Disappointed in the BC crowd

[mu03eng]

I think what is lost in all this, is Chili and I were discussing improving the student section.....sometimes addition happens by subtraction.  But you guys just pounce on him for the take tickets away idea, not the seniority idea or attendence percentage concept.

Also, as Chili and I have both stated in this thread we managed to attend every game as students we'd like to see the current students do the same.  Its all part of the college experience, and if you are really short on time....sacrifice posting on the board and go study so you can get to saturday's game. 

We are all the same team in the end and want whats best for the team.....its a good thing we don't make the decisions though.

[WashDCWarrior]

Interesting reading so far.

I wouldn't want to expand/shrink the student section, but I do think that instituting some sort of seniority/attendance program would increase overall student attendance (especially against lesser opponents) and have some students treat their tickets as more of a priveledge.

Also a note to student posters:  Typically, you're not the students we are referring to when we make negative comments on the attendance, behavior of the student section.  If you are involved in posting on this forum, chances are you're more into MU basketball than most and attend more games than most.  We're just evaluating student fans objectively and making some blanket generalizations.

[mu_hilltopper]

Easy tigers.  I think it's safe to say a few things.

1. All of us here are rabid fans.

2. Rabid fans would like to see the non-rabid fans become rabid fans, and show up at the BC rain or shine and leave hoarse.

3. Students are an important part of the BC, while they don't bring revenue, they bring energy and make the game a true spectacle.   It's easy to see that during xmas break, it's just not as fun to go to games (for us STHs)

4. No one wants to eliminate the students in the lower bowl.  At best, we're discussing tweaking a section here or there, rules about seniority and how good student fans belong downstairs.

5. I also think there's a higher level theme from us alumni to advise the students about something .. college is the best time of your life.   About 8 minutes after you leave college, no one will care what your GPA was.  Once you're out of school you'll wish you were back, and wish you would have gone to more games, ate more pizza, did more naked beer slides.  

[IAmMarquette]

About 8 minutes after you leave college, no one will care what your GPA was.

Unless, of course, you're trying to get into grad school  But that's for another discussion...

Completely agree with the rest of the post