KU Season Tickets and Priority Points

Blurring the Lines

A recent viewing of the classic American film Fever Pitch provided a fresh reminder of the greatest downside of the select-a-seat/points system. As a season-ticket holder since roughly 1997, I have to say being a season-ticket holder in the current system feels a lot like not being a season-ticket holder. Pre-points you laid down the cash for the season package and headed out for six games at Memorial. If you liked your seats, you renewed. If not, you made a donation and tried a different area. It wasn't really that hard to find a good seat, then you just renewed. You'd get to know the folks around you and same crew would be there year after year. In the new world, you get bad seats -- no big deal, you'll be switching out. You get good seats -- too bad, enjoy them while you got em'.

Now I'm certainly not on the July Woodling/Mayer doom and destruction for KU campaign. The upside is huge revenue and I understand the dollar war that we are engaged in. Ultimately I want a team that will win. Wins are driven by cash, pure and simple and I'll play in the new system. Still, as the season gets closer, I think about the first game and locating our new seats 40 rows higher after multiplying our WEF donation by 11. By the seventh home game we'll be comfortable with the location and a new system for getting in and out. Then, I'll start thinking about the next season and where we'll be next as line blurs between being a season-ticket holder and a single-game ticket holder.