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Why in the world would your run-of-the-mill person let UConn hold their money for a year instead of getting a refund if there is no incentive to it? Crazy to me
 
zps said:
So basically you have to let them keep at least 50% of your seat donation or your forfeit your seats for the following year. It seems like UConn Athletics has opted for the stick instead of the carrot approach.

This is going to rub a lot of fans the wrong way.
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This is basically blackmail. So if I don't donate at least half of my hard earned money then I lose the right to purchase season tickets. This is total BS. Terrible look and typical of UConn athletic department.
 
It's called a "donation" for a reason. I'm surprised they are offering any of the donation back at all.
 
nadavtheman said:
This is basically blackmail. So if I don't donate at least half of my hard earned money then I lose the right to purchase season tickets. This is total BS. Terrible look and typical of UConn athletic department.
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you don't lose the right to purchase season tickets, just the right to keep the same seats as you previously had
 
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What UConn is not communicating well is that with no football revenue and no fans at men’s and women’s basketball games, the athletic department is in a fiscal crisis. They should be honest about the problem and try to rally the fanbase.
 
I donated the money from my Gampel tickets. I am 63 Y.O and have asthma so that I use an Advair inhaler twice a day which really keeps it under control. If I get covid it could be trouble. UConn needs cash and I am in a position to help them out and happy to do so. For me that money was already spent and out of the budget. I am hoping for a better 2021-2022.
 
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Laughable but why should we expect anything more from an Athletic Dept. that continuously thunbs its nose at loyal season ticket holders...Nice to know this is how they "message" that "we're all in this together"...yeah right!
 
UConnJim said:
What UConn is not communicating well is that with no football revenue and no fans at men’s and women’s basketball games, the athletic department is in a fiscal crisis. They should be honest about the problem and try to rally the fanbase.
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See this yet - got an email last week on it? Fight On Fund – UConn Huskies
 
Did everyone review the extra perks after clicking more info on the original email?

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NJHusky said:
Well, you didn't have long standing seats to be worried about. On the plus side, if you go full refund, there might be better seats avail next year if people bail
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Nah, those better seats will go to people who stayed in with their money, and get first shots at upgrading.
 
I think UConn needs to change the incentives a bit for donations. As I said in an earlier post I don't really care about the priority points. Think it's probably a small subset of fans that do. I think now is the time for some experiential incentives for donating. I went to GW - and while I know they aren't at our level - for $250 donation this year part of the incentives include access to a pre game assistant coach run through of the game/opponent.

Donate $50 for a small group Zoom chat with Hurley or an assistant? $250 and get a bottle of wine sent to you to open up during a small group event with Geno talking wine and basketball? Try to get Kemba to donate an hour of his time and charge for a Q&A/discussion with him. Heck, I'd donate to watch a livestream of a intra-squad scrimmage right now.

Donate everything and get priority to tickets if fans allowed in at NO cost? Do they really think that's the way to market that? Of course there's a cost and you've already paid it.

Tough times calls for some creativity and we're just getting more of the same with the athletic department. Time to innovate.
 
Anyone news on hockey season ticketholder policy? I've not received any outreach regarding mine.
 
UConnJim said:
What UConn is not communicating well is that with no football revenue and no fans at men’s and women’s basketball games, the athletic department is in a fiscal crisis. They should be honest about the problem and try to rally the fanbase.
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Personal Finance 101 - Have enough savings to cover your bills in the event of a crisis.
 
KSC94 said:
Why in the world would your run-of-the-mill person let UConn hold their money for a year instead of getting a refund if there is no incentive to it? Crazy to me
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Hate to be the Debbie downer here but theres also no guarantees that fans will be there for the 21-22 season. So they will just keep taking more and more money with no product to go see.
 
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UConnJim said:
What UConn is not communicating well is that with no football revenue and no fans at men’s and women’s basketball games, the athletic department is in a fiscal crisis. They should be honest about the problem and try to rally the fanbase.
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They need 1.5mm to cover the cost of the covid testing. Wonder the costs to test the entire football program at that level if they played.
 
Duncan Idaho said:
They need 1.5mm to cover the cost of the covid testing. Wonder the costs to test the entire football program at that level if they played.
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I think they are still being tested even though they are not playing.
 
Slick said:
I think they are still being tested even though they are not playing.
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I think so too but not sure if its at the same frequency as the hoops team because they will be playing. idk
 
KSC94 said:
Why in the world would your run-of-the-mill person let UConn hold their money for a year instead of getting a refund if there is no incentive to it? Crazy to me
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The options includes incentives...
 
bigknight3 said:
The options includes incentives...
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I meant that there is no incentive for the "lend us your whole ticket cost but don't donate anything" option over the "get a full refund" option
 
Waquoit said:
They didn't "have" to do it any particular way. They didn't have any faith that the fanbase would step up so they had to mandate "giving". Which actually makes it "paying". The UConn Athletic Department: Pissing on the loyal fans while kissing the ass of casual fans for 30 years now.
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It is a pattern. In 1995, when I called to get Final Four tickets, "honest Ben" Kirtland told me my time slot was later in the day. When I asked how that could be possible considering my point total, Ben told me since they had added a new donor group ($10,000) that year those buyers had first priority for post season tickets. He quickly added that my points gave me the best available seating for regular season games so in the view of the athletic department it was a wash. To me it was a short sighted means of encouraging larger donations in the short term.

After thinking about that statement for a couple seconds I told him I will use a new strategy going forward. If it looks as if the teams are going to be good that year I'll give a large donation so I can be in the first group for post season tickets and will ride along on my total points for regular season games. But, if they look weak I'll donate $100 and not worry about post season ticket position. He tried to talk me out of it and over the years I did drop way back on the donation amount a couple times. It's the only means of protest.
 
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Watchdog said:
It is a pattern. In 1995, when I called to get Final Four tickets, "honest Ben" Kirtland told me my time slot was later in the day. When I asked how that could be possible considering my point total, Ben told me since they had added a new donor group ($10,000) that year those buyers had first priority for post season tickets. He quickly added that my points gave me the best available seating for regular season games so in the view of the athletic department it was a wash. To me it was a short sighted means of encouraging larger donations in the short term.

After thinking about that statement for a couple seconds I told him I will use a new strategy going forward. If it looks as if the teams are going to be good that year I'll give a large donation so I can be in the first group for post season tickets and will ride along on my total points for regular season games. But, if they look weak I'll donate $100 and not worry about post season ticket position. He tried to talk me out of it and over the years I did drop way back on the donation amount a couple times. It's the only means of protest.
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How'd that work out in 2011 and 2014?
 
Watchdog said:
It is a pattern. In 1995, when I called to get Final Four tickets, "honest Ben" Kirtland told me my time slot was later in the day. When I asked how that could be possible considering my point total, Ben told me since they had added a new donor group ($10,000) that year those buyers had first priority for post season tickets. He quickly added that my points gave me the best available seating for regular season games so in the view of the athletic department it was a wash. To me it was a short sighted means of encouraging larger donations in the short term.

After thinking about that statement for a couple seconds I told him I will use a new strategy going forward. If it looks as if the teams are going to be good that year I'll give a large donation so I can be in the first group for post season tickets and will ride along on my total points for regular season games. But, if they look weak I'll donate $100 and not worry about post season ticket position. He tried to talk me out of it and over the years I did drop way back on the donation amount a couple times. It's the only means of protest.
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FYI it doesn’t work the way you think it does. They don’t count donations after a certain date for postseason tickets.
 
gampelcrazies said:
FYI it doesn’t work the way you think it does. They don’t count donations after a certain date for postseason tickets.
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Watchdog appears to understand postseason priority is solely based on current year donor level.
 
Watchdog said:
It is a pattern. In 1995, when I called to get Final Four tickets, "honest Ben" Kirtland told me my time slot was later in the day.
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I don’t remember the format of postseason tickets purchased in 1995 but I went to the FF in 2014. Right after we won at MSG we received an email either that evening or the next day which outlined your time slot to call for tix based on your donation level. I called in that day and time slot, got my tix and was all set. Sounds like in 1995 it was a free for all and any donor/season tix holder called whenever. I just know in our last FF we received very clear instructions, I followed them and got my tickets with no issues
 
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