Comments on: Stop Selling Your Damn Tickets

By: Rob Snyder

Rob Snyder — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 12:21:00 +0000

In reply to Ryan Ritter. But there is a group right here in town that could be monitored more closely. Faculty and staff don't have to pay the extra building fund costs. In that way they are like students, so why not have to present their ND id?The Georgia tickets didn't make it to the general public, they had to be bought by "insiders". Low cost of entry for these folks, who shouldn't be selling out their employer. Their tickets are a privilege, not a right, and should be administered as such.

By: Irish74

Irish74 — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:17:00 +0000

ND is a national school by their choice so many fans are from across the nation unlike the SEC schools or any conference school. Thus, all SEC home games are attended by the home audience. In the case of ND, I live in Louisiana and can attend one game per year. Historically, I had to apply for 3-4 games in hopes of getting one game. This year I bought tickets for 3 games and I planned to pick the one I would attend and give the other game to friends or fans. I fully expected ND to win and if they would have this whole aurgument would be a minor anoyance as those fans would have traveled to see their team lose. I sold my tix to this game and chose to go to USC, You could argue I should have only bought USC tickets, but at the time I didn’t know what circumstances may arise so I bought 3 games. I may be disappointed that so many Georgia fans showed up but I was way more disappointed when ND chose to have home games in who knows where across the country basically telling its students and local support that we want to be a national team. I would love to see what would happen if an SEC team had one of their home games in a neutral site in Indiana. Get off your high horse and and come back to reality, This is nothing more than the outcome of the decisions that ND took trying to be independent and a national team. I will always pull for them but will sell my tix again if the same circumstances arise.

By: ed

ed — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 05:02:00 +0000

In reply to Ryan Ritter. make the ticket goer show up w/ the credit card of the purchaser to scan at the gate like they do for the final four games ie. flash seats.

By: brian

brian — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 04:43:00 +0000

a couple points… as i was watching the game saturday night with some friends, we were talking about our experiences at ND games and how the ushers kill any enjoyment of trying to root on the team… each of us had several experiences of such. secondly, why didnt those ushers rush around and tell all the uga fans to sit down and stop being so loud so the irish fans sitting on their paper asses could very quietly actually sit on their asses? notre dame will never have the true atmosphere of a home field when you have the combination of ticket prices, gungho ushers and folks selling their tickets to the highest bidder.

the real question is why would i spend the money and drive three hours to be scolded and threatened with being removed from the premises for standing during the games when i can stay home and be loud about the irish with my friends?

By: Ron Raffignone

Ron Raffignone — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 01:33:00 +0000

In reply to Ryan Ritter. I agree with you and Irish11 you don't deserve to have irish is your name

By: Ron Raffignone

Ron Raffignone — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 01:32:00 +0000

In reply to JEH. That's bull. You follow your team no matter what and don't sell out.

By: jbmnd93

jbmnd93 — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 01:05:00 +0000

That Michigan game was my first game as a Freshman. I remember distinctly the student section giving a flying F about the refs and Michigan begging for merciful quiet. When they were stopped on third we felt like part of the team and I like to think the team felt like part of us. The stadium was intimate back then. The students controlled the crowd back then. Today, not so much. It’s all soundtracks and fat-rumped alumni. (I’m not that fat yet). Bonus track: Ted Leo–well none alt-rock musician today–was a fellow freshman that year. He led the entire freshman section by leading cheers from the back row. I remember the cheerleaders begging off their cheers when Ted got control of the freshman class section that season. We fought like hell to cheer for our team. We were rewarded with the Miami game. I’d pay extra to see the stadium be like that again some day.

By: Ryan Ritter

Ryan Ritter — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:51:00 +0000

In reply to irish11. You've literally just described fair-weather fandom and more or less proven my point.

By: irish11

irish11 — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:00:00 +0000

What a load of crap. Give me a break. What institution is more about taking the money and running than Notre Dame? We (fans) don’t give a damn about a $600 million stadium with a mediocre product in it. I don’t blame anybody at all for getting rid of their worthless tickets to a game we we are probably going to lose (which we did) for 5 or 6 hundo and up. Good for the Georgia fans who got a chance to see a game at Notre Dame Stadium. Who cares? Remember, last year was possibly the worst Notre Dame team of all time. Same with the Nebraska game a while back, we were coming off a year where we replaced the greatest coach of the modern era with an idiot and lost five or six games as a result. The people who should be ashamed are the people that accept mediocrity. Kelly sucks, he will not win a championship, he has won less big games than you can count on one hand in eight years. Put a winning product, a real ND team, on the field and you will see the stadium packed for games like this. it’s not on the fans, who have been loyal as hell during a couple decades of bullshit football. It’s on the administration. yeah, I’m sure the people that sold their tickets are really bummed out that they didn’t get to see a borderline top 25 team run 10 or 11 three and outs in a row. ???

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:54:00 +0000

I’m an ND fan from Atlanta that was at the game.(Along with the rest of Atlanta) I know someone from Georgia that was able to call the ticket office over the summer and buy 4 lower level season tickets for $1500 each. I’m not exactly sure how this is possible but he surely made his money back with the UGA and USC games. It was embarrassing to see all of the red & black in the stadium.