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Chief00 said:
They really broke two promises in their desperation:
1) Forever Seats
2) Priority Points - Effectively, an overly inflated point bonus for a current year extra donation blew up decades of the Priority Point system. According to reports here the inflator was 10x the rules of the program up to now. But, of course, by the time of my seat selection donation, that bonus did not any longer exist.
Not a good look.
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It could be up to 20X compared to 10 years ago.

Cash donation before 2018-2019 was 1 point per $100
Seat donation era (2019 - 2023) is 5 points per $100 of seat donation or 10 points for $100 of straight donations.
Seat donation era (2024) is 5 points per $100 of seat donation or 20 points for $100 of straight donations.
 
I pick tomorrow and it looks like I’ll go from 108 J to somewhere in the 200’s. Of the 8 games in Hartford, four or more may be bad games. Economically and seat wise, the aftermarket, especially on game day, is likely a way better option. Thoughts?
 
It would be much better for us XL fans if an automatic three of our eight games were not complete cupcakes. There were past years where there were nine games too.
 
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ItsNotSo said:
I pick tomorrow and it looks like I’ll go from 108 J to somewhere in the 200’s. Of the 8 games in Hartford, four or more may be bad games. Economically and seat wise, the aftermarket, especially on game day, is likely a way better option. Thoughts?
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certainly true for the cupcakes
 
ItsNotSo said:
I pick tomorrow and it looks like I’ll go from 108 J to somewhere in the 200’s. Of the 8 games in Hartford, four or more may be bad games. Economically and seat wise, the aftermarket, especially on game day, is likely a way better option. Thoughts?
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My opinion. If you can find a lower row in the upper deck that's in the husky value tier I would take them to stay in the game. Ticket costs around $27 a game which is great value. If the team is as good as we think it's not crazy to see big east games or one of those ooc games go for around $100 each on the secondary market. And you never know what the future holds. Maybe next year during the seat upgrade process you can work you way back downstairs.

With the money saved you can also give a direct donation which will help grow your points(even though many in this thread think they don't, they do)
 
Chief00 said:
They really broke two promises in their desperation:
1) Forever Seats
2) Priority Points - Effectively, an overly inflated point bonus for a current year extra donation blew up decades of the Priority Point system. According to reports here the inflator was 10x the rules of the program up to now. But, of course, by the time of my seat selection donation, that bonus did not any longer exist.
Not a good look.
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Couldn't agree more Cheif00
I loved the live UConn basketball since 1965 but finding myself giving more tickets to family and friends because every season we were pushed up higher at the Civic Center and then in 2022 higher in Gampel. I've had one knee replacement and, on the docket for the other knee. I guess all those years of soccer and catching in baseball are paying me back.
At 70, I am happy staying home and going to an occasional game.
Didn't think UConn would go back on the forever seats and priority points but Benedict has proven to be unsympathetic and uncaring and personally would love to see him out of Storrs. An increase in prices along with worse sight lines/levels is too much.
I can cheer louder, stand when I want and berate the refs at home without the fear of upsetting anyone!!!
 
gtcam said:
Couldn't agree more Cheif00
I loved the live UConn basketball since 1965 but finding myself giving more tickets to family and friends because every season we were pushed up higher at the Civic Center and then in 2022 higher in Gampel. I've had one knee replacement and, on the docket for the other knee. I guess all those years of soccer and catching in baseball are paying me back.
At 70, I am happy staying home and going to an occasional game.
Didn't think UConn would go back on the forever seats and priority points but Benedict has proven to be unsympathetic and uncaring and personally would love to see him out of Storrs. An increase in prices along with worse sight lines/levels is too much.
I can cheer louder, stand when I want and berate the refs at home without the fear of upsetting anyone!!!
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It will be a sad day for UConn athletics when David Benedict is no longer AD.
 
All you need to know about college sports is that, for years, schools would vacate games for breaking rules - preserving the ability to exploit player labor - but never the profits they made in doing so.

They're all crooks. Always have been. But fans will cheer them if they can help them win.
 
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LIUCHusky said:
It will be a sad day for UConn athletics when David Benedict is no longer AD.
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Benedict is everything that's wrong with college sports. I get that he hired Hurley and brought them back to the Big East, but he's about as big a slimeball as you're going to find in a business full of them.
 
I received another email saying how much the department values my past donations all the while looking for future commitments

It reminds me of the quote:
“Your actions speak so loudly, I can’t hear what you’re saying”

The fact that there has never been a communication acknowledging that the notion of forever seats was a UConn term and when it was introduced the school used it as a fund raising opportunity, is a source a ongoing disappointment to me.

A simple note or a small gesture to those affected would have made a big difference in smoothing this all over. But perhaps that was too much to ask.
 
Siv said:
The fact that there has never been a communication acknowledging that the notion of forever seats was a UConn term and when it was introduced the school used it as a fund raising opportunity, is a source a ongoing disappointment to me.

A simple note or a small gesture to those affected would have made a big difference in smoothing this all over. But perhaps that was too much to ask.
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Totally agree!! They ignored the elephant in the room!
 
just did XL selection...went from Sec 214 Row Y to Sec 216 Row X...so one row closer and two sections closer to mid-court...was able to be aisle seats again...so a positive/improved outcome for me...wish that was the norm
 
Seems like XL 2nd tier people were happy with their reassignments.
 
champs99and04 said:
Benedict is everything that's wrong with college sports. I get that he hired Hurley and brought them back to the Big East, but he's about as big a slimeball as you're going to find in a business full of them.
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That’s quite an accusation. Care to elaborate?
 
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Forget priority points having any value. Despite 35 years of season ticket loyalty,I was never so
Disappointed and Upset at the seat selection process. Having worked my way down to very good seats ((4th row in Gampel and 8th row at XL both between mid- court and foul line. Now with new distribution of seats at my selection time(244 out of 2864) there were not any seats available in the 16 lower courtside sections( 8@Gampel and 8@ XL). My donations only totaled
$34,500 from 2019-2025, what a fool I was to believe there was a tiny bit of value in long term
loyalty,trust in forever seats and integrity at UConn athletics. No way to treat the fans who assisted in building the program. The seats were distributed based solely on $$ donations to
many new people or organizations!

Disgusted UConn fan!
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Please elaborate.
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Dan Hurley would’ve been here regardless of Benedict or not. In fact, if Benedict got his wishes we would’ve probably hired Jeff Capel.

I credit him taking a big swing on Jim Mora. Other than that he’s handled conference realignment, treating the fans, and promotions like a 3 year old.
 
CTBasketball said:
Dan Hurley would’ve been here regardless of Benedict or not. In fact, if Benedict got his wishes we would’ve probably hired Jeff Capel.

I credit him taking a big swing on Jim Mora. Other than that he’s handled conference realignment, treating the fans, and promotions like a 3 year old.
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Genuine question what would you like him to do differently? He's delivering championships level programs along with competitive football with a deck massively stacked against him with the current financial model. I understand a degree of being upset with forever seats I liked my seats too but if that is what it takes to drive more money into the program than that is what it takes.
 
Blue Blood said:
Genuine question what would you like him to do differently? He's delivering championships level programs along with competitive football with a deck massively stacked against him with the current financial model. I understand a degree of being upset with forever seats I liked my seats too but if that is what it takes to drive more money into the program than that is what it takes.
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I’m not mad about the forever seats, it’s a typical scumbag big business move. We all should’ve seen it coming.

I think I’m most upset he let one of his employees distribute a “Big 12 Pick Me!” PowerPoint that was 4th grade level. The ultimate desperate move.
 
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CTBasketball said:
Dan Hurley would’ve been here regardless of Benedict or not. In fact, if Benedict got his wishes we would’ve probably hired Jeff Capel.

I credit him taking a big swing on Jim Mora. Other than that he’s handled conference realignment, treating the fans, and promotions like a 3 year old.
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Do you post under two handles? Perhaps you can read Champ's mind.

For the record, you are dead wrong on the first statement. DB defied the school's trustees in order to move to secure landing Hurley before he landed at Pitt.

His presentation to fans can be called into question (forever seats being a major issue) but in his defense on overall fan issues, there is a very large part of our fan base that expects P2 results while providing a G5 level of commitment. Believe it or not, the athletic department needs money to operate.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Do you post under two handles? Perhaps you can read Champ's mind.

For the record, you are dead wrong on the first statement. DB defied the school's trustees in order to move to secure landing Hurley before he landed at Pitt.

His presentation to fans can be called into question (forever seats being a major issue) but in his defense on overall fan issues, there is a very large part of our fan base that expects P2 results while providing a G5 level of commitment. Believe it or not, the athletic department needs money to operate.
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No haha just this one. But I have heard a completely different story on the bolded portion, very good sources higher up at the University.

I think people need to divorce the idea of P2 results from what we’re doing and spending. We can’t keep up with that spending, we are tactically navigating those waters. So that’s why none of this seat selection and donation scam comes as a surprise to me. I just wish they were more honest about all of it.
 
The story I heard (from a few very well placed sources) was that DB targeted Danny as KO's replacement about six months before KO was dismissed.

When the season ended for non-tournament schools, Pitt fired Stallings immediately after their season ended and also targeted Hurley. DB was not given approval to dismiss KO (and leave the school on the hook for the remainder of his contract), and told that he needed to wait another year before considering a new men's basketball head coach.

DB put his job on the line by using a very shaky loophole to dismiss KO for cause on order to get Dan Hurley behind the bench at UConn. He (and basically everyone other than a few UConn trustees and a handful of boneyarders) knew that KO would win the lawsuit. DB felt getting Hurley was important enough that it was worth the cost of dismissing KO (which would have been cheaper if the school acted professionally on the matter).

DB did not believe there was an acceptable second choice if he couldn't land Danny.
 
CTBasketball said:
No haha just this one. But I have heard a completely different story on the bolded portion, very good sources higher up at the University.

I think people need to divorce the idea of P2 results from what we’re doing and spending. We can’t keep up with that spending, we are tactically navigating those waters. So that’s why none of this seat selection and donation scam comes as a surprise to me. I just wish they were more honest about all of it.
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After having a few months to digest this situation, I am not sure how they could have made a significant improvement to the process. Gampel needed an upgrade and XL upgrades were essentially outside UConn control. They could have decided not to reduce the number of seats at Gampel but it is clear that they big donors were calling for better seats. I can't say I blame them. For almost $2000/year per seat, something better than those plastic seats was warranted.

You can question the number of seats that were held back for institutional purposes, but I don't think the number is much larger than in the past. It is only now that we actually got a picture.

We all knew ahead of time what the process was going to be and had opportunity to improve our standing by increasing our donations. I've already voiced my displeasure with diluting the old priority points, but at least by using priority points, they marginally acknowledged long time donors without alienating the current big-time donors.

This process is certainly more transparent than the old annual seat relocation where we had no input. Seats were supposed to be reassigned every year based on priority points. I had the exact same seats for 3 - 4 years despite increasing my donations. One year, I sat next to Big Red at Gampel. Meanwhile, he had lower bowl seats at the Civic Center while I was still in the upper half of the upper bowl.

At the end of the day, it seems that most season ticket holders were not negatively impacted in a major way, outside of the months of stress the process induced. Certainly, some got a swift kick in the nuts, but it seems like a very low percentage.
 
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