MSU Red Cedar Message Board

We've had ours in the family since the 60s and there has been serious discussion about not renewing them. I just had a son so I want to carry on the tradition with him which is why we are keeping them, but I would suspect Hollis and the Athletic Department have a problem on their hands if gas is still $3.60 and we have a 6-6 team.

Some may have legit reasons to drop season tickets, but anyone who takes that route has no business then complaining about the need for staff raises, new facilities, better opponents (which translates into fewer home games), warmer weather or better halftime shows. MSU tickets are not cheap, but they are not priced as if the team has won 10 games a year for decades either. If you want to drink champagne, a beer budget doesn't cut it and support through season tickets is a big part of the program's success.

I'm renewing mine. Had them for 15 years and will keep buying them. I may go from 4 to 2 based on the fact that my kids have games now almost every Saturday and I miss a lot of games..... I do this this is the prefect storm brewing for athletics in terms of lost revenue. MSU is very tight all around and the University keep pinching them for more as well. I guess I don't want to be a small part of that storm. Who knows. Let's hope we go 11-1 and all is good and people are paying face value plus for tix...

It was inevitable.

You have your strong base of season ticket holders that has bought tickets through BW and JLS.

You saw an influx of "fairweather" season ticket holders this past year. At some point they would see something that would justify in their minds that season tickets were no longer worth it to them.
Its the revolving bandwagon. (Roushar, bad schedule, etc. It could be anything.)

Just don't know how someone who is not willing to get season tickets (or if not local, at least donate some chedda) can complain about our facilities and coaching salaries by comparing them to that of programs that have a whole hell of a lot more season ticket holders/donations, with presumably higher priced tickets. You are part of the reason for the disparity.

There are 50 reasons to drop your tickets the next 2 years but let me give you a good one to keep them.

There will be so many people dropping seats that during the relocation process, if you are unhappy with your seat location and have any kind of donor level at all, you will be able to greatly improve your quality of seat.

I actually meant that you could move down within the same section/donation level but yes you will be able to get seats wherever you want, more expensive, less expensive...

I discovered that trick last year and it was awesome.

Wouldn't be surprised to see the mini plans where you get can Michigan tickets for face but have to buy a couple of the crappy games at face along with them

Can't wait to see some of you people when we're in a division with Minnesota, Illinois, Northwestern, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin and play Michigan or Ohio State on the road for our crossover (let alone the times we get Rutgers, Indiana or Purdue at home for the other crossover)

The new East/West divisions are going to make MSU football schedules pretty shitty unless Iowa gets good again (unlikely) or Northwestern is winning 9-10 games consistently (ha). Get used to it or hope Hollis keeps bringing in Oregon, Alabama and Miami every other year for the next 20 years. As long as MSU can continue to recruit PA and Tidewater areas, the West will be the easier division to play in... but for the Big Ten football fan the West Division is a terrible proposition. Keeping Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State in one division is just an awful, awful idea.

That sums it up.

Sorry. All you guys who had season tickets the last couple of years (or just last year) and are not renewing them this year because of "the schedule" are...

BANDWAGON FANS.

That game should be an $80 ticket. Tailgating while watching the walk of shame on the day after Halloween more than justifies the cost of the ticket...

I would say last year brokers may have had 2% of Spartan Stadium but this year it will drop to less than 1%.

There's not a ton of $ in it for brokers with this years schedule. The only potential big $ game is obviously UM. That game isn't til late and unless both teams are positioned to win the division, the $ won't be there to make up for the rest of the games.. Esp once you consider the seat license fees.