How on earth do they expect to get average middle-class families to invest in the program if they don't charge $20 a head?
We couldn't get season tickets this year. But I brought my daughter to the Gulf Coast game and asked for the "cheapest seats" for one adult and one youth. It cost me $30.
Have you considered those Dogs?
Our AD said (and many of our peeps actually belive him) that it is against the law to charge less than ?? % of highest price tickets...
I suppose the auditors who normally audit Grambling and nlulm will get serious about their business when they deal with us....assuming you believe the BS our AD feeds us.
A dollar is about what the majority of our ooc home games are worth paying to attend. OOC scheduling should be taken away from konkol and given to the girls. They get lsu-BR at home, we get lsu-s; they get Auburn at home, we get pva&mu.
Nope. Think nine months is the correct gestation period.
Anybody besides the two in my party going? We're not just going for the $1.00 treats, but they'll be nice bonuses.
I'm thinking about making the game. It is a very short drive for me from Laurel.
There are laws...maybe not a "law" per se, but definitely policies about pricing any public institution's services/products. That includes tickets for sporting events. Given that state taxpayers provide the means by which these entities exist, it is incumbent upon those responsible to be good stewards of the assets. I know schools can't give away tickets (for free). I don't know about discounts and just how low prices can go. Most of these policies are made after the state Attorney General is asked to offer an opinion. That opinion then becomes a rule by which state auditors make their decisions. Of course, that means all someone has to do is ask the new AG to review a policy and issue a new opinion.
USM can sell tix to a game for a $1 because the policies of the State of Mississippi allow it, I'm sure. That is not the case in Louisiana under current policies.
Maybe some Donor agrees to pay for any tickets that are sold for $1.00. I know I got some free tickets for a UAB/Tech football game, but I think one of the local companies agreed to pay for any of the free tickets that were used.
Watching the game on CUSA.TV today. And yes, we should win by at least 10 points. Not that we are 'world beaters' but USM's three wins are vs Tougaloo, Union College, and Alabama A&M.
The way it works, in practice, is someone wants to do something, like, sell tix at a discount, for instance. Often, the deed happens...somewhere. And after the fact, some state auditor says you can't do that. Why? Why can't we do that, someone asks the auditor. Because, it was done at such-and-such school and it violates legislative rules, or policies, whatever the correct term is.
I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT as it pertains to giving away tickets to sporting events. A school did that, got their wrist slapped, and then everyone was told you can NOT do that. An AD at a school does NOT have the authority to give away state property, which tickets to a game are. Anymore than a school can say, hey! we have all these old desks, computers, etc...who wants them? Come get 'em. All of that....including the "product" that is sporting events at public institutions...belongs to the State of Louisiana. I would think that as a taxpayer you would be glad that someone is trying to look after the investment all we taxpayers have made.
And, as I posted, while there is some "guidance" on discounts for tickets to sporting events, I don't know the details. Can find out though, fairly easily. And the easiest way to find out is to ask an AD or someone in the AD's office. Ask your pal Tommy Mac.