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I have to say I'm surprised so many actually dropped their season tickets. Wasn't really expecting these numbers on the poll.
While I respect mrydel, his analysis and takeaways are very wrong for the reasons Stallion stated.
For better or worse, it looks like attendance will be driven by the team's performance since it appears a decent chunk of fans are now single-ticket game purchasers.
If these poll numbers extrapolate out to Moody as a whole, there will be a lot of 1/3 to half full non-conference games in November and December.

smupony94 wrote:

SoCal_Pony wrote:Reeks of a Money Grab

Of course it is and many of our fans aren't willing to pay market rate for tickets

I would consider "Market Rate" to include comparisons to other programs in our conference who are not perennial NCAA tournament visitors like UCONN, Cincy, Memphis, Wichita.

Tulane and Central Florida have talented teams with future 1st/2nd round NBA talent on the court. What are they charging?

Houston has a brand new arena, success in the NCAA tournament, and possible 2nd rounder in NBA draft. They have been to post-season 9 of last 14 seasons with 2 NCAAs. What are they charging?

Donation to sit court-side? $500

http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/SeasonTickets.html?_ga=2.76456860.840076285.1522862861-984356212.1522862861

smupony94 wrote:

SoCal_Pony wrote:Reeks of a Money Grab

Of course it is and many of our fans aren't willing to pay market rate for tickets

I am normally with 94 but my tickets would have been like 3-4 times market value in all honesty - maybe more.

That being said, I would have gladly paid if I knew I was getting my seats.

skyscraper wrote:since it appears a decent chunk of fans are now single-ticket game purchasers.

What is this assumption based on? I assume more than the incredibly small sample size poll on this thread?

Yes it is only based on this poll, which is why there's a qualifier there.
If more than half the hardcore fanbase of this board has said they've ditched their tickets, that's not great news. I'm not celebrating it, just looking at it analytically. If your core supporters are now single-ticket buyers that's potentially hundreds of people.

"Potentially" yes, but I'm not so sure that this board is indicative of the fan base at large. Would be interested to see the results from a similar poll over at Scout. Fair or not, this board is known for being a bit over the top and taking things to the extreme, driving quite a few core supporters to other places for news and discussion when it comes to SMU athletics (namely football and men's basketball obviously).

Seems to me that most every game thread last season mentioned all the empty seats. I just do not see attendance changing in relation to anything other than our teamΓÇÖs performance.

The other impact here is that originally people were allowed to buy a ton of seats. And those went unused. Now there is a limit of 4 per account.

I've always made one donation and used it across football and basketball. I didn't change my donation amount and will wait and hear where my seats might be before renewing.

But I know next to nothing because I was travelling for work every time they set up a session.

The tickets owned by big buck donors will probably will most likely be used. The only thing I worry about with that is the all too common practice of handing them off to business associates who have loyalties to the opponent. That was very common in Ford in 104.

mrydel wrote:The tickets owned by big buck donors will probably will most likely be used. The only thing I worry about with that is the all too common practice of handing them off to business associates who have loyalties to the opponent. That was very common in Ford in 104.

TCU clothes wearing nephew is applying to SMU and has it as his top school - yes I am pushing that hard

He went on a tour recently and the tourguide laughed he knew more about Ford and Moody than she did

Good for him. I have a granddaughter dead set on attending TCU much to my dismay and that of her UT dad.

Well my granddaughter is dancing there this weekend, I won't be in attendance because it's an 8 a.m. deal lol

PonyTime wrote:

smupony94 wrote:

SoCal_Pony wrote:Reeks of a Money Grab

Of course it is and many of our fans aren't willing to pay market rate for tickets

I would consider "Market Rate" to include comparisons to other programs in our conference who are not perennial NCAA tournament visitors like UCONN, Cincy, Memphis, Wichita.

Tulane and Central Florida have talented teams with future 1st/2nd round NBA talent on the court. What are they charging?

Houston has a brand new arena, success in the NCAA tournament, and possible 2nd rounder in NBA draft. They have been to post-season 9 of last 14 seasons with 2 NCAAs. What are they charging?

Donation to sit court-side? $500

http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/SeasonTickets.html?_ga=2.76456860.840076285.1522862861-984356212.1522862861

Hate to be irresponsible and throw facts out there, but for the right to buy those coog floor seats it's a 50k capital gift PER SEAT requirement. Loge are 30k per two seats and club which sound about like my SMU seats require 10k per seat.

Their process sounds similar too.
http://uhcougarpride.com/fertittacenter ... works.html

mrydel wrote:Good for him. I have a granddaughter dead set on attending TCU much to my dismay and that of her UT dad.

Intervention is required.

[/quote]Hate to be irresponsible and throw facts out there, but for the right to buy those coog floor seats it's a 50k capital gift PER SEAT requirement. [/quote]
Your franchise has gotta sell a lot of Slurpees to fork over that kind of cash.