Casper Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Just heard starting in 2016 OSU vs Michigan home game tickets are increasing from $70 to $175!? What!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiomike Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 I heard them mention raising the basketball ticket prices. Not surprised. Since moving here in '08 I've heard of tickets prices going up more than once.I guess they have to pay for Gee, Meyers and Motta's salaries. Motta just got a raise so I heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBBaron Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 They sell out every game and usually scalpers will get multiple times the face value of a ticket. For the Michigan games its even worse. It only business sense to try to take advantage of that to increase revenue. As mentioned above, its capitalism.Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmh_sprint Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 excerpt from Detroit Free Press.OSU football tickets have been $70 across the board the last three years. They would rise to $79 for "non-premier" games and $110-$125 for "premier" games next season and in 2014. In 2015 and 2017, "premier" game tickets would be $125-$150. And in 2016 -- most likely for the Michigan game -- a "premier" game ticket would be $175. “Basically, for us to be sustainable for the next five years, this is where we need to be,” university vice chair Antoinette Miranda told the Dispatch. "We do know that people on Stubhub pay way more than $175 for a ticket.”difference is that is for a select number of seats, not the entire fucking stadium. As mentioned several times...Capitalism at it's finest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Capitalism. Sometimes' date=' it's a bitch.[/quote'] Capitalism applies to tax-payer funded state colleges? Interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Capitalism applies to tax-payer funded state colleges? Interesting...It doesn't if you're a player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye4Life Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 The good news: as a student my tickets are a hell of a lot cheaper. I think ours are 50% off face value? Which is still expensive, but I love me some Buckeye Football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shittygsxr Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 I did some math back in 2010 and I found that it took 11000+ students full tuition to pay the top 250 employees salary and benefit packages. That figure did not cover any deferred comp packages either as the information is not as readily available. So it takes 20% of the students tuition to cover 1% of the employees. I fear this has become an even more lopsided issue in the last two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 I did some math back in 2010 and I found that it took 11000+ students full tuition to pay the top 250 employees salary and benefit packages. That figure did not cover any deferred comp packages either as the information is not as readily available. So it takes 20% of the students tuition to cover 1% of the employees. I fear this has become an even more lopsided issue in the last two years.Interesting, I've always wondered what the athletics program actually "costs" the students, athletics, etc. Not sure if that made sense, but basically if they are able to pay for their coaches salaries from their ticket sales, televised games, soveniers, etc.? Or if they end up using tuition money on top of all of that. I went to a private school, and didn't look at any state schools, so I don't know if they have a clause were tuition $$ can't be used to pay coaches or what.Any idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shittygsxr Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Interesting, I've always wondered what the athletics program actually "costs" the students, athletics, etc. Not sure if that made sense, but basically if they are able to pay for their coaches salaries from their ticket sales, televised games, soveniers, etc.? Or if they end up using tuition money on top of all of that. I went to a private school, and didn't look at any state schools, so I don't know if they have a clause were tuition $$ can't be used to pay coaches or what.Any idea?So 102,329 seats times ticket price should give you a ballpark (there are discounted student tickets but private boxes probably offsets most of that) there are a lot of parked cars. Sodexo, the vendor pays to be there. The ushers/ redcoats are volunteers. I believe a large part of urban Meyers salary is covered by Nike but that is just gray accounting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walther_gsp Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Interesting, I've always wondered what the athletics program actually "costs" the students, athletics, etc. Not sure if that made sense, but basically if they are able to pay for their coaches salaries from their ticket sales, televised games, soveniers, etc.? Or if they end up using tuition money on top of all of that. I went to a private school, and didn't look at any state schools, so I don't know if they have a clause were tuition $$ can't be used to pay coaches or what.Any idea?If I recall correctly, Football/Baseball pay for the rest of the Athletic Dept programs (including all those olympic sports that no one cares about, like synchronized swimming and shooting sports). I don't believe regular university funding went there. At least when I was in school and participating in varsity athletics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 according to this source, linked from Forbes, tOSU football program generated $39 M in income in 2010, $35.7 M in 2011 (one less home game).according to this article, it looks like the entire department is in the black, but barely. creative accounting 101, likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 If I recall correctly, Football/Baseball pay for the rest of the Athletic Dept programs...i assume you mean men's basketball, not baseball... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Interesting, thanks guys, always kinda wondered that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye4Life Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Interesting, I've always wondered what the athletics program actually "costs" the students, athletics, etc. Not sure if that made sense, but basically if they are able to pay for their coaches salaries from their ticket sales, televised games, soveniers, etc.? Or if they end up using tuition money on top of all of that. I went to a private school, and didn't look at any state schools, so I don't know if they have a clause were tuition $$ can't be used to pay coaches or what.Any idea?The football program and mens basketball program both bring in revenue after team expenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Capitalism. Sometimes' date=' it's a bitch.[/quote']So is slavery. I'd like to see Urban get by on the value of the tuition provided to the "amateur" players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swingset Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 If people pay it, it's justified...and they will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swingset Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 So is slavery. I'd like to see Urban get by on the value of the tuition provided to the "amateur" players.Urban is paid by the University for the value he brings to their sports program, which is a tremendous source of revenue. If he wasn't worth it, he wouldn't make that much. If the players or the fans have a problem with that divide, they're free to avoid playing for or watching OSU.Slavery is not usually a condition where everyone vies and competes to get themselves into shackles.The players get a free tuition, and the chance to audition for multi-million dollar NFL contracts. They're not victims of anything, except their own desire to play at a top-tier NCAA football conference.They could go play at Grand Mountain State where the coach only pulls in $65,000, if they're feeling too much like the 99%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 This statement is lost on me. South Park explains everythinghttp://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s15e05-crack-baby-athletic-association Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shittygsxr Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 This statement is lost on me. I think he is referring to the exploitation of the players and how revenues generated by the players should be reinvested into the university and its facilities. Thereby creating a better learning environment rather than a couple of high paid persons skimming it all off the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Slavery is not usually a condition where everyone vies and competes to get themselves into shackles.I'd say this is something of an unusual condition. There is no viable commercial alternative. So, they basically play for free hoping they survive long enough for a shot at the NFL SuperLotto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 ^^It's a multi billion $ industry with a price fixed labor market set right at $0. You get credit that you can only spend at the company store. Free market or antitrust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 They play for an education. That's their paycheck. School for free. If they can't get a scholarship' date=' then they're probably not good enough for the NFL and need to make sure they have a grasp of the "3 Rs".[/quote']^^It's a multi billion $ industry with a price fixed labor market set right at $0. You get credit that you can only spend at the company store. Free market or antitrust?I didn't pay $70 and wouldn't pay $170. I don't have the Big Ten Network (for a league with 12 teams, one "R" bites the dust). So, it's sort of "academic" to me. I graduated from OSU and got a good education, so I'm not down on the institution. But if you want to see actual amateur sports, go watch a high school game. About as close as you can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnone Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 World is setup for the rich. High ticket prices are hard to stomach, but if they can sell them, then they will price them accordingly. I have never been to an OSU game and don't really plan to. Everything desirable with limited availability goes up in price. Basic supply and demand. Biggie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Fuck, just tuition all over the USA is rising like a summabitch!Obama will end that though!.....Wait.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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