Michigan athletics loses magic and fans thanks to Policies

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Hurting game day experience. Things like:



Things like

1. First come, first serve student sections.

2. Surplus of TV/Advertising at the games.

3. Overpriced tickets.

4. Concession prices.

5. Trying to find an equilibrium to sell-out stadiums at the maximum price, eliminating waiting lists

6. Other revenue maximizing that take away from the game-day experience.

All the above - driven by greed. Insatiable greed. Greed is destructive. Greed destroys everything.



"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need, but not for man's greed."

Mahatma Gandhi

#2 is the only one that I really hate. Even though I almost didn't renew my tickets this year for the first time in 25 years due the a combo of schedule and price I get that they need to make money. I wonder how long they can demand the higher prices and mediocre home schedule.



I hate the advertising at games though. I can ignore the scoreboard but the new and improved "Ribon" drives me crazy. It's like a strobe light during the games. The least we could do is only make it a strobe light when we're on defense.



The price is getting high enough that it takes serious commitment for me to get tickets but we used to sit 50 yard line 35th row. They added the legacy seats, 4x's the price on those, we moved but they sell everyone of those seats. I can't blame them for that but I wonder how soon they hit the wrong side of the equilibrium.



Oh and #1- the students (and everyone else) need all the motivation they can get to show up on time.