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The Disappearance of Amon G. Carter's Home Field Advantage and Ways to Fix It.
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<blockquote data-quote="tcumaniac" data-source="post: 2823281" data-attributes="member: 31299"><p>I've always liked you as a poster and you've been extremely kind to me in the past, but with all due respect, I think you are way, way off here. </p><p></p><p>To your first point of <em>"It's not that hard. If there is demand by TCU fans to sit in better seats, then spend the money and get those seats."</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your premise is a little silly. Of course there's demand from TCU fans to sit in better seats. The obvious problem is that those better seats simply aren't available. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It is my assumption that if someone was willing to stroke TCU a check worth tens of thousands of dollars, there may be some better seats that mysteriously become available that weren't otherwise available through the upgrade process. It would be dumb of TCU not to hold back a certain number of premium seats that are only made available to donors that want to cut the line with big donations. I have no proof that this actually happens, but it wouldn't surprise me if it did. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Outside of a situation like that, the opportunity to upgrade to better seats is extremely limited, even for fans with relatively high priority point totals that have bought season tickets for years and donated lots of money. And it's not because all the "good" seats are controlled by TCU fans that use them. If that was the case, this entire thread wouldn't have even been necessary to start. <u><strong>The main problem which you continue to brush off and overlook is this: Many of our stadium's best seats, especially on the East Side, are controlled by people that only intend to resell them on stubhub. Until something is done by TCU to dissuade them from doing this, these seats will never be released, and they will never be made available to TCU season ticket holders.</strong></u></li> </ul><p>This brings me to your next point: <em>"The only reason TCU fans aren't sitting in the seats you complain about is because, well, there aren't enough TCU fans."</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Come on man...this couldn't be further from the truth. There are <em><strong>more than enough </strong></em>TCU fans and season ticket holders to regularly occupy our stadium's best seats. And they'd be fully willing to pay a premium for those better seats. The problem is that a majority of our season ticket holders simply don't have access to them, and until something changes, they never will. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">That is my entire argument and premise. Stop letting premium seats be controlled for the sole purpose of being resold on stubhub for every single game. Instead, get them in the hands of season ticket holders that will actually sit in them!</li> </ul><p>THE END!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tcumaniac, post: 2823281, member: 31299"] I've always liked you as a poster and you've been extremely kind to me in the past, but with all due respect, I think you are way, way off here. To your first point of [I]"It's not that hard. If there is demand by TCU fans to sit in better seats, then spend the money and get those seats."[/I] [LIST] [*]Your premise is a little silly. Of course there's demand from TCU fans to sit in better seats. The obvious problem is that those better seats simply aren't available. [*]It is my assumption that if someone was willing to stroke TCU a check worth tens of thousands of dollars, there may be some better seats that mysteriously become available that weren't otherwise available through the upgrade process. It would be dumb of TCU not to hold back a certain number of premium seats that are only made available to donors that want to cut the line with big donations. I have no proof that this actually happens, but it wouldn't surprise me if it did. [*]Outside of a situation like that, the opportunity to upgrade to better seats is extremely limited, even for fans with relatively high priority point totals that have bought season tickets for years and donated lots of money. And it's not because all the "good" seats are controlled by TCU fans that use them. If that was the case, this entire thread wouldn't have even been necessary to start. [U][B]The main problem which you continue to brush off and overlook is this: Many of our stadium's best seats, especially on the East Side, are controlled by people that only intend to resell them on stubhub. Until something is done by TCU to dissuade them from doing this, these seats will never be released, and they will never be made available to TCU season ticket holders.[/B][/U] [/LIST] This brings me to your next point: [I]"The only reason TCU fans aren't sitting in the seats you complain about is because, well, there aren't enough TCU fans."[/I] [LIST] [*]Come on man...this couldn't be further from the truth. There are [I][B]more than enough [/B][/I]TCU fans and season ticket holders to regularly occupy our stadium's best seats. And they'd be fully willing to pay a premium for those better seats. The problem is that a majority of our season ticket holders simply don't have access to them, and until something changes, they never will. [*]That is my entire argument and premise. Stop letting premium seats be controlled for the sole purpose of being resold on stubhub for every single game. Instead, get them in the hands of season ticket holders that will actually sit in them! [/LIST] THE END! [/QUOTE]
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