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Message: [QUOTE="llandz, post: 1757219, member: 1679"] I wrote a letter about this new system. It is unfair to alumni who do not live anywhere near Syracuse and don't buy season tickets, but have supported the program monetarily. They lose out on those years of season tickets, which they obviously would have if they lived in the area. Of course I say this having just bought 2 men's football season tickets and 1 women's basketball season ticket. But I am unusual in doing that, and may not do it for years and years. Although with this system it would benefit me to own those seats, instead of just making a donation. Oh wait, that makes a lot of sense. Lots have lots of far away people buy season tickets, instead of just making a pure donation that is 100% donation to athletics, and have those purchased seats sit empty so people can get a better point total. For example you can purchase a women's basketball season seat for $75. That is THREE points. And then never use it, so it sits empty. Or you could donate $75 that would go directly to women's basketball with no overhead attached to it, and is purely a donation on the books for them, and get ZERO points. I am just going to purchase a ton of women's season tickets, and not donate anymore. One of the main points of my letter was to suggest that if you give 1 point per year for SU employment, that maybe this would be a very good opportunity to give back to those that give a lot of time through volunteer work for the university. I suggested...Trustees, Members of the Boards of the various schools and the athletic board, the National Alumni Board, and the Alumni Club Presidents. I thought giving one point going forward for each year was a simple way to say thank you for all of the hard work you do for the university. I did not receive a nice response back from Dave Wishart regarding that point. He wanted no part of this . I mean really you are basically giving nothing to say "thank you". To me this was a no brainer. He did say he might consider the trustees in the future if they amend this plan at all. [/QUOTE]

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