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re: Should being a long time season ticket holder count for anything?
Posted on 12/16/11 at 12:42 pm to LoyalTiger
Posted on 12/16/11 at 12:42 pm to LoyalTiger
I have argued that loyalty should include actually attending the games. Have a picture i.d. scanned at every game you attend. So selling/giving your tickets to someone else won't get you as much "credit" as actually being there. Guess we all see loyalty differently.
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Posted on 12/16/11 at 12:46 pm to TROLA
quote:interesting. we've given the minimum every season since 2000 and several years we've given more, at least $400, and our ranking is 3800. however, we only have 2 seats as opposed to your 4 and parking pass. do the number of seats make a difference in the donation/points equation? that was not my understanding. just trying to figure out why you're 800 points higher than me.
I'm number 3007
we've gotten tickets to everything we've requested except for bama and florida regular season away games. this is our second time to the ncg.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 12:48 pm to Off McVoy
From a true fan perspective, that is loyalty...attending games.
But unfortunately, it's a business, like it or not, and loyalty in this instance is $$$.
And I can't argue when this business has gotten us to 3 NC games in 8 years.
But unfortunately, it's a business, like it or not, and loyalty in this instance is $$$.
And I can't argue when this business has gotten us to 3 NC games in 8 years.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 12:54 pm to bfniii
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do the number of seats make a difference in the donation/points equation?
you are forced to donate on a per seat basis.. so more seats equals more money donated
Posted on 12/16/11 at 12:55 pm to bfniii
Every seat and parking pass has a TAF or Tradition Fund associated with it. So yes, the more you have, the more you donate, the more points you get.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:19 pm to LoyalTiger
no complaints from me- our football program is at the top, baseball will be back and hopefully basketball will return soon
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:19 pm to LoyalTiger
gotcha. didn't know it was per seat/item.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:27 pm to JonTheTigerFan
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Shouldn't being a long time season ticket holder have some weight in determining if you get bowl tickets?
It's because of TAF and large donations that we're competing for our 3rd BCS title in 9 years. If LSU was running on a bunch of people who make minimal donations we'd still be in the really shitty years of LSU football.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:32 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
Points should be given to GRADUATES of LSU.Letterman get 5, graduates should at least get 3.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:35 pm to gemlsu
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Points should be given to GRADUATES of LSU.Letterman get 5, graduates should at least get 3.
Do you see the difference? I hope you do.
Regardless, TAF Collegiate Club gives the memeber 1 point per year for $10.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:39 pm to medtiger
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"Sorry, buddy, we're going with the younger guys because they make more noise."
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Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:46 pm to JonTheTigerFan
Awhile back, I did some work at an older gents house and in his den, he had a lot of LSU memoribilia. I asked him about it and he said that he started buying season tickets in 1946 after he was shipped home from WWII. He said that he still gets them, but only goes to one or two games a year and lets his grandkids use them. If anyone deserved priority points for longevity, it would have to be him.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:54 pm to JonTheTigerFan
Seems a shame, but LSU can't run a business that way. Otherwise, nobody would contribute to the points system.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:57 pm to RealityTiger
wait till next time
Posted on 12/16/11 at 3:52 pm to JonTheTigerFan
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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.
I've had 2 tickets since the mid-90s and began contributing the minimum to TAF in 2001 ($100/yr) when Skip Bertman basically said that contributions would matter in the future. I've since added 5 tickets in the last 5 years, pay the minimum Tradition Funds and received BCS tickets in 2003, 2007 and this year. Have received tickets to every BCS game as well as Alabama, Auburn and Florida game ever requested.
Why should younger fans be penalized for their later birth?
There was also a time when bowls would pass on LSU because they didn't travel well to away games. The younger generation of LSU fans has changed that.
The sense of entitlement of older LSU fans puzzles me.
Loyalty didn't pay for any stadium expansion or upgrades not to mention the new Academic Centers, Mike's habitat and a long list of things. TAF donations did.
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