going to give all of the students donuts if they’re there on time for noon games??</p>
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<p>But how much will you pay for a ticket to the Akron game that lets you into the Big House only after you fork over an extra 42 bucks?</p>
<p>^i would gladly pay 300+42*7 for season ticket. Hell i would pay 50% more than that. And while you point out how expensive the akron ticket is, why don’t you point out how cheap the ND night game ticket is given that it would probably sell for 500 and you are getting it for a paltry 43 bucks?</p>
<p>I see the point of the students. In my day (early 1970s), we looked forward to moving over every year into better seats. Organizing the group, collecting the ticket vouchers from everyone and sitting outside of Yost Arena overnight to get the best tickets possible - 1st day for seniors or higher priority, 2nd day for juniors and so on. At Yost you exchanged the vouchers for the packets of season tickets.</p>
<p>As for the old farts, all of us are also paying for seat licenses - talk about highway robbery…</p>
<p>It appears that as the OOS student population increases, zealotry for football is a bit on the wain. I guess that’s the price to pay for people who didn’t grow up loving Michigan football.</p>