MSU offers money back guarantee on season tickets

[Shox21]

So what have we learned about MSU's preseason schedule? Some of you keep talking about how soft it is -- is it?

[ShockdaWorld]

went from the super bowl to the toilet bowl with one broken old man retirement. :D

Maybe...but he was a broken old man most of last year too. Probably somewhere near bottom 5 in the league I'd guess without looking at the stats. I'd still rather have him than Butt Fumble Sanchito though.

[SHOCKvalue]

A tale of two cities (of sorts)...

The entirety of the upper concourse of MSU's arena (read: the majority of their facility from a capacity perspective) is populated by seats that range from $85pp to $160pp in total. Money back refunds are being offered in advance, in the (likely) case the program sucks another big one in 2016-2017. Last year they averaged 35% of arena capacity, according to the NCAA, so don't get your hopes up.

The last seven rows at 34-row Koch Arena now run roughly $700pp all-told. There's a waiting list a mile long, for which newcomers are being asked for four-figure, up front SASO donations just for the opportunity to buy those tickets in the nosebleeds. The well-heeled who want in on the WSU MBB action, and who do not want to sit up in the cheap seats with us plebeians, are being asked for six-figure donations up front for decent seats.

The respective arenas are the same size, more or less. Wichita metro is half-again larger than Springfield metro, so there is that defense.

Similarly entertaining tales can be told with respect to attendance figures in other MSU sports. Like their football program averaging similar attendance figures (and in some cases less) to a number of D2 schools, or how their average attendance in FCS places them squarely between two schools called "Chattanooga" and "Lamar" in NCAA attendance figures. And let's not forget the bipolar disorder Bare baseball program, who in 2015 - a season that arguably could be considered their second best ever - averaged over 1,000 fewer fans per game than a program in the worst doldrums in decades (that'd be WSU).

Springpatch sucks complete ass at supporting MSU athletics. To argue otherwise requires shoveling **** faster than it accumulates at your feet.

[WuShock16]

Then again, maybe the Denver Donkeys need to do this.

Ummm...not even close.

I know someone with Broncos season tickets. It probably took him exactly 2 milliseconds to decide to renew his tickets this year. I suppose that if the Broncos fall to 5-11 this upcoming season (highly unlikely, but let's humor you for a second), it might take a bit more time for him to make that decision...maybe 3 milliseconds.

But yeah, that was a dumb example.

[Eric]

Spent 15 years on the Broncos waiting list. It's likely longer now.

[shock]

[Shox21]

You've got to give them some credit for trying, at least, to get local support for the team. Nothing else has worked. I, for one, hope it has a positive effect -- it can only be good for the Valley to have SOME revenue come in for MSU.

[rjl]

Let's think about this for a second. Why would somebody put a guarantee on a basketball team? Hmmm, very interesting.

Here's the way I see it. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a team 'cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside.

'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little team under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right?

The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.

But why do they put a guarantee on the team? Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of ****. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump on a team and mark them guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about following a quality team.

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

Let's think about this for a second. Why would somebody put a guarantee on a basketball team? Hmmm, very interesting.

Here's the way I see it. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a team 'cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside.

'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little team under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right?

The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.

But why do they put a guarantee on the team? Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of ****. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump on a team and mark them guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about following a quality team.

You can get a good look at a T-bone steak by sticking your head up a bull's ass, but wouldn't you rather take your butcher's word for it?

[ShockerFever]

I knew I smelt some Tommy Boy floating around here.

[bloodgold]

Just reach your hand in the cash register and give me back my two dollars and seventy five cents back, please...Brad.

And after the refund, we all know what became of Brad.

[ShockerPrez]

And after the refund, we all know what became of Brad.

He called me a moron. Dennis...

[MoValley John]

Brad: Mister if you don't shut up I'm gonna kick 100% of your ass!