Seating for 2015-16

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Was this physical mail or an email?

Physical mail.

[SMU1523]

I should probably check my mailbox then.

[SoCal_Pony]

My take on all of this, especially considering our past.

LB & his staff are worth every penny invested.

Nick Saban is an absolute steal at anything less than $15M per year.

If Janks isn't the answer, SMU needs to Pony Up quickly to find our replacement.

Longer term, I'm very concerned there will be an arms race for future marquee HC's (you can't pay the players, lets pay the coaches) and we will be competing against P5 schools earning $50M+ in revenues.

[Mestengo]

The only thing that worries me is if they price it so only deep pockets can afford tickets, deep pockets buy many tickets, and deep pockets do not come to the games, get rowdy, or fill all the seats they buy. We need some down and dirty support above and beyond the students. Not just diamond jinglers.

I'm a Zirconium jingler

[SMU1523]

I can see this being a massive mistake. Clearly, the athletic department has messed with the atmosphere. Now they want to play musical chairs. The only thing I am in favor of is moving the cushy red chairs up a few rows. I understand someone paid good money for those red seats and those people donate more than I make in a year, but it is upsetting to see those seats 60% full.

[WildBillPony]

A wise old man once told me "Feed the rich and grow poor, feed the poor and grow rich".

[WildBillPony]

Oh I forgot. That doesn't apply to SMU.

[fifty]

Do other schools require big donations to buy tickets to bball?

[smupony94]

Yea

[OhioBrownFan]

Do other schools require big donations to buy tickets to bball?

Yes. Duke requires a one-time donation of 7,500 plus your season ticket costs of $1,200 per year. But the UNC game alone will recover your season tickets, so that's not really a fair comparison. Ohio State is a one time PSL donation of 10K per seat in the lower bowl, good for 40 years, no donation for any of the uppers.

[PonySnob]

Do other schools require big donations to buy tickets to bball?

Yes. Duke requires a one-time donation of 7,500 plus your season ticket costs of $1,200 per year. But the UNC game alone will recover your season tickets, so that's not really a fair comparison. Ohio State is a one time PSL donation of 10K per seat in the lower bowl, good for 40 years, no donation for any of the uppers.

Does Ohio State pro-rate for those that have little chance of another 40 years?


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[mrydel]

Probably can pass down to family. I know Arkansas used to do that but not sure if they do anymore.

[OhioBrownFan]

Do other schools require big donations to buy tickets to bball?

Yes. Duke requires a one-time donation of 7,500 plus your season ticket costs of $1,200 per year. But the UNC game alone will recover your season tickets, so that's not really a fair comparison. Ohio State is a one time PSL donation of 10K per seat in the lower bowl, good for 40 years, no donation for any of the uppers.

Does Ohio State pro-rate for those that have little chance of another 40 years?


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Your 40 years starts the day you put down the money I believe...Don't quote me on that. I don't have any or 40K to throw down just to buy the seats. I know that after the donation, the actual tickets are the same amount of money as the uppers however. It all depends on the team, Nebraska who has a brand new beautiful stadium, with very good recent success is only $100 per season ticket for all of the uppers with no donation. Most stadiums are like that, for Ohio State's upper level that aren't on the sideline (basically corner-baseline-to corner), they're only $380 with no donation.

Michigan has donation for it's lowers but anything in the upper level higher than like row 30 on the sideline is $350 with no donation. I can't think of many colleges that have donations on upper level seats really, Duke is an exception to the rule. Even UK doesn't. True blue bloods might do donations for like the first few rows of half-court in the uppers just to give you an idea. I haven't looked at exact prices, I know that at Wisconsin, you must donate $50 per seat to get season tickets, then the per seat cost on anything in the uppers is $350-400, something like that.

Mrydel - I don't think you can pass them down, I'd have to check. I'm sure you can continue to pay the season ticket cost but if you're a family member but I don't believe that you can put them in someone else's name. The idea is that the team will need a new arena or renovation before 40 years, therefore you would have to pay it again when that happens. Schott is fairly new, so it's got at least anther 20-25 years of shelf life left. Still in great condition.

[Pony ^]

Leave it up to SMU to screw everything up

[mrydel]

Remembering better, Arkansas just passed the season ticket rights down, not the donation. So you could always keep your seats in the family but still had to pay whatever was charged annually.