Football Ticket Price Increases

[Blueaz]

We are never gonna get better players than the top sec teams regardless. That's the real issue.

and if they are just "bought", they will end up playing like 18 year old "bought" kids

 

[kywildcat41035]

I feel the same, no dealing with drunks is another plus.

Definitely nothing worse than obnoxious drunks at games!

 

[HeismaNole]

Even that can be expensive. Braves have tickets that range from 25$ for general admission to 295$ for premium seats, not boxes. So it can be expensive taking a family of 4 to a Braves game. I am guessing those are in line with other teams.

I always like sitting in the outfield myself and I can usually find tickets in that $20 each range or sometimes less. Admittedly, the two teams whose games I’ve attended over the last 12 years have been terrible.😂

 

[satcheluk]

If we were doing what our peers are doing we would be spending a larger portion of our current overall budget on football than we do. Being 7th or 8th in the conference in budget but spending 12-13th on football…then coming and telling fans they need to do more to bridge the gap to make or keep football competitive isn’t a winning argument. If they are doing what others are doing from an admin perspective and then coming to fans that’s more fair to ask us. The way it is now it’s essentially asking football fans to pay up for the extra they spend on women’s basketball and whatnot and frame it as though it’s needed specifically for football to compete.

TBF, that's a legacy issue due to having overspent on basketball, compared to our peers, for so long. Plus, it was just announced that UGA will use only $13.5mm for football of the $22mm revenue share for all sports, so there is an opportunity to close the gap.

 

[Bereacat420]

TBF, that's a legacy issue due to having overspent on basketball, compared to our peers, for so long. Plus, it was just announced that UGA will use only $13.5mm for football of the $22mm revenue share for all sports, so there is an opportunity to close the gap.

That is basically the model that most teams were expected to use. That is 3-4 on basketball. I see UK giving closer to 10/6 split while the others are 13.5/3.5.

 

[satcheluk]

That is basically the model that most teams were expected to use. That is 3-4 on basketball. I see UK giving closer to 10/6 split while the others are 13.5/3.5.

That would be throwing in the towel on football. $3.5mm could get you 4-5 elite players or 6-10 quality starters/2 deepers.

 

[ManitouDan]

Has to end somewhere and I predict it will be sooner than we think.

I think so too

I’ve been following UK since I was 8 or 9. 62 now.
I just can’t support this insanity.

Yep , I’m not giving my retirement fund to my own kids let alone some kid from wherever to play football in college .

It’s a no brainer.....if you want to kill attendance. Tailgating is the only part of the in person experience that makes it worth it. Take that away and thousands will stop coming.

Our group of 6 declined renewal this year . The rarely winning at home played a big role , I don’t like Stoops at all , that played a big part . I retired last fall , way less money coming in . Who wants to watch a terrible product , was costing me several grand a year and 6/7 weekends away from home . 2 hour drive one way . So a value judgement was made by me , and the other 2 couples quickly agreed.

 

[ManitouDan]

We had tix 5 years in a row I think