GA Football Seating is no more
https://csg.umich.edu/executive-branch/executive-committee/press-releas…
They are getting rid of the general admission seating and going with a hybrid of "attendance driven reserved seating" and class standing. Thoughts?
Sorry Seniors. Sometimes it sucks being the experiment.
But good for the AD to hear the complaints, see the problems, and make a changeYet some people will still think Brandon is the worst thing to be at the University.
March 12th, 2014 at 10:14 AM ^
Well, yeah. He did one thing right. That doesn't absolve him of all the shit he's done wrong.
I like it. I don't know what "returning freshmen" are though...
Would be part-time students who didn't accumulate enough credits fot sophomore status.
in their first year
Obviously those that are just starting on the 7-year graduation plan.
Yeah. They're called doctors.
+1
RIP Chris Farly
March 11th, 2014 at 10:50 PM ^
I automatically upvote any Tommy Boy reference. One of the best comedies ever made.
RIP Chris Farley.
Redshirt freshmen. Fans who weren't good enough to lead cheers in their first year, but who showed some potential. Now they're getting their chance in the Big House.
Yeah, they actually had to show up on time.
<takes cover>
Showing up later in some cases was actually better.
Fewer lines to deal with and it wasn't jam packed up there. GA did not provide enough incentive to show up on time.
Now if you want premium seats, you must both attend games and show up early. On paper, this system is a huge improvement.
Seriously? People are going to start thinking rationally on this board?
COME ON!!! These are the interwebs, people!!!
MOAR IRATE YELLING!!!
The logic is not there. If you wanted a premium seat before you still had to ATTEND the game and show up early. You couldn't get a premium seat by staying home..
This policy will affect student attendance, and the timeliness of their attendance to the most minimal degree because the policy does almost nothing to counter the experience that students can have with viable substitutes (such as tailgating or staying at home/having a watch party and getting better food, having and using better bathrooms/access, and all the rest).
This policy is another attempt to "fix" student attendance, a national problem which many schools are trying to rectify by instituting various similar policies. None of them have worked and none of them will work because they are cheap attempts to fix the issue without spending any real money to improve the students' personal gameday experience.
This whole saga is -_-
Sorry, I don't feel bad for anyone who gets to graduate from Michigan and go to seven home football games.
Actually, I got to go to much more than seven because I had tickets for four years.
but I think they had to do something. Hard to say if this will work or not, but I applaud the effort nonetheless.
Attendance driven?
...this is... a good idea... like, what's the catch?
I can't believe it. I can finally get rewarded for going to the games and showing up on time.
The Athletic Department got this one right. I am both shocked and excited at the same time.
But a lof of fun to watch.
Can't for the experiment to have the entire stadium GA
/s
I'm all for it. If I get to pay the same prices for tickets that the students do.
As a graduating senior, this is how I feel right now.
Yup. Really sucks to go 4 years without missing a minute of any game, deal with the mess that was GA, and then see a plan that actually makes sense installed right as we leave.
As a student whose senior year was RR's first, you can all go to hell. Count yer damn blessings.
Point taken.
Hey, my sophomore year was RR's first. But I agree with what you're saying.
.... YOU GOT 2006!
Signed,
A student for the 07-10 seasons.
We did have that sweet Cap One Bowl win over Jesus Tebow and Urbz.
Granted we had to endure The Horror and the Oregoning for it....
My first Michigan game was The Horror. I was in the band and had senior bandos apologizing to us. I didn't understand.
I did stay an extra year for SGUS and got that sweet, sweet 2011 season, so that was worth it.
Uhh... your sophomore year was also Rich Rod's first year...? So neither got 2006, just fyi.
I think you're reading something wrong
year was RR's first, you can go way the hell to the back of the bitching line.
although, after lots of reflection, i'm really glad i'm a huge basketball fan b/c the rise of michigan basketball really salvaged my college sports experience.
The point was that the griping was in regards to how bad it sucked to have your senior year marred by GA. I'm saying that I would gladly trade reserved seat "senior" tickets (which weren't even that good) to 3-8, Threetsheridammit, and Fan Endurance III (my last game as a student) for GA tickets to the 2013 season.
Obviously, if we're looking at whole student career, I started in '04 (5 year BSE/MSE), so I got to see Braylonfest, Henne to Manningham, 2006, and the whole careers of Henne and Hart. That's better than a 5 year stretch from 2007 to 2010 would have been, no argument there.
but still, little sympathy for enduring RR during your super senior year.
From you, I expect none. From a 2013 senior, someone who got at least 3 years of Denard, both UTLs, 2 undefeated home seasons, and the first win against OSU since before I started, maybe a little.
March 12th, 2014 at 11:48 AM ^
was a blessing?
Because anytime I go through something crappy, I want to see it kept the same so people after me also suffer, and nothing ever improves. Yeah, be livid.
The notion of "a hybrid of 'attendance driven reserved seating' and class standing" sounds like the right way to go about this. The devil, of course, is in the details.
The hybrid system is only for 2014 though. 2015 will be a strict points system based off of 2014 attendance and class standing will count for nothing. You get three points for going to a game, and three more points for showing up 30min before kickoff. With six 2014 home games, you get a maximum of 36 points for a season. My understanding of it is that if you're a junior and your senior and sophomore friends all have 36 points, you'll all have equivalent seating. No "bonus points" for being a senior.
We still have seven home games. The policy is just dropping your worst score, essentially.
Seems to me that class standing ought at least be a tie-breaker for those with equivalent points, but that's a relatively minor blemish on what seems like a good move overall. Credit to the Athletic Department for recognizing that last year's GA approach was flawed.