This is why Rutgers (and others) want to be in the Big Ten

[JoeWildcat]

"Tickets at face value for the Buckeyes’ Oct. 24 game at Rutgers are going for $550 in one midfield section with limited seating, according to a report by the Sports Business Journal that focuses on the rising popularity of variable and dynamic pricing in college football that has pushed ticket prices higher."

These are face-value tickets with no special amenities. These are just the prices Rutgers is charging using dynamic pricing.

 

[phatcat]

"Tickets at face value for the Buckeyes’ Oct. 24 game at Rutgers are going for $550 in one midfield section with limited seating, according to a report by the Sports Business Journal that focuses on the rising popularity of variable and dynamic pricing in college football that has pushed ticket prices higher."

These are face-value tickets with no special amenities. These are just the prices Rutgers is charging using dynamic pricing.

We went to the Maryland Ohio State game last year. It was a little hard to tell how many MD v OSU fans were there (red is both schools primary color) until the Buckeyes (early) got the game under control and the O-H-I-O chant resonated in all 4 corners of the stadium. It was like an OSU game at Ryan.

Then later you see MD trumpeting their attendance increase for the season. I can't recall if they also had both Mich/PSU (def had one) but the visiting crowds for these are huge.

Likewise Rutgers. This NYC area trip for Buckeye fans will be like UNL's first trip to Ryan.

 

[stpaulcat]

"Tickets at face value for the Buckeyes’ Oct. 24 game at Rutgers are going for $550 in one midfield section with limited seating, according to a report by the Sports Business Journal that focuses on the rising popularity of variable and dynamic pricing in college football that has pushed ticket prices higher."

These are face-value tickets with no special amenities. These are just the prices Rutgers is charging using dynamic pricing.

Isn't Rutgers in the B1G?

 

[pawildcat]

Yet if you scalped your season tickets for this price you'd be in trouble.

 

[Deeringfish]

"Tickets at face value for the Buckeyes’ Oct. 24 game at Rutgers are going for $550 in one midfield section with limited seating, according to a report by the Sports Business Journal that focuses on the rising popularity of variable and dynamic pricing in college football that has pushed ticket prices higher."

These are face-value tickets with no special amenities. These are just the prices Rutgers is charging using dynamic pricing.

This is why you don't mind if the National Champion is in your conference and gets more air time.

 

[JoeWildcat]

Isn't Rutgers in the B1G?

Yes. I guess I could have said "wanted/want" to be in the Big Ten, but I figured folks would understand. So much for parsimony.

 

[shakes3858]

Wait, you mean they joined the Big Ten for money? I had no idea. Thanks for that vital piece of information that I would've never figured out on my own (sarcasm alert)

 

[pawildcat]

This is why you don't mind if the National Champion is in your conference and gets more air time.

Right, so you can pay $550 for a ticket that would normally go for $80.

 

[Cat In The Cradle]

This is why you don't mind if the National Champion is in your conference and gets more air time.

Prices like this produce the strongest incentives to keep the gravy train flowing. What really concerns me are the inevitable ethical issues that surface to continue producing a championship eligible B1G team at the risk of fair competition. In one hypothetical, where an 8-0 Ohio State team plays a 3-5 Rutgers team, who is to say select employees of the conference, namely the referees, make a few calls or noncalls that influence the game. Or that a few players are involved in back room deals. It's happened before, including in an all too familiar instance, and that was before the avalanche of money that's now in the game.

 

[shakes3858]

Prices like this produce the strongest incentives to keep the gravy train flowing. What really concerns me are the inevitable ethical issues that surface to continue producing a championship eligible B1G team at the risk of fair competition. In one hypothetical, where an 8-0 Ohio State team plays a 3-5 Rutgers team, who is to say select employees of the conference, namely the referees, make a few calls or noncalls that influence the game. Or that a few players are involved in back room deals. It's happened before, including in an all too familiar instance, and that was before the avalanche of money that's now in the game.

Jim Delaney does it all the time. He picks up his phone and calls the "bat phone" with the officials on the other line.

Take the Northwestern Michigan game in 2013. Michigan is looking like it won't be bowl eligible which will hurt the Big Ten bowl TV ratings. Northwestern picks up a 1st down, it's called on the field a first down. That gets reviewed. The call on the field is upheld. But somehow the call on the field magically changed to not a first down. Meaning that when there was no evidence on the field to overturn the call, the call went against NU and for Michigan. Also in that game, the right side of the offensive line on the field goal unit was not set on the game winning field goal. Jim Delaney called the bat phone.

 

[Cat In The Cradle]

Jim Delaney does it all the time. He picks up his phone and calls the "bat phone" with the officials on the other line.

Take the Northwestern Michigan game in 2013. Michigan is looking like it won't be bowl eligible which will hurt the Big Ten bowl TV ratings. Northwestern picks up a 1st down, it's called on the field a first down. That gets reviewed. The call on the field is upheld. But somehow the call on the field magically changed to not a first down. Meaning that when there was no evidence on the field to overturn the call, the call went against NU and for Michigan. Also in that game, the right side of the offensive line on the field goal unit was not set on the game winning field goal. Jim Delaney called the bat phone.

Just sayin'