Expectations for the Panthers ticket office

[dutchpthr]

Nov 21, 2010 11:12:03 GMT -6 milwsport said:

I don't understand the voucher thing. The ticket office is out of the way for most students. They should have a booth in the Union and/or the dorms.

And what about the students who take night classes? Is the ticket office even open then?

Why did they go to this system?

The ticket office has used the voucher system before for games that the student section is expected to be large, did the same thign when Madison came to the cell a few years back it is try to control the flow as well as make sure that people dont sneak in for free and that we are able to make sure that if someone wants to go to the game they follow the correct way.

I would guess that since the Western Michigan game is a different set up they are trying the system to make sure they have things set up to make sure that the students are in the student section and not just where they want like in the exhibition games.

I think that the voucher system makes sense and is a good idea since otherwise there are going to be people that are going to take advantage of the free student admission thing for a big game. The thing is it helps to make sure that the student body knows about it, use the student email blast from the university flyers in mailboxes and signs up all over or whatever else to make sure the students see the deal, now im not ever on campus so no idea what is being done or what has been done, i just hope we see a lot of student in black for the up coming games.

[dutchpthr]

Nov 21, 2010 11:54:10 GMT -6 ricestillfumbled said:

I won't get to the WMU game until 715ish because of a test, am I still guaranteed admission with my voucher?

if you have your voucher why would you not be able to get in even if it is after the game starts?

[Hack]

Took a walk through the Union yesterday afternoon ... didn't see a single damn advertisement about vouchers for either game.

The siloing effect at this damn university has to stop.

[Deleted]

Nov 21, 2010 12:15:59 GMT -6 Hack said:

Took a walk through the Union yesterday afternoon ... didn't see a single damn advertisement about vouchers for either game.

The siloing effect at this damn university has to stop.

The AD, members of the basketball team and marketing all handed out advertisements for both games to students walking by and had a booth for students to get their vouchers in the Union, usually during the busy noon hour, all week long. In fact they've been doing it for the last few weeks if one were to include spirit week.

People want to act like nothing has been done to let the students know about the games and that isn't true. They've done a lot more so far this season than in the last few years. I'm in the union everyday since I work at the bookstore, I see the increased activity to get the word out.

I will also say this again....even though I'm a student, you can only hold the students hands for so long. Eventually the accountability for not attending games and or not knowing about what's going on falls on them. Free admission, free shuttle (to the basketball games).....these aren't new things.

A lot of students either don't try to make time to get to games or they just don't care. Honestly, I didn't get to as many games as I should have (compared to what I have been able to get to in the last 2 years) after my freshman year (05-06) and before the 08-09 season. I still knew about the games and followed what was going on though. Not attending more games in 06-07 and 07-08 was my fault but I still had interest. A lack of school spirit in students is a huge problem. Students have to feel a need to represent the school at games and realize that you only have a small window to show pride in your school as a student.

[Hack]

Great. But how about having a sign, for those times when they aren't there.

[Deleted]

They have huge banners set up in the Union concourse that give the schedule. The Union Kiosks have athletic info right on the front page from the AD Twitter account. The ticket office/ad is not that far away. Students walk across campus for everything anyways...it's a 5 minute walk to the Klotsche. It's not like this information isn't up on the web with the athletic web site, the twitter accounts or the Facebook accounts.

Students need to stop being so lazy in regards to athletic events. I know that was one big reason why I didn't make it to more games in my sophomore/junior years.

[Hack]

Nov 21, 2010 13:08:16 GMT -6 @dkelly28 said:

They have huge banners set up in the Union concourse that give the schedule. The Union Kiosks have athletic info right on the front page from the AD Twitter account. The ticket office/ad is not that far away.

You mean that banner that doesn't tell you games are free or that you need special vouchers for the MU and WMU games?

You mean that Twitter account the Athletic Dept. never uses?

[Deleted]

Nov 21, 2010 13:12:12 GMT -6 Hack said:

Nov 21, 2010 13:08:16 GMT -6 @dkelly28 said:

They have huge banners set up in the Union concourse that give the schedule. The Union Kiosks have athletic info right on the front page from the AD Twitter account. The ticket office/ad is not that far away.

You mean that banner that doesn't tell you games are free or that you need special vouchers for the MU and WMU games?

You mean that Twitter account the Athletic Dept. never uses?

It's not like though that you can't find this information out. The Kevin's (O'Connor and Conway) do a heck of a job promoting Panther athletic events on their twitter accounts. The AD twitter account may not update everyday but it's not like it's never updated. They also though may have more important work to do than to constantly update the Twitter account. People act like the voucher info and that games are free are never announced. BS. Its right on the main page of the athletic web site that students are admitted for free. As for needing vouchers for the WMU and MU games, it's been announced at many different places - Facebook, Twitter, other athletic games (including the exhibitions), the pep rally, the giveaways in the Union, on the athletic web site...

Students are in college now. If they can't take 5 minutes to look at the Milwaukee Athletic web site, check out the various athletic imprints online or go to the AD office to find this information out, then they shouldn't be in college. Students are asked to research much harder stuff than this all the time in classes.

[Deleted]

Could more be done? Yes. But to say that nothing has been done to get info about these events out is ridiculous. Students need to be held as accountable as much as other areas when it comes to lack of knowledge of and attendance at Panther events.

[Super King]

You're the only one on the board to have noticed anything. Obviously something isn't working.

[gbpackers10]

You can't rely on students to look into when games are, you have to get it in their face! Especially when you have a home game against a major program and cross-town "rival". It's about name recognition, if people know I think they will come, but you can't rely on the average student and casual fan to just know. I don't agree with it, we all know the school lacks spirit, but you can't just sit on your hands and pout about it.

[Super King]

Especially considering that we continually have the problem of recruiting Freshmen to games to fill out the ranks. If any effect was being had, these kids would be back as Sophomores and Juniors and we wouldn't be struggling to pull as many people from South Tower as humanly possible.

[PantherU]

Derick. I keep coming back to the line that you use: "you can only hold the students hands for so long."

I'm sorry, but that line is bullsh*t. We're not Wisconsin. We're not Marquette.

[Rawls]

Sorry, but I'm with DK on this one. Email, website, banners, twitter, facebook, union booth, etc. I'm not on campus anymore, but based on this information, the AD has made every reasonable effort to get the word out. More can ALWAYS be done, but you can't blame the AD for what is at present a largely apathetic student base. They've done their jobs.

If the team continues to win, it will help. An on-campus arena will help. Local media attention that exceeds a given high school will help.

[dutchpthr]

Nov 21, 2010 15:02:55 GMT -6 PantherU said:

Derick. I keep coming back to the line that you use: "you can only hold the students hands for so long."

I'm sorry, but that line is bullsh*t. We're not Wisconsin. We're not Marquette.

see i have to disagree with you on this idea, no matter how much "in their face" promotion you do and not matter how many flyers or booths or whatever there is a point where students just dont care no matter how much is done and to me that would be the reason why yes you can only hold the hand of the students at UWM only so long. You and I both know that they are many interested and fanatic students but the other thing is there are a lot of students that simply do not care about UWM sports and you can not force them to become one if they do not want to be one.

you would think that if they are willing to spend the money to go to college they would want to take pride in something connected tot eh their school but you can not just think everyone is going to fall in that line and that relates to no matter or no amount of "in their face" promotion of the Ad does at some point.

Now i am not saying that the things being done are the best or that they are doing the right things, I don't know I am not on campus or at the building or anything any longer I have no idea what is truly being done and what is truly getting through but to dismiss the idea that there does come a time where you can only hand hold some of the student body is a bit ridiculous, like i said there are some students and to be honest a lot more than we or some here would like to think that dont care about Panther athletics and that is just how it is, no amount of promotion is goign to make someone be interested in something they do not want to be interested in.