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01-26-2006, 04:09 AM
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Ummm... that's cute.
It'd be nice to have more students in the good seats, but those seats are already going to the people who collectively fronted the millions of dollars necessary to build the place. As much as it sucks in some respects, they deserve their reward. The Schott wouldn't even exist if not for those people.
I can tell you this... Gene Smith doesn't give a hoot about an online petition - unless you're gonna PayPal at least a few hundred thousand bones to go along with it.
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01-26-2006, 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by jlb1705
Ummm... that's cute.
It'd be nice to have more students in the good seats, but those seats are already going to the people who collectively fronted the millions of dollars necessary to build the place. As much as it sucks in some respects, they deserve their reward. The Schott wouldn't even exist if not for those people.
I can tell you this... Gene Smith doesn't give a hoot about an online petition - unless you're gonna PayPal at least a few hundred thousand bones to go along with it.
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That is thing I don't understand. These peole have to know that homecourt advantage is to our teams benefit, so if they were gracious enough to fork out the money to put the place up why don't they act like they care, instead of acting like they paid a lot of money for a cozy seat.
There is no question about it that something has to be done to get the students on the floor. |
01-26-2006, 04:40 AM
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Moving this to basketball forum, it's not a football forum discussion.
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01-26-2006, 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by jlb1705
Ummm... that's cute.
It'd be nice to have more students in the good seats, but those seats are already going to the people who collectively fronted the millions of dollars necessary to build the place. As much as it sucks in some respects, they deserve their reward. The Schott wouldn't even exist if not for those people.
I can tell you this... Gene Smith doesn't give a hoot about an online petition - unless you're gonna PayPal at least a few hundred thousand bones to go along with it.
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I agree. However, if they truly care about Buckeye Basketball, they would want it to be a true Home-court advantage for the bucks. |
01-26-2006, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by jlb1705
Ummm... that's cute.
It'd be nice to have more students in the good seats, but those seats are already going to the people who collectively fronted the millions of dollars necessary to build the place. As much as it sucks in some respects, they deserve their reward. The Schott wouldn't even exist if not for those people.
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I doubt our boosters busted their piggy bank to pay for a 130 million dollar church that has an average home court record. Unless that is we aspire to be the "big house" of basketball, in which case ill remember to bring my keys and pop tab filled water bottles to the next home game. That would be really cute.
The issue at hand shouldn't deal with who gets the best seats in the house. What is needed is a larger concentrated, student section. Not the little high school cheer block we currently have. Between football and basketball I can't think of a school with worse student seating than what OSU. It's pathetic.
Is it really too much to ask to put the students in one area? Every other school can do it, but we can't? ND and Florida for example put all of their students in one place, I would venture to say given the sizes of their stadiums, tickets are at a greater premium. If you look at the two major college sports, basketball and football, most would agree that Duke and UF are the toughest environments to visit, in their respective sports. Oh and where do they place their students again? Oh yeah thats right, Duke puts all their students on the entire lower half of the arena, Florida reserves an entire side adjacent to the visitors bench, fancy that. Quantity is a quality all its own, give the students a student section, and a large one. We don't need the best seats in the house, or even the second best, just good enough so our presence is truly felt.
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01-26-2006, 09:14 AM
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Recently AD Gene Smith was on 1460 the fan and was asked about the atmosphere at the Schott.
They discussed moving faculty out of some sections and moving in students, sort of starting under the basket and wrapping around to mid court. The issue of the price difference in those seats for the students was discussed. I think there will be some changes before next season, but it really falls on the fans to attend the games and make some noise. A better n/c schedule would help, but also a change in ticket options could be an influence.
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01-26-2006, 09:28 AM
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I dont think its an issue of where the students sit. Its just the issue of getting students to go to the games. Ive been to games at the Schott where the crowd has been CRAZY, but I have also been to games where the student seating isnt even filled up. People like to compare the schott to St. John arena. Let me just say, having been to many games at SJA, its not like it was the Breslin center or anything.
Sadly, we need to face the fact that we are a football school. I dont think its possible for the students to get up for a basketball game like they do for a football game. Sure, they will get up if we are a top 5 team, or if we are playing in a huge game, but we just cant expect the students to be amped and excited about playing Penn State, or Florida A&M.
Show me a school who has both a rowdy basketball crowd and a rowdy football crowd. It's usually either one or the other. Duke, UNC, Illinois and MSU have [censored]ty football crowds, OSU, Michigan, LSU, and Tennessee have [censored]ty basketball crowds. I can only think of a handful of schools that have even close to the amount of intensity for both sports. Maybe Wisconsin, Maybe Florida, Maybe Texas... Most of the time, you are either a Football school, or a Basketball school. | |
