Spring Break
Ticket pick-up: A modest proposal
Issue date: 8/27/08 Section: Opinions
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But wait - it's August. Too early for basketball season.
No, we were in line, to wait in line. Seated inside the Coliseum, we waited to be chosen for the honor of standing in line to pick up our football season tickets.
After four years of enduring the ridiculousness known as student season-ticket pick-up, we want to congratulate the Athletic Association for its perfect record.
Not once in our four years here has it failed to draw hundreds - nay, thousands - of complaints and questions about its processes.
As we anxiously waited, our irritability grew into optimism as we thought of improvements for next year's ticket pick-up process.
Sure, we won't be here to enjoy them, but at least future generations of students won't have to suffer (as much).
- If the Athletic Association really wants to milk students for all they're worth, they should sell refreshments. Sure, the free Cokes and Dasanis provided were appreciated, but after waiting for an hour and a half and literally not moving from our seats, we - along with our fellow students in line - gladly would have shelled out for a few cold beers. (OK, we both actually prefer wine.)
- At one point, the baton twirlers came inside for practice. We even enjoyed a bit of music. But next year, why not have the entire color guard present, complete with music piping through the sound system?
- There's a huge video screen inside the Coliseum. We would have appreciated some sort of audio-visual entertainment - perhaps a highlight reel from last year's season? A rerun of an entire game would have sufficed.
We'd gladly wait three and a half hours if we were witnessing Tim Tebow getting sacked a few times.
- Another option to get us geared up for the season: station cheerleaders along the line to start a Coliseum-wide cheer. Singing "Glory Glory" and calling the Dogs is always more fun when there's someone leading the crowd. But please, no Mic Woman.
- A few times during our wait, fights broke out between an employee and a student.
But why stop with spontaneity? Stage a few fights - and don't shy away from profanity. It could be like one of those dinner theater shows - plot line and all.
At one point, fellow workers were arguing with each other over the seating arrangements and where the line even began.
If the event staff doesn't understand what's going on, there's clearly a miscommunication between them and the Athletic Association.
Shocking.
We give the Athletic Association props for actually giving us a comfortable seat to sit on, rather than a wet curb. But we can't help but feel that if it were not for the afternoon rain, we would have been sweating outside in the Georgia humidity.
As one employee told us when we asked for an explanation, "I think they just do this to make things more complicated."
Mission accomplished.
- Shannon Otto is the Managing Editor and Jennifer Paxton is a variety staff writer for The Red & Black. They are full-time, non-transfer seniors who were relegated to the end zone section thanks to a poor ticket window selection.
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