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It's true that the student tickets are subsidized by everyone else who's buying non-student tickets. It's also true that you can throw around "capitalism" and sell your tickets for market price.

But in real life, if you kept buying gifts for someone under the premise that they were going to use that gift for its intended purpose, and they kept turning around and selling that gift, you'd probably stop buying things for that person and let them pay the market price for the item initially if they wanted to continue their trumpeting of market equilibrium and capitalism.

And that's what A&M's administration is saying. If you're going to try and profit off those tickets later, why should everyone keep subsidizing them for you for the initial transaction? You aren't owed a chance to make hundreds of dollars off your sports pass.

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Read it a few times, New Army. It can't be spelled out any more clearly or accurately.

I'm going to assume new army is trolling the olds...


God I hope so.

Troll thread

Thanks Obama

http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/article_ba1549ec-bf30-5964-b151-f4c1f9b616d9.html

For those who forgot what happened last year...

Lol. I'm 22 and never did it. But capitalism. Brilliant.

So since we're back to fun, childish, playground type conversation, are you fat and/or on a couch?

I'm willing to pay over face for the Ole Miss.. someone hit me up to spite the olds

Nope. Neither one. I'm also not a crotchety old man. Good times. Run along.

Good. Your credibility went up just a hair.

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Lol. I'm 22 and never did it. But capitalism. Brilliant.

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What the **** magic potion are you taking to be 22 again?

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Lol. I'm 22 and never did it. But capitalism. Brilliant.

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What the **** magic potion are you taking to be 22 again?

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I was making fun of maggie, dolt.

In my day you had to have a valid student ID to get in with student ticket. Right?

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Police your own 12th Man or the communist former students will complain.

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Fixed it for you

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Says the person using subsidized tickets. Real capitalism would be to let the market decide the price of all the tickets and doing away with half-price tickets via student sports passes. Now we've all decided that we don't want that because (a) we want the students there and (b) we want them to be able to afford the experience of going to games while they are students. But the "capitalism" comments are idiotic coming from people who are getting a hand out.

That's like getting food stamps and selling them for a profit to buy cigarettes and booze.

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It's true that the student tickets are subsidized by everyone else who's buying non-student tickets. It's also true that you can throw around "capitalism" and sell your tickets for market price.

But in real life, if you kept buying gifts for someone under the premise that they were going to use that gift for its intended purpose, and they kept turning around and selling that gift, you'd probably stop buying things for that person and let them pay the market price for the item initially if they wanted to continue their trumpeting of market equilibrium and capitalism.

And that's what A&M's administration is saying. If you're going to try and profit off those tickets later, why should everyone keep subsidizing them for you for the initial transaction? You aren't owed a chance to make hundreds of dollars off your sports pass.

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In my day you had to have a valid student ID to get in with student ticket. Right?

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Now they have conversion tickets. I think so you can say bring a friend who foolishly goes to school elsewhere or perhaps a younger sibling.

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In my day you had to have a valid student ID to get in with student ticket. Right?

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Yes, but they sell guest stickers, which range anywhere from $30-$60 apiece, allowing for continued revenue

Jorge, aren't you a sip?

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Capitalism

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Not quite Capitalism when it's a subsidized ticket. It's like someone selling food stamps that your tax dollars paid for.

edit: haha TxElsie beat me to it.

New Army

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Capitalism

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Not quite Capitalism when it's a subsidized ticket. It's like someone selling food stamps that your tax dollars paid for.

edit: haha TxElsie beat me to it.

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The 12th man foundation doesn't force you to buy full (overpriced with donations) tickets like the government forces you to pay taxes... if you don't want to contribute to student tickets, you don't have to

I dont really care if they sell their tickets to another aggie. If they sell their tickets to an opposing fans teams then I have a much bigger issue.

And before you flame, season ticket holder, donate to 12th man foundation, and to association of former students. But I know that when I was a student I bought tickets for over face for big games to get friends without sports passes in. All I care about is that those seats should be filled with aggies. Thats the most important part of the student section to me.

I just hope LBM isn't going to be an economist in the future or what Obama has done to us will look like baby**** compared to what this dude's gonna do.

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Please stay on northgate in your lacey dresses and boots, crappy new army.

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Of all the the things to complain about...

spreadsheet updated.

The funniest part of this thread is the 22-year old kid throwing "capitalism" around when its clear that he doesnt really understand the meaning of the word.



I really hope he isn't a Mays student, because if so they need to make him go back and do it over again, because I don't think it took...

As a two-time Mays grad myself, I am all for Capitalism. As part of being pro-capitalism, I'm also anti-corruption and pro-ethics, which is the only way to make capitalism work. The cornerstone of capitalism is the contract. It always has been, and its how the world works. In the real world, if you break a contract, then you are subject to the penalties imposed in said contract. So, in a capitalistic society, if you sign a contract that contains the following language:

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Resale of student tickets/sports options for profit is prohibited. Student sports options are heavily subsidized by season ticket holders. Former Students and Aggie fans have long been committed to maintaining the quality and size of the student allotment at Kyle Field. In return, Texas A&M students, the 12th Man, are expected to honor this commitment by not reselling for profit their student tickets. These tickets home and away, are for student use ONLY. Texas A&M students are prohibited from reselling sports options/student tickets (home or road) for profit. Students found to be in violation of this policy will be penalized. Penalties include the cancellation of sports options, cancellation of tickets already pulled, and the loss of sports option privileges for the duration of their Texas A&M career.

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and then you decide to break this contract. What should happen?

So, Adam Smith, I leave it to you. Where would the invisible hand lead if people continue to show that they cannot be trusted to abide by their contractual agreements? Here's a hint, the answer is capitalism: a market price student ticket and a smaller student section because of price inelasticity.

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In my day you had to have a valid student ID to get in with student ticket. Right?

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Never converted it to a guest pass?

I'm not gonna sit here and argue this with y'all, because I know I'm not gonna change anyone's mind. However, I will try to protect new army.

The majority of students who attempt to sell their sports pass for profit are the people who never plan on trying to make a single game, but rather buy solely with the intention of selling for individual games and trying to make a profit. Obviously, with a student section as large as ours, there will be people doing it every way possible.

Last year before bama though, multiple people I know (including myself) were offered WAAAAAAYYYY over face value for a ticket. However, no one wanted to sell, because despite the amount of money, people would much rather attend the game.

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Want a truth bomb? New Army is self absorbed and unapologetically spoiled. They suck at being friendly and are unbelievably rude. Never say Howdy and have become to resemble in behavior, what one can see at Texas Tech. Congrats. Your university is now like everyone else's in TX.

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Good lord, your life must be miserable.

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People selling ole miss sports pass for $200+. Idiots

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Alumni selling the same ticket on the other side for $500+. Greed is greed.....one no better than the other

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Jorge, aren't you a sip?

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No.

How much are the conversion stickers? Does it vary by games?

Roughly $25 around 2008 IIRC.

Depends on te game. I think it's more in the neighborhood of $40 at the cheapest for SEC games