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$15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
I just got an email from the Logan City School District. Some anonymous donor has given the school district $15,000 worth of ticket vouchers to the Boise State game this Saturday! That is incredible! What a good way to hopefully get the kids involved and excited about Aggie football at a young age. The student or parents just need to go to the office of their school to get the voucher for their families. This is a perfect opportunity to take your family if you're worried about the cost and your kids go to Logan City Schools. I have season tickets, but I think I'll need to take my kids to this game with this opportunity.
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
Wow! What a great offer. Can we pin this to the top of the feed for visibility between now and Saturday, moderators?
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
That’s awesome. I wonder if this gets us close to a sell out? Probably not as $50 per ticket average on $15k is 300 seats and it seems we have about 1,500 left.
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
It was me. I am very generous. Since it was anonymous, only one person knows I’m lying. This very cool that someone did this!
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
That is awesome, i would have a hunch this Blake Anderson with maybe help from Hartwell. I certainly have no clue, but that would be my guess.
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
Major props. Here we go guys! Time for all of us to pitch in!
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
This is terrible. What about elementary kids in the Cache County School District
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
ChowderAggie wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2021, 2:41 pmThis is terrible. What about elementary kids in the Cache County School District
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
There is some excitement, the vouchers went really fast at my kids school!
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
Maybe they have some set aside for the BYU game for the Cache County School District. That would allow fewer BYU fans.ChowderAggie wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2021, 2:41 pmThis is terrible. What about elementary kids in the Cache County School District
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
Are you sure that would end up with fewer BYU fans at the game?HomeTown wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2021, 4:20 pmMaybe they have some set aside for the BYU game for the Cache County School District. That would allow fewer BYU fans.ChowderAggie wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2021, 2:41 pmThis is terrible. What about elementary kids in the Cache County School District
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
I wrote to a former USU AD and suggested such a ploy, pointing out that byu had in years past, developed their FB program by 1. playing good FB and 2. giving away many tickets to MIA youth who have become addicted to BYU FB, including not a small number of non-LDS members. For my trouble, I was told that I lived too far away to know anything about Utah State football. Amazing how my suggestion was adopted soon after I moved to Logan!
an athletic director ago,
an athletic director ago,
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
Back before UU joined the PAC12, I believe in McBride's era, the U would provide tickets to schools and even churches. I took some youth groups to a couple of games using those tickets.
In the more recent past, USU has been hesitant to do this as research showed that such programs "dilute" the brand, and the people that use those tickets will only attend games if the tickets are free. My opinion to them was that I'd rather the seats were filled, regardless, if those tickets were not going to be sold. You have to start somewhere, and the U grew their brand partially by generating interest in the program by making it easier for people to go to games who might otherwise not go.
That was a different administration, as Bob also experienced.
In the more recent past, USU has been hesitant to do this as research showed that such programs "dilute" the brand, and the people that use those tickets will only attend games if the tickets are free. My opinion to them was that I'd rather the seats were filled, regardless, if those tickets were not going to be sold. You have to start somewhere, and the U grew their brand partially by generating interest in the program by making it easier for people to go to games who might otherwise not go.
That was a different administration, as Bob also experienced.
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
I think it's like slinging drugs. First one's free, tell your friends, I'll give them some free tries too. Sure, some of them are going to wise up, enter rehab and pick some other vice, er school, but those aren't the ones we want anyway, we want the addicts, the true Aggies, the one's that sit out in the rain and snow and cold and losing teams to get their fix. If they come for free, but have a great time, they'll be back. We just need to make sure our product is good. For real though, we just need to win and do it consistently, I think that will do more to cure our ills than anything.newhouse9 wrote: ↑September 24th, 2021, 8:33 amBack before UU joined the PAC12, I believe in McBride's era, the U would provide tickets to schools and even churches. I took some youth groups to a couple of games using those tickets.
In the more recent past, USU has been hesitant to do this as research showed that such programs "dilute" the brand, and the people that use those tickets will only attend games if the tickets are free. My opinion to them was that I'd rather the seats were filled, regardless, if those tickets were not going to be sold. You have to start somewhere, and the U grew their brand partially by generating interest in the program by making it easier for people to go to games who might otherwise not go.
That was a different administration, as Bob also experienced.
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
Urban Meyer used to go out with stacks of tickets to public spaces and talk people into coming to the games for free. People went, they had fun and they kept coming.newhouse9 wrote: ↑September 24th, 2021, 8:33 amBack before UU joined the PAC12, I believe in McBride's era, the U would provide tickets to schools and even churches. I took some youth groups to a couple of games using those tickets.
In the more recent past, USU has been hesitant to do this as research showed that such programs "dilute" the brand, and the people that use those tickets will only attend games if the tickets are free. My opinion to them was that I'd rather the seats were filled, regardless, if those tickets were not going to be sold. You have to start somewhere, and the U grew their brand partially by generating interest in the program by making it easier for people to go to games who might otherwise not go.
That was a different administration, as Bob also experienced.
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
I feel like every time we try to do something like free tickets or other stuff, we end up laying an egg on the field. I think my Aggie PTSD keeps inhibiting me from having joy and excitement for something like this weekend.
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
We also didn't beat P5 teams on the road, it took over 100 years for new coaches to win their first 3 games, and over 40 years to start 3-0. If there was any year to break the bad mojo this is that year to change things up. Let hope they keep it going even with the free tickets going out and everyone who got the free tickets sees a great game and comes back. Go Aggies!
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
I'm with you. I truly hope this is the year that things change. I certainly want it badly as a fan. We need something like this to really springboard our program.
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Re: $15,000 of Donated Tickets for Elementary School Kids & Families
BobWilson wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2021, 10:39 pmI wrote to a former USU AD and suggested such a ploy, pointing out that byu had in years past, developed their FB program by 1. playing good FB and 2. giving away many tickets to MIA youth who have become addicted to BYU FB, including not a small number of non-LDS members. For my trouble, I was told that I lived too far away to know anything about Utah State football. Amazing how my suggestion was adopted soon after I moved to Logan!
A fine suggestion Bob. There have been other viable suggestions by involved AGGIES that have been ignored or were summarily dismissed. And some folks in our USU Athletic Department wonder why we have been outside looking in since the WAC was formed in 1962.
We have a mutual friend in AGGIESFOREVER that could arrange a meeting to discuss some possibilities.
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