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If you want season tickets, you gotta pay to play. Fans who have never contributed before, but want to buy season tickets should be prepared to dig deep. First time contributors are not guaranteed tickets. Contributing for the first time only guarantees that you'll get an order form for season tickets.
Renewable season ticket holders can obviously give at their normal rates.
PWD
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Not to ask a dumb question, but what are those of us right out of college suppose to do?
I mean, I think I'm personally covered, but I've got a couple of friends who graduated with me in May who are pissssed they have no way outside of being born rich of getting tickets.
I'm a current season ticketholder, so don't take this the wrong way, but for the first several year after graduating from UGA, I was unable to afford season tickets. I contributed money to the Fund for 4-5 years knowing that I would be ineligible to buy tickets and then bought tickets from scalpers to the games I wanted to see. Eventually, I reached the point where I made the season ticket cut-off, but it didn't happen overnight. Now I pool my money with some college friends and we purchase better tickets, so this might be an option. I know it's not easy, but most of us have been in your shoes, so no sympathy.
Anon, I did the same thing. I wanted to donate to the Bulldog Club and start building cuumulative points after graduating. Now this year, finally, I can afford to make a larger donation and pay for season tickets.
I don't think there is anything wrong with that.
To add to what those guys already said, sometimes when you're just out of school it is a little easier to get in. As long as you still have your student ID (and they don't start scanning them next season), you could buy a set of those on ebay much cheaper than regular tickets. That's what I did my first year out because I didn't even have a job by the time GEEF donations were due (graduated in December). Fortunately I started donating at the right time, as $500 got me in the door my first year since Joseph Peter Tereshinski the third was going to be triumphantly leading the Dawgs into battle that season and demand wasn't near as high. Otherwise I still might not have them yet.
They used to have recent graduate program for season tickets. That's how I started getting season tickets. They waived the base donation the first year. I had to pay half of the base the second year. I was on my own the third year.
I don't know if they do this anymore, but its worth a call to the ticket office. My first year as a season ticket holder was Donnan's final season, so there was some demand, but not like this coming year.
I was on the phone with the Bulldog Club office yesterday and they are currently recommending $2000 for first time donations to "probably" get tickets.
I'm in the same boat.
Tennessee wants some... http://cpcandtg.blogspot.com/
Quinton, they don't do that anymore. I think either 2003 or 2004 was the last year the AA credited recent alumni with free base points. I'm not sure why they stopped. If anything, I wish they would just credit them to my Hartman fund score now so I would be on a level playing field with people that graduated just a couple of years before me.
I'm so tired of people screaming "inequality, "new graduate," and "level the playing field" about season tickets. It's basic supply and demand. I'd rather be in our boat than Tech: winning games and selling out the stadium vs. begging people to come to games and having to sell ridiculous on-field promotions during games.
You can contribute a little at a time every month - you don't have to part with thousands all at once in February. It takes a little planning and discipline, but it can be done. You don't have to be "born rich."
Whoa Mrs. Dawg! Nobody is "screaming inequality!"
Question: Does anyone know how many tickets Georgia Southern will be given? Do you expect any to be returned? I know often times with smaller schools UGA gets some tickets in return, but with GSU being in state and getting to play a 1-A team, demand may be high in Statesboro.
I ask because I have a friend who is a GSU student/season ticket holder wondering if he'll get tickets or not.
mrs. dawg, chill out. Nobody is out here screaming inequality. As to my "level the playing field" comment, it isn't all that big of a deal to me. I just never heard a reason why the AA quit giving the graduation credit. I wish I could have gotten it, but I realize that isn't going to happen so I'm not going to worry about it.
I got so lucky with my first donation. I gave $1000 in 2006 and wound up with lower level, west endzone seats. Right next to the student section, $500 yearly base. I realize that doesn't help anyone here, I just like to brag.
;-)
Seriously though, $2000 is a TON for a first time donation, but that may be what it takes right now.
They stopped giving the grad credit because they could get more money by not doing it. Its really not complicated. Also, when you are in school you get extremely cheap tickets and when you get out you have gotten a great education. They don't owe you a thing.
Fisheries...
The Grad Donation would be a drop in the bucket vs. today's contribution levels.
600 points spread across 2 years wouldn't get you much of anything.
The best way to do this is to give $400-800 a year for 2-3 years while you're scalping. You'll come out financially ahead as a new alum while you build up some points.
When you've got a few years of that under your belt, give $800-1000 as you're more financially stable. Then you're in.
In response to the earlier question about Georgia Southern's ticket allotment. I can guarantee you that they will sell out their full allotment.
I have a link from georgiadogs.com of a free larry munson tribute video which is awesome.
(Just scroll to the middle of the page)
If anyone knows how to put this on youtube it would be greatly appreciated.
http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=657195&SPID=6608&SPSID=64903
Paul,
Thanks for the advice, but, as I said, I'm already in. $500 was good enough to get me in the stadium in 2006.
My brother, however, came just a couple of years after me and has no chance of getting tickets for a while.
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