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I run into the same problem at Kyle with the people around me. All I do is yell while we're on D and some old will ask that I not be so loud because I'm yelling in her ear. So I stand to yell over her. The old behind me *****es because they can't see and they say "if you want to stand, go over there!" Well, "over there" at Olsen was GA. No one ever told anything or gave me dirty looks.

I'm not so old that I can't find you son.

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most of the non-student GA'ers are out of towners, which in lies the problem. about 75% of the non-students GA regulars I know don't live in BCS and don't buy season tickets because they don't know how many games they will be making, hence GA is the best option

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Best option for who? The folks who don't want to shell out for tickets, as opposed to A&M. I live nearly 300 miles away and only get to make five or six series per year, yet I buy season tickets because I want to know that I've got my seat for every game, and I want to support the program. You want your seat in the GA section--maybe it's just coinicidence that in doing so it would allow you to get off cheaply, and then again, maybe it's not (or maybe its coincidence for some and not for others).

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Best option for who? The folks who don't want to shell out for tickets, as opposed to A&M. I live nearly 300 miles away and only get to make five or six series per year, yet I buy season tickets because I want to know that I've got my seat for every game, and I want to support the program. You want your seat in the GA section--maybe it's just coinicidence that in doing so it would allow you to get off cheaply, and then again, maybe it's not (or maybe its coincidence for some and not for others).

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Hm, interesting thought came to me when I was reading this. I know it really probably isn't feasible, but if they offered season tickets for GA sections I would probably pay for them. That way, I'd have my GA tickets and could get to games early and sit where I want for all the games I can make, and then for those I can't make it to I wouldn't be taking up a seat that others could buy.

Again, I know there are probably a lot of reasons something like that can't happen. Just saying, for me (and a lot of others) it's not about trying to be cheap.

twk, dude you're more than welcome to buy me season tickets, but right now and for a few years there anit a snowballs chance in hell that I could afford them.

dp

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Hm, interesting thought came to me when I was reading this. I know it really probably isn't feasible, but if they offered season tickets for GA sections I would probably pay for them. That way, I'd have my GA tickets and could get to games early and sit where I want for all the games I can make, and then for those I can't make it to I wouldn't be taking up a seat that others could buy.

Again, I know there are probably a lot of reasons something like that can't happen. Just saying, for me (and a lot of others) it's not about trying to be cheap.

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I've no doubt that there are some of you for whom this would be an attractive option, and I think the numbers are small enough that it wouldn't be an issue as far as giving students access to the best seats.

What I do have a problem with is the folks who don't want to pay, but want to be given the same seating privileges as students.

Even though there was no forced segregation when I was in school (in the late 80s), when the entire upper deck (save the two center sections) were GA, the de facto rule was that students sat on the first base side and other GA sat on the 3rd base side. I really think that the atmosphere at Olsen has suffered in the last 10 years due to the lack of turnover. If current students aren't given the chance to go to the front and do their own thing, then the atmosphere will get even more stale.

OnlyForNow - How many home games do you make a year? Second deck season tickets cost $252 which seems hardly prohibitive to me and cost effective if you can make most games.

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What I do have a problem with is the folks who don't want to pay, but want to be given the same seating privileges as students.

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The overwhelming majority of these fans in favor of keeping GA have said repeatedly that they are fine with paying for the seat.

At most 6-7 weekends.

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Even though there was no forced segregation when I was in school (in the late 80s), when the entire upper deck (save the two center sections) were GA, the de facto rule was that students sat on the first base side and other GA sat on the 3rd base side. I really think that the atmosphere at Olsen has suffered in the last 10 years due to the lack of turnover. If current students aren't given the chance to go to the front and do their own thing, then the atmosphere will get even more stale.

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This assumes that students where pushed outta the first rows at Olsen, which just isn't the truth. The reason why 3rd base side in our day was GA is because they had not installed the right field bleaches so those sections where the GA spill over.

The casual fan isn't going to buy season tickets. Which you say isn't a concern of the AD and TMF. Which is fine I guess, but the end result is a Olsen with less people. You already have many like yourself that buy season tickets only to go to a few games.

Again, why are we fixing problems that don't exist?

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Again, why are we fixing problems that don't exist?

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Because we are Texas A&M: Building Problems (so that we can fix them).

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The casual fan isn't going to buy season tickets. Which you say isn't a concern of the AD and TMF. Which is fine I guess, but the end result is a Olsen with less people. You already have many like yourself that buy season tickets only to go to a few games.

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So which is it? Are they casual fans, or an integral part of the Olsen experience that we can't part with? I don't think they can be both.

We've had too many casual fans over the last few year, as reflected by our attendance. As someone who can't make all the games, I still want there to be some ticket scarcity. The last few years, I couldn't even give away my tickets, much less sell them. That's not good for the program.

If you think the status quo was just fine, then we'll just have to agree to disagree. Our attendance figures were in a death spiral. This atmosphere that people think we are endagering evidently wasn't attractive enough to get other folks to come out to the ballpark, and that being the case, I see no reason why we shouldn't look at shaking things up.

Slocum on a mobile: My dream stadium is sold out every game, with 1000 students filling their section. Is yours one where you get a cheap GA ticket and get to sit in seats comparable to what season ticket holders pay, regardless of what the rest of the turnout happens to be? Sounds like it.

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The last few years, I couldn't even give away my tickets, much less sell them.

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if you want, you can give your unused tickets to me and I will make sure they get used by ags many of whom would probably not go to a game unless they were given a ticket.

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I run into the same problem at Kyle with the people around me. All I do is yell while we're on D and some old will ask that I not be so loud because I'm yelling in her ear. So I stand to yell over her. The old behind me *****es because they can't see and they say "if you want to stand, go over there!" Well, "over there" at Olsen was GA. No one ever told anything or gave me dirty looks.

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I also told the usher that I was not being offending in anyway shape or form (no cursing or dirty stuff). I bought my tickets there, and as long as I don't break stadium rules, I'm going to continue to do stuff as I see. Hell, the whole section was laughing at me and even joining in on occasion. Not going to let one complaint get me down.

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on a mobile: My dream stadium is sold out every game, with 1000 students filling their section.

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Well you got the "dream" part right.

Also, why do you care where people sit and how much they pay for their ticket?

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Also, why do you care where people sit and how much they pay for their ticket?

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Other than the fact that I want the baseball program to succeed, what other people pay to sit in a given seat is no big deal to me. I do, however, have a hard time letting unjustified outrage go unchallenged. It would be one thing for people to say that things were fine the way they were, but it's quite another for people to get up on a soapbox and shout about how they have been wronged by this decision. You can argue the wisdom of the move, but there is no justice argument to be made for maintaining the status quo, period. None whatsoever.

maintain status quo so that you dont have 20k+ emails complaining about the change and a 25 page thread also complaining about the change. maintain status quo because the people the decision is supposed to benefit were not asking for a change in the first place as far as I am aware. maintain status quo because there was not a reason to change in the first place. if there is a reason for the change let me know...

honestly the impact to me is not huge, but I have a problem with making changes just for the sake of change especially when there are no benefits of making the change.

Slocum, no and no.

Period.

TWK, I will take any tickets you "can't give away or sell".

I saw how hard you tried to give them away last year, what with posting every weekend about tickets you needed to give away and what not. (O wait... this didn't happen at all did it?!)

If the ‘old’ GA crowd really wants to make a statement, someone needs to organize a unifying event for a game or series one weekend. Everyone wear the same shirt, same colors, something that says “I’m not a student, but I want to be able to sit in 203, or whatever GA section is ‘my’ home”.

This would bring to light a couple things:
1. It would highlight exactly how many people are not students but who want to sit in the ‘new’ student section.
2. How few students actually attend a game (those not participating in unifying event could be counted as students).

It would be integral that we get everyone on board for this, as if an effort is made there is a real chance that it will have the opposite effect and show how few of us attend games and sit in GA/203 as non-students.

Another kicker would be if everyone kept track of money they spent a) at the game, and b) in B/CS while attending games that weekend. This would show the impact OUR dollars have on the university and community.


Edit: In a nutshell- I don’t think anyone can glance thru GA and pick out the students, so as far as anyone knows, everyone in GA is a student. Only those of us who frequent GA KNOW how few students are actually mixed in.

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twk's dream stadium -

250 wealthy Aggies cheering.

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This.

No matter how much he rambles and stomps his feet it's still just him and his narrow take on things leaving no room for others and he's o.k. with that.

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TWK, I will take any tickets you "can't give away or sell".

I saw how hard you tried to give them away last year, what with posting every weekend about tickets you needed to give away and what not. (O wait... this didn't happen at all did it?!)

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You have no idea how many folks have told me, if you ever have tickets available, let me know...

That's who I follow up with, and for the last few years, all those folks declined when offered. I don't feel the need to post them on Texags to give away for just anyone as whoever gets the tickets will be sitting next to my neighbors, a concept that you're not familiar with if you don't have season tickets. I've also followed the posts when others have offered tickets and have been underwhelmed with the responses.

Sounds like you don't have baseball fans for friends.

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Everyone wear the same shirt, same colors, something that says “I’m not a student, but I want to be able to sit in 203, or whatever GA section is ‘my’ home”.

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I would be fine with this. We could get a very large group together, wear the ugliest shirts we can find (without wearing brunt orange) and then move from section to section (each an inning) standing at the back of the concourse being as loud and obnoxious as we are in GA. Just to prove the impact that we make to 2nd deck.

I'll call it Occupy Concourse.

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^ I like it...

I won't be humble. I think it's a good idea. I can think of a group of 15 off the top of my head. That would be plenty, but of course, the more the merrier.

let's just all wear pink onesies....wait a minute! Didn't Pineda lose his perfecto in the 6th inning?! The same 6th inning Statboy decided to switch to wearing a forever lazy instead of the onesie?!

win's a win

tell that to Pineda...you owe him an apology...there I was guilt tripping my girlfriend for mentioning they had no hits after 7 innings (i have to give her mad props for noticing that since it was only her 3rd baseball game to attend that wasn't little league), when it was you all along who snapped his perfecto....tisk tisk...

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I don't feel the need to post them on Texags to give away for just anyone as whoever gets the tickets will be sitting next to my neighbors, a concept that you're not familiar with if you don't have season tickets.

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dude if you gave all your extras to the same people and they used them they would sit in your seats more than you do... you may be supporting the program with your money but I bet the athletes would rather have butts in the seats

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