re: Student Tickets Mayhem

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Why do they make this shite so hard for students.

1.Block off the sections
2.First come first serve every game up to a certain amount of students
3. Scan student id for fire marshal requirements so to not over fill the sections and to bill the student’s account.

The student section doesn’t need designated seats. They’re students. They stand and move around the whole damn game

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If students have designated seating now, this is the first time I’m hearing it. There are certain areas designated to groups of students (e.g. Greek life, the med school, etc.) but that’s about it AFAIK.

There are legitimate reasons to handle student tickets the way they do:
1. By limiting the games freshmen can go to, you allow upperclassmen to go to all of the games.
2. Making them buy a package disincentivizes people from only showing up for 1-2 big games. Yes, it still happens. But you would presumably have even more people who only show up for Bama if all they needed were student IDs. Which kind of screws the folks who do show up every week.
3. Students already have to get there early as shite to wait in line if they want to sit with their friends. IMO, it’s a huge part of why they often leave early. If there was a risk of not even being able to get in, you’d see students lined up all damn day.

If I were still a student, I’d rather have to buy a package than have to be in line 4 hours before kickoff.