Student attendance at football games

Catfan2030 · Post by **Catfan2030** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:40 am

msusportsinfo wrote:Just to clear it up for you guys: the official attendance at Saturday's game was 13, 827. The initial figure posted on the box score was incorrect, but has been corrected in our file. Thanks.

Nice well that is good then....lol i have changed my mind like 3 times in this thread.

Platinumcat · Post by **Platinumcat** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:07 pm

It's nice that sportsinfo contributes bits from time to time. So, thank you msusportsinfo for clearing this up. Feel free to provide more. We'll take all of the information you are willing to give.

mslacatfan · Post by **mslacatfan** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:22 pm

Here is the reason the student section will never be full:
(and sorry if someone has already posted this) Anyway, the reason is because of the new rules with student tailgating. Unless they have changed the rule back recently, you can only enter the student tailgating section with a ticket for the game. Therefore all the student tickets are grabbed up as soon as possible during the week, mostly by students who just want to be able to tailgate. There is only a certain amount of student tickets avail. so this leaves a certain amount avail. for the students who actually want to watch the game. The new rule is ridiculous in my opinion.

Post by **SonomaCat** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:27 pm

msusportsinfo wrote:Just to clear it up for you guys: the official attendance at Saturday's game was 13, 827. The initial figure posted on the box score was incorrect, but has been corrected in our file. Thanks.

Excellent. Thanks!

BobcatBulldog · Post by **BobcatBulldog** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:30 pm

I didn't read all the posts so someone might have said this, but we always loose students in late October because of Hunting, It has been that way since I was a kid and believe that it plays a big role in loosing students.

Hello Kitty · Post by **Hello Kitty** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:50 pm

barechestcat wrote:It's nice that sportsinfo contributes bits from time to time. So, thank you msusportsinfo for clearing this up. Feel free to provide more. We'll take all of the information you are willing to give.

I am not going to believe this information until msusportsinfo provides their name and university employee number.

bobcatmaniac · Post by **bobcatmaniac** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:30 pm

WHAT? You must be from that hole 200 miles to the west. They are the only ones that say "prove it" all the time.

Htowngriz · Post by **Htowngriz** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:59 pm

3,300 students tickets for UM homecoming @ 4 bucks each sold out in 5 hours

catwiththehat · Post by **catwiththehat** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:15 pm

mslacatfan wrote:Here is the reason the student section will never be full:
(and sorry if someone has already posted this) Anyway, the reason is because of the new rules with student tailgating. Unless they have changed the rule back recently, you can only enter the student tailgating section with a ticket for the game. Therefore all the student tickets are grabbed up as soon as possible during the week, mostly by students who just want to be able to tailgate. There is only a certain amount of student tickets avail. so this leaves a certain amount avail. for the students who actually want to watch the game. The new rule is ridiculous in my opinion.

very true. It is easy for guys to get extra tickets for their friends to come tailgate. I saw a guy with about four extra tickets in his back pocket during the last game. All you need to get a ticket is a onecard so students should be able to present our onecard to get into the tailgate and not waste tickets.

Catfan2030 · Post by **Catfan2030** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:11 am

catwiththehat wrote:
mslacatfan wrote:Here is the reason the student section will never be full:
(and sorry if someone has already posted this) Anyway, the reason is because of the new rules with student tailgating. Unless they have changed the rule back recently, you can only enter the student tailgating section with a ticket for the game. Therefore all the student tickets are grabbed up as soon as possible during the week, mostly by students who just want to be able to tailgate. There is only a certain amount of student tickets avail. so this leaves a certain amount avail. for the students who actually want to watch the game. The new rule is ridiculous in my opinion.
very true. It is easy for guys to get extra tickets for their friends to come tailgate. I saw a guy with about four extra tickets in his back pocket during the last game. All you need to get a ticket is a onecard so students should be able to present our onecard to get into the tailgate and not waste tickets.

Ya i like this idea.

tdub · Post by **tdub** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:50 am

Something like this may be a possible solution:

Forget the current rules. Go back to the old way, except for one thing; have someone at the gate to the tailgate sections checking ID's. Over 21 - you get a wristband - under 21, no wrist band. Then security could easily patrol the areas and check who is underage. This may encourage some more of the younger student population to go into the game, if they don't want to get caught out drinking. The over 21 crowd would not have to waste the game ticket if they didn't want to go into the game.

This is just a simple brainstorm, with no thought of logistics or impact. Whatever the solution, the current situation should be fixed.