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Message: [QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 26305, member: 60"] I'm assuming two things by this post: 1) You don't have a family that you are the head of (still in college) 2) You are from a larger city or the metro area of a larger city. Saying you pay your bills BESIDES school-related is kind of silly in relating it to real world costs for people that are not in school. I'm sure if the average Syracuse fan could just pay his bills for everything except the house and car payments, he or she wouldn't mind the cost of parking either. And before you respond, I went to SU for both undergrad and grad. Paid my own way between loans/grants/scholarships and came from having very little money. I also live in Manhattan now with a wife and child. A lot of people in Syracuse are living paycheck to paycheck or close to it. These costs like parking, etc add up. To dismiss it with a snarky comment is juvenile and doesn't help the discussion. And here is the thing, the only way that the Dome is going to fill up isn't with the diehards, it's with the fence sitters. You can fill Fenway with diehards. You can fill Giants stadium with diehards. We are never going to fill the Dome with diehards. My freshman year was McNabb's last year and we still weren't selling out the Dome. So yes, even the cost of parking will be nitpicked. The cost of gas, concessions, etc will all be nitpicked. If you want Syracuse fans to spend their disposable income on Syracuse football with the current pricing structure of seating, the current costs of traveling and parking, with the moving of big games to the NYC metro area, with the team just turning it around in terms of success, and with the general economic malaise that has hit upstate NY, you should start with conceding the fact that $12 parking will impact a certain segment of those you are trying to recruit to come watch the game in person. Especially if they have families. [/QUOTE]

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