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Possible solution for students leaving early

Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:27 am
Posted by TIGERsinceCONCEPTION
Uptown New Orleans
Member since Jan 2009
1090 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:27 am
Sorry if this idea has already been thrown out, but with the constant questioning and bitching about fans leaving early I haven't seen much regarding solutions. IMO, the fact that we need to do something is ridiculous, but we all know what the current culture has become.

Student Priority Points are like gold when it comes to obtaining and maintaining student tickets. All the students (at least back in the day) would go out of their way to go to other sporting events to swipe their ID just to raise their status for the following Fall. Currentlly, 20 points are awarded for home football games compared to 3 for baseball/softball, basketball and gymnastics and 1 point for all other sports. To keep students from just swiping and leaving for some of the other sports, they sometimes offered bonus points for staying late. I propose that students should be awarded no points for swiping when they arrive to football games, and all 20 points are awarded when swiped with 0:00 on the clock.

Similarly, doing something with TAF priority points for season ticket holders may help as well (with the exception that typically one TAF name/number is tied to multiple tickets).
Posted by L S Usetheforce
Member since Jun 2004
22802 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:28 am to
Or students can just stop be entitled pussies....
This post was edited on 10/17/16 at 7:29 am
Posted by SmoothOperator96
TD Premium Member
Member since Jan 2016
4056 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:29 am to
Because after the game, I'm eager to get out the stadium an extra hour later because I have to stand in line to get my ID swiped again (I personally don't go to LSU, but have used student tickets/IDs before... and yes I stay till the end)

And the ones that leave early are generally the ones that go and take pictures to show social media that they're cool. They don't usually yell and cheer. So it's dead weight anyways
This post was edited on 10/17/16 at 7:41 am
Posted by Harry Caray
Denial
Member since Aug 2009
18661 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:29 am to
What is this, 2012? Look I do my thing and stay through the whole game and feel like garbage afterwards but that's me. But I don't expect 20,000ish college aged kids to stick through a 35 point win over a CUSA team.
Posted by LSUbase13
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Member since Mar 2008
15060 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:30 am to
quote:

All the students (at least back in the day) would go out of their way to go to other sporting events to swipe their ID just to raise their status for the following Fall.


I wonder how many students actually stayed at the volleyball, soccer, gymnastics meets? I would always swipe my card and immediately turn around to leave.
Posted by iluvlsusports
Somewhere in South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2006
3664 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:49 am to
Students shouldn't be able to get season tickets. They should be on a game by game basis and if they swipe out early they don't get points and move to the bottom of the list for the next home game.

Posted by OneMoreTime
Florida Gulf Coast Fan
Member since Dec 2008
61837 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:52 am to
Too many students go to the game for this to work. It would take forever to scan all those tickets and I'd after the game
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