Jurich said so much in an interview yesterday. Keep thinking that Vince. I’m in a tough spot. Do I keep my FB seats or let them go? I’ve got great seats but if this doesn’t change it won’t matter. So, I may sacrifice the seats. Complete mindset change for me.
First, I've done this analysis many times for myself over the years... Normally, it's about what you're risking and saving; it's best viewed now as trying to keep money out of U of L's pockets. If you have made a major upfront donation for either a football license or basketball season tickets, you should probably continue to pay that down and renew annually. The only exception might be if you just started, e.g., first year in a five-year payment plan.
If you're a football season ticket holder with no upfront donation--just annual--you need to see how easy it is to buy seats in your section. If it's not easy, you might as well keep them because U of L will sell what you turn down to someone else anyway. Otherwise, if you're in the upper reaches of the UPS flight deck, for example, drop them. They're too easy and inexpensive to get there.
Without an initiation fee, my advice for just about all basketball season ticket holders is drop them. The arena will have thousands of unsold seats for most games indefinitely. When you consider how much you pay for some of the rinky dink teams we play each year, it's a no-brainer nowadays to only buy tix for the games you want and try to sit where you want.
For the other sports, I wouldn't change anything. We're not talking about enough money for it to matter. But don't be afraid to become a buy-along-the-way fan. I've done that in basketball since we moved downtown, and I've saved literally thousands of dollars. Before it was to get the best seats I could for what I was willing to spend. Now it's to keep as much money from U of L as possible...
