See. You don’t need me. Perfectly described.
Donor Rank system was developed to prioritize granting of annual benefits like preferred parking or post season ticket allocation. In my opinion it falls apart when using it for a perennial benefit like renewable seat location. With Giving Level 100% based on current year, someone can make a one time donation, move into a higher level and jump ahead of donors with longer and often higher lifetime support. It would be one thing if they were obligated to repeat that higher giving level for as long as they renew those seats, but that is not the case. The risk is they can now simply renew those seats in perpetuity, displacing the fan who has been a more generous supporter in the past and may be into the future. Seems like a real lose-lose to me as it potentially treats the long term fan poorly and runs the risk of alienating a portion of your fan base. I still expect that the majority of us will be alright for football but fear a major impact for basketball.
I have had numerous conversations about this with multiple members of the fan base and repeated my concerns in an interview on the local news yesterday, but it seems the die has been cast.
The Syracuse Athletics Department announced their next step in building up the JMA Wireless Dome which involves replacing all their bleacher seating with chairb
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