Same here . I have wasred too much money in past to have mini vacations ruined when they came up short .
Worst was in Houston at FF when I took air Charter . After losing in first round could not get home until plane came back on Tuesday . Most worthless six grand I have ever spent .
I will never again pay to see a basketball game in a football arena. Nor be in a situation where I can’t get home if we lose first game .
In Houston we paid extra for “premium Tickets” and they were still so far away (first level end zone ) that they actually sold binoculars to see the game . NCAA should be ashamed of themselves for selling those tickets .
Live and learn and I have learned just as as golf tournament by far the best way to see it is on a sixty five inch HDTV at home.
Nashville yes I would go because I have kids there ( are everybody’s kids moving to Nashville ? It sure seems like it)
A lot of UK fans were really ticked off about that FF.
I lived in Houston at the time, and was only going to go if they made the final game.
Given the 4 teams there and the size of the venue, it was clear that tickets would be plentiful.
Believe it or not, Houston was lauded as having “set the bar” for the FF going forward. And, of course, they’ve had another one since then.
People are going to have to get used to the reality that the FF (and much of sports, in general, has changed). It’s actually become more accessible to the masses, which is good; but it’s lost a lot of the mystique that once generated so much excitement.
To think, when I was a kid, the idea of EVER attending a Final Four, World Series/play-off game, etc, seemed untenable.
Now, these things become available to us at the touch of a button.
And fans have gotten to the point where they are setting the conditions under which they will attend. “I will only go if . . .”
I’m not criticizing you, I get your frustration. However, there was a time not that long ago when so few people would have even had the opportunity to complain about their experience at the FF.
