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Should being a long time season ticket holder count for anything?
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:24 am
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:24 am
I know a guy who has been a LONG time LSU football season ticket holder, even through the really shitty years. He has had 6 tickets for as long as i can remember. Well, he's kinda fallen on hard times as a small business owner and doesn't contribute any money to the TAF outside of the fees for his tickets. He was very disappointed to not get tickets to the BCSCG and I don't blame him. Shouldn't being a long time season ticket holder have some weight in determining if you get bowl tickets? It's pretty shitty IMO.
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Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:26 am to JonTheTigerFan
So he can buy $5000+ a year worth of tickets but not add $100 to that to receive 3 TAF points?
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:26 am to JonTheTigerFan
You would think, but no.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:27 am to JonTheTigerFan
What do you think the guy that donates a professor's salary to LSU would have to say if he got passed on with tickets by a guy that hasn't donated a dime outside of paying for season tickets?
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:28 am to JonTheTigerFan
Yes, it should count. I am in the same boat. I applied for tickets to our both of our prior BCS Championship Games and missed both times. This year is my third strike. There needs to be some type of method where if you are not that big of a doner, and you receive tickets one year, you should go to the bottom of the list that revolves upward.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:30 am to JonTheTigerFan
I've had season tickets since 1986. Filled out my form and got a nice "tough noogies" e-mail last week.
Wished I'd gotten them and yea I had them all through the Curley years, but honestly I donate as little as possible.No way on Earth I can rationalize how I should get them.
Wished I'd gotten them and yea I had them all through the Curley years, but honestly I donate as little as possible.No way on Earth I can rationalize how I should get them.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:30 am to JonTheTigerFan
It needs to if LSU wants to ensure a more steady cash flow in the lean years. In the current environment, season ticket holders pay more to attend games than fans who buy seats in the same locations on StubHub, the coming BCS NCG excepted. If you want people to pay a premium for being season ticket holders in lean years, however, there has to be some expected reward that it will payoff in good years.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:32 am to TigerEd
Unfortunately it's a "what have you done for me lately" world, and loyalty is rarely rewarded anymore. It's sad.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:33 am to Doc Fenton
I agree with Doc Fenton. Maybe that makes too much sense for the powers that be to implement.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:38 am to Doc Fenton
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If you want people to pay a premium for being season ticket holders in lean years, however, there has to be some expected reward that it will payoff in good years.
I can agree with this to an extent. But how should they do this? There are probably more people that have had season tickets since the 80s than the entire allotment of BCS tickets.
Frankly, I think people who don't donate much anymore should be thankful they've been able to keep their current seats. LSU could easily announce that they're wiping the slate clean, and all season ticket holders will have first shot at renewing their tickets, but they'll have to get their TAF ranking up to par with what it would take to get those tickets. I'm pretty sure Bama did something similar to this several years ago.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:39 am to Thunder Tiger
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loyalty is rarely rewarded anymore.
This goes both ways. I think LSU is being loyal to people who have had tickets for years that haven't donated near the amount of money that people sitting right next to them have. Don't act like LSU couldn't find other people to take their place.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:40 am to JonTheTigerFan
Yes, he should get tickets based on tenure alone, and there should be no way for relatively "new" Tiger fans to get BCS tickets. 
It's a business. Not a meritocracy.
It's a business. Not a meritocracy.
This post was edited on 12/16/11 at 11:42 am
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:41 am to JonTheTigerFan
I guess he never upgraded to the sidelines during the Hallman years..6 sideline tix on the same account would have resulted enough points to get tickets by the required donation alone.. and if he ever gave to the taf as suggested before the "hard times" he would have even more points.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:41 am to medtiger
I think it all starts with getting rid of TAF, which means that the Louisiana Legislature would have to first pass a law allowing for donations to the LSU Athletics Department without donating to the general fund.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:42 am to Doc Fenton
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I think it all starts with getting rid of TAF
LOL
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:42 am to yaherrdme
We've had tickets since the early '50s. Lsu doesnt care...lol
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:44 am to Golfer
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So he can buy $5000+ a year worth of tickets but not add $100 to that to receive 3 TAF points?
My parents have been season ticket holders for almost 40 years....way before TAF existed. They renew their tickets every year and also donate an additional $300/year to TAF. They didn't get BCSCG tickets this year or in 2007.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:44 am to JonTheTigerFan
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doesn't contribute any money to the TAF outside of the fees for his tickets
Ive contributed the min. with my tickets since 2000 and Im sitting at 3000.
Your friend was buying his tickets at a cut rate for years while people like myself had to pay TAF fees just to get in the gate. I feel no pity for his lack of Championship tickets.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:44 am to gmrkr5
my25+ years gets me letters asking for more money 
not tickets here either
not tickets here eitherPosted on 12/16/11 at 11:47 am to JonTheTigerFan
This thread is full of whining about being poor. If you don't like it, make sacrifices in other areas of your life to afford the necessary donations.
If you don't want to make that kind of sacrifice, you can't act like you're entitled to something. I really want a Lamborghini, but I recognize that I can't afford it. Does that mean I want to abolish the government of Italy? No.
If you don't want to make that kind of sacrifice, you can't act like you're entitled to something. I really want a Lamborghini, but I recognize that I can't afford it. Does that mean I want to abolish the government of Italy? No.
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