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The Daily OrangeStudent support for football team wavers
By Meredith Galante
Posted: 9/4/08, 11:39 PM EST Section: Sports
Will Ruff is not interested. He's not interested in a team that went 2-10 last season, and he's not interested in paying $115 for Syracuse football season tickets.
Ruff, a junior history major, had season tickets his freshman year and would stay in the Carrier Dome until the end of a game - win or lose. Now Ruff said it's not worth the money, especially with a season-opening loss.
Last season, approximately 3,000 student season tickets were sold for football games. Officials from the Syracuse athletic department said they had not sold that many tickets yet, but expect to reach that number within the next few home games as students continue to buy tickets.
This year, the package of football and basketball season tickets costs $275 (football costs $115 by itself, and basketball costs $160). A single-game student ticket costs $18.
In an attempt to kick start interest and ticket sales, SU athletics is giving away tickets to students to encourage game attendance. Students received free tickets in their dorm mailboxes, for the opening game against Akron, this Saturday.
Scott Sidwell, senior associate athletics director for development, said the athletic department does these types of promotions from time to time to help get students to come out to games, and then hopefully decide they would like to buy season tickets.
Sidwell said the number of season ticket purchasers stays pretty consistent from year to year.
"We always want to encourage the students and community to come out and watch the football games," Sidwell said.
Last season, Syracuse opened its season at the Carrier Dome with a loss to Washington, 42-12, in front of 40,329 fans.
Despite the athletic department's high hopes for student turnout at this year's slate of games, the student reaction about attending games is mixed.
Freshman international relations major Elton Wong plans to attend Syracuse's home-opener against Akron, but only because he received the free ticket in his dorm mailbox. Wong is not a season-ticket holder.
Ruff, a junior history major, had season tickets his freshman year and would stay in the Carrier Dome until the end of a game - win or lose. Now Ruff said it's not worth the money, especially with a season-opening loss.
Last season, approximately 3,000 student season tickets were sold for football games. Officials from the Syracuse athletic department said they had not sold that many tickets yet, but expect to reach that number within the next few home games as students continue to buy tickets.
This year, the package of football and basketball season tickets costs $275 (football costs $115 by itself, and basketball costs $160). A single-game student ticket costs $18.
In an attempt to kick start interest and ticket sales, SU athletics is giving away tickets to students to encourage game attendance. Students received free tickets in their dorm mailboxes, for the opening game against Akron, this Saturday.
Scott Sidwell, senior associate athletics director for development, said the athletic department does these types of promotions from time to time to help get students to come out to games, and then hopefully decide they would like to buy season tickets.
Sidwell said the number of season ticket purchasers stays pretty consistent from year to year.
"We always want to encourage the students and community to come out and watch the football games," Sidwell said.
Last season, Syracuse opened its season at the Carrier Dome with a loss to Washington, 42-12, in front of 40,329 fans.
Despite the athletic department's high hopes for student turnout at this year's slate of games, the student reaction about attending games is mixed.
Freshman international relations major Elton Wong plans to attend Syracuse's home-opener against Akron, but only because he received the free ticket in his dorm mailbox. Wong is not a season-ticket holder.
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canadianpleasure
posted 12/14/08 @ 2:29 AM EST
thanks for the artical really enjoyed reading it.
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