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It's a good message to Barta, Mason & KF that their incompetence has worn thin. I am sure Gary won't relish writing that 200K+ check for those bowl tickets. Lot of $ to essentially throw out the window. But, hey, the coaches get bowl bonuses I'm sure!
 


NeilDiamond said:
It's a good message to Barta, Mason & KF that their incompetence has worn thin. I am sure Gary won't relish writing that 200K+ check for those bowl tickets. Lot of $ to essentially throw out the window. But, hey, the coaches get bowl bonuses I'm sure!
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They make like $30 million from the BTN. I hardly think that 200K will get anyone too worked up over in Ft. Kinnick. That's like you or I heading downtown for lunch and ending up with a $10 parking ticket. It's a minor nuisance at most.
 


Ticket allotment is 8,000, and Iowa can't sell half of them, and are starting at $105/ticket.
On StubHub, on the Tennessee corner, tickets have dropped to $44.99.

The Iowa ticket office is like that gas station holding strong at $3.00/gallon, while the station across the street is selling gas at $2.50/gallon.
Then, the same gas station selling gas at $3.00/gallon, charges you an additional 20% fee, just because.

I guess when you pay well over market value for a head coach, it's make sense for this same organization to try to sell bowl tickets well over market value.

Last year, Iowa sold 10,800 through the University last year.
3,500 - 4,000 tickets sold, is a significant drop, year over year.

It can snowball, fast.
Just look at basketball attendance when we had Big Lick coaching and Little Lick playing.
 


Don't forget that mandatory $20 handling fee tacked onto every order placed through the UI. It's like your own little PSL to purchase bowl tickets.
 




Scooby said:
Ticket allotment is 8,000, and Iowa can't sell half of them, and are starting at $105/ticket.
On StubHub, on the Tennessee corner, tickets have dropped to $44.99.

The Iowa ticket office is like that gas station holding strong at $3.00/gallon, while the station across the street is selling gas at $2.50/gallon.
Then, the same gas station selling gas at $3.00/gallon, charges you an additional 20% fee, just because.

I guess when you pay well over market value for a head coach, it's make sense for this same organization to try to sell bowl tickets well over market value.

Last year, Iowa sold 10,800 through the University last year.
3,500 - 4,000 tickets sold, is a significant drop, year over year.

It can snowball, fast.
Just look at basketball attendance when we had Big Lick coaching and Little Lick playing.
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So The U of I would rather eat the tickets than sell them at a discount price?? Tennessee fan spend $45 a ticket and hawk fans have to spend $125. Am I missing something here?
 




ihawkeye said:
So The U of I would rather eat the tickets than sell them at a discount price?? Tennessee fan spend $45 a ticket and hawk fans have to spend $125. Am I missing something here?
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Yes, you're missing quite a bit. The price through each school is identical. The cheaper tickets are found on the secondary market like StubHub. Only the fattest of fat cats waste their money buying bowl tickets directly from the school. These are the types of people that can afford buying seats close enough to the elevator so that they can yell at Greg Davis at halftime while still munching on their popcorn.
 


ihawkeye said:
So The U of I would rather eat the tickets than sell them at a discount price?? Tennessee fan spend $45 a ticket and hawk fans have to spend $125. Am I missing something here?
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That's Bartanomics at work.

He also thinks Hawkeye fans don't mind paying a "Bowl Playoff" salary to a "fourth place in his division" coach.
 










...and....typically, the seats purchased through the Univ are the bleeders. For those of you who purchased through the Univ, where are the seats at?

I've done 5 bowl games (three Outbacks, Cap-1, one Insight)....and have never purchased through the Univ. I spent less and got better seats every single time going 'off line"
 










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