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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 3102221, member: 1001"] I've never been a season ticket holder so I ignored this thread until this morning. I just read all of it; another chapter in the disastrous collapse of UConn athletics where the powers that be seem detached from reality. As Chief said, talk about misjudging your market. On top of it all, this is New England; it's a pro market with a million other things to do. It's not some remote hayseed village in the south or midwest where there's nothing else to do for a thousand miles. The basketball team is a bad product in a bad conference and people around the state aren't going to care. Most already don't. They certainly aren't going to accept a massive price increase when the program is the worst it's been in 30+ years. Winning will cure some of it but not all of it; you can't sell a fanbase that's used to filet mignon a McDonald's burger and expect them to be excited about it or pay more for it. For most people, "loyalty" is a cheap trick to try to guilt you into staying. I'd be insulted if I were a season ticket holder. I have never cared about attending live sporting events, especially since HDTV was introduced. My father had Jets season tickets for 25+ years but it was a no-brainer to drop them when MetLife and PSLs came around. This seems like that situation all over again. Paying way more to see a blah product when you can get tickets on the secondary market for a fraction of the cost. Pulling the loyalty card on UConn fans takes a mix of balls and stupidity that's rarely seen. Forget the age-old XL vs Gampel debate, pretty soon we'll be playing games in the practice facility in front of 200 fans. [/QUOTE]

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