Husky Hoop Reallocation Diatribe
Posted Nov. 29, 2006 at 1:23 pm by Mike SeelyA longtime Tacoma fan recently e-mailed us the below rant about the UW Men's basketball program's controversial reallocation program, wherein season ticket holders are asked to all but double their annual contribution to the school's athletic department, or else risk being relegated to the rafters like our disgruntled writer, who claims: "I've been stewing in Tacoma about the treatment I received by Husky management: 16 years as season ticket holder - relegated like a last place UK soccer team to the corner rafters of Hec Ed. I attended the first game and was so hurt that I left with 9 minutes to go (just ask my wife how out of character THAT is). I haven't been back. My two seats have been vacant ever since and I'm trying to decide what to do.
I figure in today's dollars I've spent over $25k at Husky b-ball in tickets, concessions and parking. Letters to Romar, Turner and Emmert: unanswered. No surprise there. It would have taken nearly $1,000 more to retain mny old seats. My wife said she'd even consider doing that if she could donate it to the nursing program (she's an alum). No can do. Gotta go to the athletic program. Now, do I want to shell out thousands of dollars to subsidize Spencer Hawes at UW for two years before he becomes a multimillionaire?
As you can see, I go from hurt to angry to hurt. I've been there ever since Lynn Nance at least stopped the hemorrhaging of the program. I'm debating whether to leave the seats empty all year...or sell them on ebay...or donate them to local kids who never get to see college b-ball. They even didn't bother to put a cushion on one of my seats.
Maybe I'll just start going to University of Puget Sound games. They're just down the street and they play because they love the game. Thanks for listening to the rant. Therapeutic."
Topics: Huskies
Comments
What can I say, but the guy's got a really good point. This was a pure money grab by the UW that screwed some longtime season ticketholders. As a relatively new one, it didn't affect me as much, but it still left a very bad taste in my mouth. The UW can and should do better by its fans.
Posted Nov. 29, 2006 at 2:11 pm by Brian