Speaking to a ticket rep. He mentioned that most people would probably see a decrease.
The ones seeing an increase wold be those with a lot of seats (8 seats) or those who were very old time ticket holders who have been grandfathered in to a high level doner seat
It's a no win.
You complain that grandfathered people being pushed out represents USF not caring.
But in the past even some posters here have complained that its not fair that people are grandfathered in. Why should people pay far less (some cases thousands) just because, for example, they are older and were able to but tickets when the potential buyer was a kid at the time.
It is something called loyalty!! It reminds me of the Bucs back in the day and getting greedy and look at their fanbase.
If new fans feel slighted, lower the donation but don't screw your loyal fans!!
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jonpfl
programs don't run on loyalty. they run on cold hard cash.
there is no way you can build a fanbase or a program by grandfathering in donation levels over the long haul. it's a disincentive for younger fans and alumni. why should they have to pay more for less? not only that but it would bleed a program dry,.
A buddy of mine is a Kansas Basketball ticket holder. He said they did something similar years ago. All the oldtimers were pissed because those center court seats that they were paying a $100 donation for were now going to require a $5,000 donation even though they had held them (and in many cases passed them down to a relative) for years.
USF wants nothing more than market value for their tickets and in the long run this system will allow it.
I'm relatively young and have had season tickets for a long time. I've upgraded my donation level 3 times. This new system will allow me to upgrade my seats for no increase in donation.
I consider this a generous gift for not only my loyalty but my increased donations along the way. BTW it was great when they reseated the sundome to allow for higher level donors to get premium seats then as well.
Funny to see Kansas basketball and USF in the same sentence. I guarantee you that if those people in Kansas didn't renew, there would be 10 people in line to buy those tickets.
I have no problem paying more for a better product but I have been following USF for too long and keep hearing the same song and dance (we need more money to compete, we are going to put a better product on the field, etc).
Market value for USF tickets is about 20% of their printed value!!!
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jonpfl