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Big Frog II

Big Frog II

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steelfrog said:
Not the sharpest stick in the woodpile are ya?

That's kinda Steel's point. The first time the billion-dollar corporation tried to stick it to Steel, raising prices 20% after a losing season and one home win against an FBS team (5 home losses), Steel dropped season tickets, a decade ago now. TCU showed Steel who it was - a greedy corporation with no respect for customers - and Steel logically stopped rewarding them.

You people bi tch and moan and still reward the billion-dollar corporation by giving it your money. Makes no sense. There's plenty of other more rewarding things you could do with your money. Like, for example, Caribbean vacations with your boyfriend, or what not. And what have you.
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Well you have fun with your boyfriend in the Caribbean.
 
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atofrog

Contributor
Wow! Interesting and informative thread. It has been a while since I was on the site or posted. Many of you know me and my entire purpose for posting....transparency and accuracy. I will try to address the major topics...price increase, payment plans, deadline dates.... Sorry if I missed anything else in this thread.

In no particular order:
  1. TCU’s commitment to participate in the new Revenue Sharing model that will be implemented beginning in July. This is a new $20.5M commitment. Athletics has been tasked to not only help cover this new commitment through additional revenue, but also by cutting expenses. Nobody wants us to get left behind if/when the next conference re-alignment happens. Schools that commit to the full revenue share will be in a strong position compared to those that do not. We saw what happened in 1994 when the SWC broke apart and TCU was not originally invited to the Big 12.
  2. Number of home games will increase and be a minimum of 7 each season and sometimes 8 starting in 2026. Obviously prices for 2026 have not been decided, but to help avoid an even bigger shock and increase in prices, we are trying to spread this out. To be clear, I am not saying the 2026 season will have another same % increase, but I would expect some sort of increase with 8 home games next year. So to avoid a 75%, 100%, 125% increase, next season, we started this year.
  3. Update our prices to be consistent with other schools within the Big 12 Conference. TCU has been near the bottom with our season ticket prices.
  4. From 2016-2022, we basically did not change prices, except in our club sections. See chart below.
  5. Secondary market….after researching ticket prices on SeatGeek, StubHub and other sites, we notice that a lot of our season tickets are being resold for a higher price. That is lost revenue to TCU.
  6. We still have locations available for equal or less than last season. You always have the option to renew current seats and change to new seats during the upgrade process. We will refund the difference if you choose a less expensive location.
  7. No, we do not have OUT in the Big 12 anymore. But our prices have never been based on those games. We are TCU and prices are based on current value to support our football team and overall athletics in today's climate.
  8. Yes, we have heard from some fans dropping their tickets because of the price increase. But the reasons for the majority of the cancelations is
    1. Don't need the extra tickets they used to purchase "just in case"
    2. Price has finally made it not worth their time to try and resell on secondary market
  9. This is going to be a good year to upgrade. Similar to a few years ago when we removed over 3000 tickets from known "brokers".
  10. When we host a first round CFP game, it will be extremely difficult to get a "good seat" as the fans that sometimes sell will actually use their tickets for that game.
  11. Yes, there are a lot of schools that have 6-9 month payment plans. This is easier to do when they
    1. Start renewals in Nov.
    2. Have new school year that starts in Aug/Sept
    3. Both
  12. TCU fiscal year ends May 31 each year. Agree or disagree, football renewals must be concluded prior to the end of the current FY.
  13. Could we extend to May? Yes. That is something we should consider moving forward. Maybe we have something that runs Jan.-May. But for anyone waiting until the renewal deadline to begin a payment plan will greatly reduce options.
  14. Deadline extensions...we have done this every year for every sport. We realize there are some fans that simply miss all of the emails, texts and phone calls. Life is distracting. That is why we try to do our best with extending and notifying fans when their tickets have officially been released for other TCU fans to select.

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I hope this helps answer some questions and concerns. TLDR, feel free to call me if you still have questions. I hope we can continue to have your support at TCU.

Go Frogs!
 
BrewingFrog

BrewingFrog

Was I supposed to type something here?
atofrog said:
Wow! Interesting and informative thread. It has been a while since I was on the site or posted. Many of you know me and my entire purpose for posting....transparency and accuracy. I will try to address the major topics...price increase, payment plans, deadline dates.... Sorry if I missed anything else in this thread.

In no particular order:
  1. TCU’s commitment to participate in the new Revenue Sharing model that will be implemented beginning in July. This is a new $20.5M commitment. Athletics has been tasked to not only help cover this new commitment through additional revenue, but also by cutting expenses. Nobody wants us to get left behind if/when the next conference re-alignment happens. Schools that commit to the full revenue share will be in a strong position compared to those that do not. We saw what happened in 1994 when the SWC broke apart and TCU was not originally invited to the Big 12.
  2. Number of home games will increase and be a minimum of 7 each season and sometimes 8 starting in 2026. Obviously prices for 2026 have not been decided, but to help avoid an even bigger shock and increase in prices, we are trying to spread this out. To be clear, I am not saying the 2026 season will have another same % increase, but I would expect some sort of increase with 8 home games next year. So to avoid a 75%, 100%, 125% increase, next season, we started this year.
  3. Update our prices to be consistent with other schools within the Big 12 Conference. TCU has been near the bottom with our season ticket prices.
  4. From 2016-2022, we basically did not change prices, except in our club sections. See chart below.
  5. Secondary market….after researching ticket prices on SeatGeek, StubHub and other sites, we notice that a lot of our season tickets are being resold for a higher price. That is lost revenue to TCU.
  6. We still have locations available for equal or less than last season. You always have the option to renew current seats and change to new seats during the upgrade process. We will refund the difference if you choose a less expensive location.
  7. No, we do not have OUT in the Big 12 anymore. But our prices have never been based on those games. We are TCU and prices are based on current value to support our football team and overall athletics in today's climate.
  8. Yes, we have heard from some fans dropping their tickets because of the price increase. But the reasons for the majority of the cancelations is
    1. Don't need the extra tickets they used to purchase "just in case"
    2. Price has finally made it not worth their time to try and resell on secondary market
  9. This is going to be a good year to upgrade. Similar to a few years ago when we removed over 3000 tickets from known "brokers".
  10. When we host a first round CFP game, it will be extremely difficult to get a "good seat" as the fans that sometimes sell will actually use their tickets for that game.
  11. Yes, there are a lot of schools that have 6-9 month payment plans. This is easier to do when they
    1. Start renewals in Nov.
    2. Have new school year that starts in Aug/Sept
    3. Both
  12. TCU fiscal year ends May 31 each year. Agree or disagree, football renewals must be concluded prior to the end of the current FY.
  13. Could we extend to May? Yes. That is something we should consider moving forward. Maybe we have something that runs Jan.-May. But for anyone waiting until the renewal deadline to begin a payment plan will greatly reduce options.
  14. Deadline extensions...we have done this every year for every sport. We realize there are some fans that simply miss all of the emails, texts and phone calls. Life is distracting. That is why we try to do our best with extending and notifying fans when their tickets have officially been released for other TCU fans to select.

View attachment 17191

I hope this helps answer some questions and concerns. TLDR, feel free to call me if you still have questions. I hope we can continue to have your support at TCU.

Go Frogs!
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Thank you for providing a thorough breakdown on things.
 
The TCU Football Jerk

The TCU Football Jerk

Active Member
Double D said:
Says the guy who dropped his tickets years ago.

#BanSteel
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Naw, for once I agree with him. Our AD department has been racing the jalopy towards a 5 foot thick concrete wall for some time now. Surely they can see it. But instead of breaking and turning around, what do they do? They floor it. As if they can smash the old jalopy through the wall.
 
The TCU Football Jerk

The TCU Football Jerk

Active Member
OEMTim said:
Well, the date came and went. I did not renew. Not sure if I regret it or not. I definitely loved our seats, but if you allow the athletic department to do things like this with no repercussion, it happens again. We'll see if the blowback is enough for it to change its mind about sticking it to the loyal fans.
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I gave mine up a few years back when they pulled some nonsense that I don't recall now. With each passing turn of nonsense I'm glad I did. TCU isn't to me what it used to be back in the day. And not just the athletic department either. I still go to a game here or there from time to time, but its never been any problem to shag a ticket...and at much lower than face value in the after market.
 
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Rajin Horned Frog

New Member
hometown frog said:
The price of poker is going up boys and girls. Wonder what sections are seeing increases or if it’s a blanket bump up. (I didn’t get that email today btw.)
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I didn't get email either but the price of our HANSICAPED season tickets increased from $300 per seat to $480 & a mandatory $100 donation per seat so went from $600 for 2 sears to $1200!! New AD Buddie is no buddy of tcu fans hope his stay is short! I told the ticket office they could keep them and my annual dontions tcu will stop as well!
 
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Rajin Horned Frog

New Member
Frog92 said:
Section 106. My 4 tickets went from $5,000 to $5,800 for the season, or $200 apiece. Parking in Lot 6 unchanged. Also of note, ticket face value for season only went up $50 apiece. The other $150 is in the donation piece. So of a total bill for the season of $7,800, the donation value is $6,200, for which you get a tax writeoff at whatever your marginal tax rate is.

Honestly, talking to my friends from other schools, our tickets have been relatively cheap. Certainly some of that comes from the relative size of our alumni / fan base. So no I don't like that they went up, but it definitely isn't an unreasonable increase when you look at the big picture of where college athletics is going. Now I DON'T like that, but that genie is out of the bottle.
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Rajin Horned Frog

New Member
They were lenient with yours mine increased 60% obviously not fair on the increase. If mine increased only 10-15% no big deal but 60%. And your season tickets are not tax deductible only portion deemed as a donation
 
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Rajin Horned Frog

New Member
LisaLT said:
I am not a season ticket holder as I live in CA and would likely not go to that many games, but it seems that the price increases are substantial - more for some people - I guess based on the location of the seats. But overall, seems like a big increase. Do ticket prices go up every year? Shouldn't there be a fixed percentage that they cannot exceed for renewals? It's one thing if someone new buys in, but existing season ticket holders should get some loyalty reward. Just my opinion.
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Loyal ticket holders, myself 10 yrs, received no reward for loyalty TCU is now simply about the buck and attendance will drop significantly and recruits will think geeze only students going to games...
 
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FloridaFrog76129

Active Member
atofrog said:
Wow! Interesting and informative thread. It has been a while since I was on the site or posted. Many of you know me and my entire purpose for posting....transparency and accuracy. I will try to address the major topics...price increase, payment plans, deadline dates.... Sorry if I missed anything else in this thread.

In no particular order:
  1. TCU’s commitment to participate in the new Revenue Sharing model that will be implemented beginning in July. This is a new $20.5M commitment. Athletics has been tasked to not only help cover this new commitment through additional revenue, but also by cutting expenses. Nobody wants us to get left behind if/when the next conference re-alignment happens. Schools that commit to the full revenue share will be in a strong position compared to those that do not. We saw what happened in 1994 when the SWC broke apart and TCU was not originally invited to the Big 12.
  2. Number of home games will increase and be a minimum of 7 each season and sometimes 8 starting in 2026. Obviously prices for 2026 have not been decided, but to help avoid an even bigger shock and increase in prices, we are trying to spread this out. To be clear, I am not saying the 2026 season will have another same % increase, but I would expect some sort of increase with 8 home games next year. So to avoid a 75%, 100%, 125% increase, next season, we started this year.
  3. Update our prices to be consistent with other schools within the Big 12 Conference. TCU has been near the bottom with our season ticket prices.
  4. From 2016-2022, we basically did not change prices, except in our club sections. See chart below.
  5. Secondary market….after researching ticket prices on SeatGeek, StubHub and other sites, we notice that a lot of our season tickets are being resold for a higher price. That is lost revenue to TCU.
  6. We still have locations available for equal or less than last season. You always have the option to renew current seats and change to new seats during the upgrade process. We will refund the difference if you choose a less expensive location.
  7. No, we do not have OUT in the Big 12 anymore. But our prices have never been based on those games. We are TCU and prices are based on current value to support our football team and overall athletics in today's climate.
  8. Yes, we have heard from some fans dropping their tickets because of the price increase. But the reasons for the majority of the cancelations is
    1. Don't need the extra tickets they used to purchase "just in case"
    2. Price has finally made it not worth their time to try and resell on secondary market
  9. This is going to be a good year to upgrade. Similar to a few years ago when we removed over 3000 tickets from known "brokers".
  10. When we host a first round CFP game, it will be extremely difficult to get a "good seat" as the fans that sometimes sell will actually use their tickets for that game.
  11. Yes, there are a lot of schools that have 6-9 month payment plans. This is easier to do when they
    1. Start renewals in Nov.
    2. Have new school year that starts in Aug/Sept
    3. Both
  12. TCU fiscal year ends May 31 each year. Agree or disagree, football renewals must be concluded prior to the end of the current FY.
  13. Could we extend to May? Yes. That is something we should consider moving forward. Maybe we have something that runs Jan.-May. But for anyone waiting until the renewal deadline to begin a payment plan will greatly reduce options.
  14. Deadline extensions...we have done this every year for every sport. We realize there are some fans that simply miss all of the emails, texts and phone calls. Life is distracting. That is why we try to do our best with extending and notifying fans when their tickets have officially been released for other TCU fans to select.

View attachment 17191

I hope this helps answer some questions and concerns. TLDR, feel free to call me if you still have questions. I hope we can continue to have your support at TCU.

Go Frogs!
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Point 12 is a made up excuse to support point 11 for poor payment plan options. Pretty much every other P5 school with better payment plans has a fiscal year that ends in May-July (and the payment plans are not impacted by it)

TCU will easily lose another 10,000 season ticket holders next year if the payment plan is not fixed. 3 months is still poor and bottom of the barrel for peer schools.

Fiscal Year End:
  1. A&M: June 30
  2. OKST: June 30
  3. Baylor: May 31 (only requires 50% payment)
  4. Utah: June 30; final payment Sept 15
  5. Colorado: July 2
  6. South Carolina: June 30; 10 month plan
  7. WVU: June 30; 6 month plan
  8. Louisville: June 30; 12 month plan
  9. Wake forest: June 30
  10. UVA: June 30; 6 month plan
  11. VT - June 30: final payment August
  12. Kentucky: June 30
  13. LSU: June 30: final payment August
  14. Florida: June 30; 6 month plan
  15. Ole Miss: June 30; 9 months; last payment due December
  16. Purdue: June 30; final payment July
 
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NewFrogFan

NewFrogFan

Full Member
steelfrog said:
Not the sharpest stick in the woodpile are ya?

That's kinda Steel's point. The first time the billion-dollar corporation tried to stick it to Steel, raising prices 20% after a losing season and one home win against an FBS team (5 home losses), Steel dropped season tickets, a decade ago now. TCU showed Steel who it was - a greedy corporation with no respect for customers - and Steel logically stopped rewarding them.

You people bi tch and moan and still reward the billion-dollar corporation by giving it your money. Makes no sense. There's plenty of other more rewarding things you could do with your money. Like, for example, Caribbean vacations with your boyfriend, or what not. And what have you.
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So you missed 2022 in person. TV was not same. My alma mater has won 3 NC this century but for me that TCU season seen in person rivals any of those years. If you missed Michigan, you missed history in the making.
 

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