Serious Question - Why Are People Angry With Season Ticket Holders Not Renewing?

There are three major components to this:

1.  Ticket prices are going up. 

2.  At the same time, we are in the midst of the worst economic recession in recent memory.  And guess which state has been the biggest victim?  Even if the team is performing real well, I'm sure everyone has to seriously question whether they can shell out so much money/

3.  The on-field product is atrocious.  Not underwhelming, not subpar, but atrocious.  This is a team that should have lost to Akron. 

If one, or even two of these were true, I don't think this group would be as prominent.  But all three are a pretty tough combination. 

David Brandon has raised ticket prices in an attempt to maximize revenue.  Now he has raised the prices to a point where many people are dissatisfied.  Then he decided to "make his mark" on the progam by combining bumbling incompetence with meddling and arrogance.  

The W-L record reflects that incompetence, meddling and arrogance.  

I don't blame season ticket holders for telling David Brandon to take a flying "leap" through a rolling doughnut.  I wish the trustees would do the same before he irreparably damages the "Brand."

 I do not technically own my season ticket. My uncle gives me one for helping him with various things all year. But after this season and how the team has regressed, I would strongly consider giving them up if I owned it myself. He texted me during the Iowa game and said ''If Borges is not fired I'm not renewing my tickets next year.'' I think he's 100% right.

It is incredibly obvious to me the current offensive staff is not going to cut it for this football team to compete with ohio state or even teams like wisconsin and michigan state. We've seen Borges cost us multiple games ever single year since Hoke got here. We've seen every single starting offensive lineman including the best two on the team get worse as the season went on. I dont want to hear ''We're young'' Do you realize the 1997 team had only 1 member (Jansen) that started a game. When Backus went down, Hutchinson and Ziemann were MOVED to the offensive line. MOVED  as in they had played defensive line before. You're telling me that there is nothing wrong with this offensive staff? It's a joke. And if all of them are kept on staff for next year I firmly believe Dave Brandon is not concerned about the football team moving forward and that Hoke isn't either. 

That is why people are considering not renewing. And if you're angry about that, kindly piss up a rope. 

You do a great job of moderating this board, is there any way to limit the creator of the thread to post a "great post" to everyone that agrees with me after every new comment?  The first few are fine and dandy, but by the 10th or 11th it gets pretty boring and doesn't contribute to the discussion.  Just my thought.s.

I have explained why in other threads so I won't repeat myself, but it has nothing to do with my support of the this team or the program.  I am still 100% behind this team, program and Brady Hoke.

I want the team to win, the kids to graduate and be successful.  I have simply decided that the stadium atmosphere is not worth so much $$ any more.

GO BLUE!  BEAT Ohio!

assumptions about the reasons why people are not renewing.  There are many potential reasons for not renewing, including not being able to afford the ticket prices any more, or desire to save money, or not having the time to go to the games, or whatever.  I don't get angry at anyone for not renewing, per se.  However, the people who CAN afford to go to the games, want to go to the games, but are not renewing because they want to stick it to David Brandon really disappoint me.  These knee-jerk, emotional, anger-based decisions don't help the team in any way.  My feeling is that the team and coaches need my support now, regardless of how I feel DB is running things, or the plays being called which I may not agree with.  I love Michigan and the sports programs there, and I will keep going to the games because the athletes deserve and need our support - as long as I can afford to do so.  There is no one in the program who doesn't want to win badly.   So, I really want to see Michigan fans stick together and help the program get through this difficult time.  Go Blue!

Instead of tearing the team down, we need to raise them up. Clearly (look at Peppers), fan reaction affects the team in a real way.

Cue Josh Groban

I'm totally an opportunist. Every person who has more priority points than me who doesn't renew is great for me. If a lot of older fans with blue lot spots abandon, I might get one.

I live in Florida and I will renew my tickets every year.  I'm not concerned about a down year this year.  This year's team was a few players away from being a 10-2 team.  With some maturity on the interior OL and a couple more playmakers, we would have beaten Penn State, Nebraska and Iowa for sure.  MSU and OSU would have been tossups with Al Borges and certain wins if any number of people on this board called the plays (or so I've been told).

I think people withdrawing their financial support because of a few down years are a bit too prideful, but whatever.  See ya'll in Jacksonville (assuming that is where we end up).  Go Blue!

 

But I left the state in '89, so I had to end my 4 years of season tickets. When I retire in 14 years, I plan to get season tickets once again, and continue until I die! I'l go to the 6 home  games a year and to the bowl games! Hopefully the team will be good by then.

I think not renewing tickets is perfectly fine. The only time I get "angry" is when season ticket holders sell their Ohio State tickets. That said, I do think it is odd that long-time season ticket holders would find this year the straw that breaks the camel's back. Not 2005, not 2008 or 2009 or 2010. This one. Despite only seeing one home loss during Hoke's tenure. Despite the program being healthy. I understand the team itself is only part of the equation, but it's just odd to me.

Sorry I'm so late to this stale topic. We had an entire thread yesterday about this exact thing that was deleted for some reason. Guess what? MGrowOld and others like him were all over that topic making the same point and announcing they were not renewing. From this point on just ignore them on this topic as they just want attention and are fanning the flames. They might be real fans, however, they are just not very good ones. So, who cares about them? You guys remind me of Favre announcing his numerous retirements. Just do it and don't tweet your meat and I'll be happy.

I read the post. I don't really think that you are curious why people like me get angry. I think you like to be the center of attention. Not a big deal.