Sell Out - Transfer of wealth

[SeanPol355]

We lost the game, but the ND fanbase sure cleaned up on the secondary ticket market. Assuming there were 20,000 tickets scalped to Dawgs, with at least a $400 profit per ticket, that amounts to $8M transferred from Georgia fans to ND fans. While on one hand I admire the enterprise of ND fans to sell out for big bucks, it really PO's me to have UGA fans sitting in front of me, beside me and behind me. They were nice people, but come on...

 

[Dillonisirish2]

Was it a 50/50 crowd or 60/40?

 

[ndhell]

We lost the game, but the ND fanbase sure cleaned up on the secondary ticket market. Assuming there were 20,000 tickets scalped to Dawgs, with at least a $400 profit per ticket, that amounts to $8M transferred from Georgia fans to ND fans. While on one hand I admire the enterprise of ND fans to sell out for big bucks, it really PO's me to have UGA fans sitting in front of me, beside me and behind me. They were nice people, but come on...

ND the school and football program lost. They were invaded, conquered, and it was on primetime television. ND also paid for recruits to be there and witness the embarrassment.

 

[NDSMC78]

ND the school and football program lost. They were invaded, conquered, and it was on primetime television. ND also paid for recruits to be there and witness the embarrassment.

Another "sky is falling" post from chicken little. Manti Te'o committed to ND after watching ND lose to a woeful Syracuse team in a game where it was cold and there was snow on the ground. Quit whining.

 

[Telx1]

Actually, I was embarrassed for the university and it was nauseating to hear the damn announcers drone on about the Georgia invasion and sea of red that seemed to turn ND stadium into a home game for the dawgs. All for a tidy personal profit.

 

[NDSMC78]

Actually, I was embarrassed for the university and it was nauseating to hear the damn announcers drone on about the Georgia invasion and sea of red that seemed to turn ND stadium into a home game for the dawgs. All for a tidy personal profit.

I could be wrong, but I doubt that ND was concerned at all. ND's ticket partner, Vivid Seats, was selling tickets to this game for upwards of $500-$600 for weeks prior to the game.

http://www.und.com/genrel/110316aab.html

 

[NDIRISH53]

Worst part was when the broadcaster whose name escapes me starting talking about how hungry Georgia was. You think they are hungry? What about us?

 

[zonairish]

I can't blame anyone for selling their own tickets. you get 1k and then go to the bar and watch it.

 

[NDSMC78]

Worst part was when the broadcaster whose name escapes me starting talking about how hungry Georgia was. You think they are hungry? What about us?

The word "famished" comes to mind.

 

[ftnfan62]

70 / 30.

Problem with ND is they never have a coordinated color. How about a green out or a blue out. We have white, red, green, blue and gold. Any team wearing just red always looks dominate because of how uncoordinated we are. It everyone got a message to where green you would have seen a 70/30.

 

[irish4life888]

70 / 30.

Problem with ND is they never have a coordinated color. How about a green out or a blue out. We have white, red, green, blue and gold. Any team wearing just red always looks dominate because of how uncoordinated we are. It everyone got a message to where green you would have seen a 70/30.

I was there, sure looked 50/50 to me. Maybe 60/40?

 

[SeanPol355]

Agree. It felt like 50/50 but was likely around 40% UGA

 

[Telx1]

I was there, sure looked 50/50 to me. Maybe 60/40?

It looked 70/30 Georgia on tv, but of course knew this was skewed by our lack of a singular color. Regardless, seemed there were clearly more Georgia fans than ND fans, which was embarrassing and sure as hell didn't give ND a home field advantage.

 

[ftnfan62]

Camera is on game side pointing at visitors side. They said about 20% on news but looked like 30% to me

 

[Toby Smart]

I don't agree about the coordinated colors. First it was bad natural grass and it was a must to get turf to succeed, Then it was a Jumbo to get the crowd excited and attract the modern student-athlete. Then it was the ND home crowd who were the problem, sitting on their hands, old people all grouchy not willing to stand and cheer. Now it's the color coordination of the fans. Bama could play in a stadium full of psychedelic fan fashion ware, just oozing with rainbow colors, gravel for a field, a manual scoreboard with no Jumbo, and Bryant-Denny full to capacity with Mt Pleasant Senior Citizen Nursing Home residents and they would still kick anybody's rump more times than not. This stuff is all excuses. Not sure Bama fans would sell their stadium to the highest bidder and pat themselves on the back for doing it either and not sure Saban would make excuses for losing to anyone, including Louisiana Monroe. The problem is on the field, not in the stands IMHO.

 

[ndhell]

Another "sky is falling" post from chicken little. Manti Te'o committed to ND after watching ND lose to a woeful Syracuse team in a game where it was cold and there was snow on the ground. Quit whining.

Manti Teo the guy with the imaginary girlfriend ??? The guy that publicly embarrassed himself and ND ? Geewhiz I hope we land another guy like that.

 

[NIN Irish]

I don't agree about the coordinated colors. First it was bad natural grass and it was a must to get turf to succeed, Then it was a Jumbo to get the crowd excited and attract the modern student-athlete. Then it was the ND home crowd who were the problem, sitting on their hands, old people all grouchy not willing to stand and cheer. Now it's the color coordination of the fans. Bama could play in a stadium full of psychedelic fan fashion ware, just oozing with rainbow colors, gravel for a field, a manual scoreboard with no Jumbo, and Bryant-Denny full to capacity with Mt Pleasant Senior Citizen Nursing Home residents and they would still kick anybody's rump more times than not. This stuff is all excuses. Not sure Bama fans would sell their stadium to the highest bidder and pat themselves on the back for doing it either and not sure Saban would make excuses for losing to anyone, including Louisiana Monroe. The problem is on the field, not in the stands IMHO.

The one change not made is the head coach, and that's a shame.

 

[Toby Smart]

He might have been duped and ridiculed with the girlfriend scam but he gave us his heart and soul and gave us a Senior season for all to remember. He is a Domer to the bone and always will be.

 

[NDSMC78]

Manti Teo the guy with the imaginary girlfriend ??? The guy that publicly embarrassed himself and ND ? Geewhiz I hope we land another guy like that.

Some ND fan you are. The guy was an All American. He won the Walter Camp Award, the Maxwell Trophy and the Butkus award.

 

[TOMMY_23]

We lost the game, but the ND fanbase sure cleaned up on the secondary ticket market. Assuming there were 20,000 tickets scalped to Dawgs, with at least a $400 profit per ticket, that amounts to $8M transferred from Georgia fans to ND fans. While on one hand I admire the enterprise of ND fans to sell out for big bucks, it really PO's me to have UGA fans sitting in front of me, beside me and behind me. They were nice people, but come on...

Socialist

 

[Silent Banjo]

Manti Teo the guy with the imaginary girlfriend ??? The guy that publicly embarrassed himself and ND ? Geewhiz I hope we land another guy like that.

He was naive and trusting, embarassing himself more than anyone else, and nobody was hurt in the incident. He didnt molest a coed, beat up anyone, or destroy property.

While you're so quick to indict him, do you have any criticism of his effort and performance on the field, or his love for the university? If we had more Manti Te'os we wouldn't be going through a title drought.

 

[SeanPol355]

Socialist

Humbug

 

[irish4life888]

Manti Teo the guy with the imaginary girlfriend ??? The guy that publicly embarrassed himself and ND ? Geewhiz I hope we land another guy like that.

I would call you stupid, but I wouldn't want to offend stupid people.