When looking at a problem like this you have to identify why a student does not show up at all. They went home for the weekend, lazy (didn't want to spend time trying to sell a ticket), they are hungover, or maybe they just don't care about football that much. Yes, there may be many other cases, but those have to be near the top of the list. We shouldn't attack the students because they aren't perfect fans showing up 30 minutes before gametime. I agree somewhat with RickH's idea (Not free tickets, but no seating). If the students had a ticket with no section, row or seat number they may feel more incentive to show up early in order to secure the early seats. The downfall to this is that students who plan to show up late might not show up at all if they don't have an assigned seat. How you would counteract that would take some effort on part of the AD think tank.
It's amazing what these seniors had to go through over the last 4 years. I'm happy we have video of all of them so one day I can come back through and relive the moments and what each player brought to Michigan Football.
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Is it always the same 3,500 students? No
When looking at a problem like this you have to identify why a student does not show up at all. They went home for the weekend, lazy (didn't want to spend time trying to sell a ticket), they are hungover, or maybe they just don't care about football that much. Yes, there may be many other cases, but those have to be near the top of the list. We shouldn't attack the students because they aren't perfect fans showing up 30 minutes before gametime. I agree somewhat with RickH's idea (Not free tickets, but no seating). If the students had a ticket with no section, row or seat number they may feel more incentive to show up early in order to secure the early seats. The downfall to this is that students who plan to show up late might not show up at all if they don't have an assigned seat. How you would counteract that would take some effort on part of the AD think tank.
It's amazing what these seniors had to go through over the last 4 years. I'm happy we have video of all of them so one day I can come back through and relive the moments and what each player brought to Michigan Football.