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BillyTheCat

2/16/2018 12:53 PM

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That figure for Akron is an absolute joke.

No more than what we report. Every school has it's own way of "selling tickets."

I see a huge difference between moving tickets by selling very low cost "family packages" and selling, say 10,000 season tickets to Pepsi for $1 each, which is the kind of thing I've seen some other MAC schools do occasionally to pad their attendance numbers and "meet" the NCAA minimum attendance levels. With the family packages, a lot of people actually do attend the games, whereas Pepsi no doubt gives a few away, but the bulk of them go unused.

I have no idea how Akron sold as many tickets as they did this year. It could have been a large bulk sale, or it could have been a bunch of family packages. For their sake, I hope it was the latter.

Hate to tell you this, but over the years we've sold LOTS of steeply discounted tickets to Pepsi and Kroger. As Alan says, we are the last ones to throw stones in this discussion.

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Alan Swank

2/16/2018 3:17 PM

BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more

L.C. wrote:expand_more

Alan Swank wrote:expand_more

Jeff McKinney wrote:expand_more

That figure for Akron is an absolute joke.

No more than what we report. Every school has it's own way of "selling tickets."

Hate to tell you this, but over the years we've sold LOTS of steeply discounted tickets to Pepsi and Kroger. As Alan says, we are the last ones to throw stones in this discussion.

I remember going through the Wendy's drive thru 3 times in one day once to get free tickets that had been "sold."

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mcbin

2/16/2018 6:41 PM

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I remember going through the Wendy's drive thru 3 times in one day

That's unhealthy. ;-)

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Alan Swank

2/16/2018 9:50 PM

mcbin wrote:expand_more

Alan Swank wrote:expand_more

I remember going through the Wendy's drive thru 3 times in one day

That's unhealthy. ;-)

You didn't even have to buy anything.

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cbus cat fan

2/16/2018 9:53 PM

Yikes we all know this can't last forever. One day university administrators, who often cringe at the perks athletics get, will gleefully pull the plug on all of these promotions. Only then will we see how many true fans, we in particular and the MAC in general, really have.

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TWT

2/17/2018 12:28 PM

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To illustrate L.C.'s point about non-alumni giving to universities whose athletic contests they attend, we need look no further than John Galbreath. An OHIO graduate, he had a lifelong love affair with the football program at the Evil Empire. Though his daughter Joan, also an OHIO graduate, gave much to OHIO, father John's donations went mainly to the junior institution in Cowtown. The major exception, of course, was Galbreath Chapel, which he insisted be built on the spot where he had met his first wife.

We might have to thank millenials grads giving up on college sports who don't have time for OSU football. Cutting the cord on the BTN network and mailing in their childhood allegiances.

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OU_Country

2/22/2018 10:47 AM

A segment from Lance McAllister on 700 WLW on this topic.

https://700wlw.iheart.com/featured/lance-mcalister/conten... /