Desperate times call for desperate emails [student football tix]

Remember kids: If you can't afford tickets or don't have rich parents you're not a real fan.

I suspect there are a fair number of fans who, for whatever reason, don't buy. Of course, some who buy aren't really dedicated fans of the sport, either. One's fanhood is not dependent upon how much they are able to spend or how much they measure up to someone else's ideal of fandom.

I just wouldn't be quick to blame this on the students or to attack their fanhood. The part of your post where you worried about the future of the athletic program was actually something I agreed with, but it was hard to get past the beginning.

What if they don't buy tickets specifically because they have idenfied an arbitrage opportunity to buy them cheaper on the secondary market?

My sister didn't buy tickets and will buy off stubhub to the games she wants to attend.

"Although I would generally agree that students who don't buy student tix are not fans."

$295 isn't a night out at the bar for everybody, moneybags.

Some people don't enjoy the experience in the student section.  I personally don't like standing for 3 hours in sometimes bad weather getting a shitty view of the game.  I can sit comfortably on my couch with a great view of the game, instant replay at my personal disposal and not have to spend $40 on a ticket.  

When the Athletic Department offers me a game day experience worth the price of the football ticket, I will buy it.  Until then I will continue to "not be a fan" and watch all the games on my couch.

I could not disagree more with the "students who don't buy student tix are not fans" mantra.  $300 is a lot of dough for a college kid.  Its a good chunk of dough for non-college kids too.  If I'm going to spend that kind of money, I better be getting something good in return.  A night game against PSU and a collection of crappy home games is not worth that.  And just because you don't blindly plunk down the money for tickets doesn't mean you're not a fan.  Blinding buying season tickets regardless of what you're getting in return makes you a sucker.

If you're looking to spend $300 to be a "fan", I'd much rather do a roadtrip with a bunch of friends to NW or OSU or MSU.  It would be a much better memory, more fun, and a better use of the money.

Yep. I didn't renew my season tickets this year. It became too expensive for someone on a teacher's salary. Oh well. To stub hub I go. I bet I can get similar tickets without spending a fortune.

I think this season is the perfect storm of last season blues, and unattractive home slate. Last year they opened up season ticket sales to people not on the PSD waiting list. This means to me they had cleared throught the PSD waiting list last summer.

I am guessing stubhub prices will be well below dynamic pricing base price this year, and they will not sell as many season tickets as they had previously.

Dave Brandon lost in the East - West realignment. Of course it is partially his fault for scheduling App State, but the movement of MSU to away in the same year as ND away and OSU away has strangled the golden goose.