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By Letters to the Editor
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 12:00 a.m.

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On Monday, both letters to the editor were from alumni who watched Saturday’s football game against Marshall. They criticized the student section and told students to get to the football game on time. As a student with season tickets, I will tell everyone that we did.

For those not familiar with it, the new system for the student section involves a student exchanging a voucher for a color-coded wristband that denotes the section and the rows in that section the student can sit in. On Saturday, students were ushered into the stadium one by one, counted, and assigned a seat by the ushers, causing a huge backup and congestion in the stadium. This resulted in some students missing most of the first quarter.

What is the point of the wristbands denoting a general area of seating when we are assigned a seat anyway? The UW Athletic Department failed miserably on Saturday and should be embarrassed about it. Saturday can be added to the long list of ways non-athletes are given less consideration than those on the field. Do they not realize the student section is a huge part of why opponents fear Camp Randall? We help carry on the tradition of Wisconsin football, and we are just as important to the game as the players on the field. For the sake of the football team and all Badger fans, I hope the UW Athletic Department can figure it out in time for OSU in a month.

On Wisconsin, and go Bucky!

Andrew Bremer

UW junior, biomedical engineeringawbremer@wisc.edu


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Anonymous | September 9, 2008 12:21 PM | Reply
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So you are a junior and you never went to any football games freshman or sophomore year? The student section NEVER fills up on time, and never will.

THAT is why Penn State is the greatest student section in football. They care about the football, and show up early, so their student section is full on kick-off.

If anyone should feel embarrassed its our student section that cares more about Jump Around than supporting their football team in the 1st quarter.

-Badger Fan

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Anonymous | September 9, 2008 5:47 PM | Reply
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This Athletic Department ticketing fiasco is because of a lack of forsight by those making decisions. It was not difficut to forsee the problems with the wristband seating plan. The problem that they were trying to solve was that some student weren’t sitting in their seats. Their solution: no seats for anyone!

This is a portion of an email that I sent to those in charge of ticketing back in April of this year:

A major flaw in the new plan is the "Section Reserved Seating." Having a seating range as wide as Rows 6-46 is going to cause major crowding issues, fights, and an incentive to come to the game late. I understand that the athletic department has worked to make changes to address student needs. I'm afraid though, that the new section reserved seating is going to greatly impact the enjoyment of the game of many student fans. I hope that there is still time to change the plan or possibly make the sections smaller.

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