4/29/02- Painfully Out of Touch...

Season ticket renewals have begun to arrive and Wolverine fans everywhere are the asking the same questions they ask every year.

Why can't I pay for my season tickets with a credit card? 

Why can't I renew online? 

What century is the athletic department mired in? 

But these complaints are old.  While we the season ticket holders are forced to bear yet another price increase the athletic department continues to make us rely on the U.S. postage service to safely deliver our checks to 1000 South State Street.  We get no confirmation of our order other than when our checks clear and no way to track the transaction.  And if something does happen to your renewal in the mail "...the Ticket Office may either assign you to different seats or cancel your season ticket order..."  Never happen you say?  IT HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS STUDENT SEASON TICKET HOLDER.  I now hand deliver my season ticket renewals...

The Maize and Blue ticket police tell us this this archaic process is to help them track down all of those dastardly people who have had tickets for decades who want (gasp!) to pass their tickets down to their children.  The unmitigated gall of those people who after 30 or 40 years of faithful payment want to maintain the family tradition of attending Michigan football games!  As legitimate season ticket holder I want to go on the record as saying that it would make a lot more sense (and listen to this Bill- make $$$$) to come up with some policy to let season ticket holders 'will' their tickets to a family member?  Charge a fee for the transfer and call it a day...  Make the fee enough the discourage the casual fans and make the transfer-ee be a blood relation.  I'm going to stop because I'm making too much sense...

But wait there's a new wrinkle this year!

New Stupidity...

Have you heard the one about the organization that asked for your e-mail address and wants you to send it in on a post card (postage not paid)?  A #$%&# Post Card???  Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to provide an e-mail address that you could send your e-mail address to?  It's also customary to let someone know how your e-mail address will be used.  Will my address be sold to a third party?  Will I get endless SPAM e-mails offering me limited edition Michigan Wolverine Porcelain Santas?  What are they thinking?

What does it mean?

I know there are the people out there who think that I'm being unreasonable.  I'll probably get a dozen or so messages from people who think I'm being unfair to the athletic department.  It's just an e-mail address they'll say...Of course, if the athletic department screws up something as simple as collecting an e-mail address you have to wonder what can they do?

Go Blue!

Phil Callihan
UMGoBlue.COM- By Fans...For Fans
phil@umgoblue.com

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