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Message: [QUOTE="Pharm73, post: 1777081, member: 4938"] Thanks for the reply, a lot to digest. First off, I still contend that when Notre dame attempts to schedule a RU, or a Uconn, they attempt to really get the better of it, to the point of being Ridiculous... The deal with Uconn was supposed to be about eight games total, and in the end only one of those games would have been at uconns home field, one at a local pro stadium, the rest at Notre dame... Uconn actually had accepted this offer, it was in the papers, and the the deal ultimately fell apart. The rumor with RU again was that ND wanted the lions share of the money when the games were to be played in NJ... I don't think Syracuse would have gone for such a one sided deal either... Today you are protected by the ACC arrangement. Now Notre dame seemed to have no problem going one for one with a Boston college, in olden times, but not with RU or a Uconn. I do not believe Notre Dame was going to give us a better deal after negotiations as you suggest... They are flat out greedy. The RU attendance, like most mid tier schools, is driven by optimism at first, then results... The first year in the big 10 RU averaged 50,632, including out of conference games Even with a so so season that first year, renewals were reported at 90%, with 2,500 new ticket applications, this last year... Not a huge drop off If RU sells 31,000 season tickets, it leaves 6,000 tickets for general sale... RU can sell that many season tickets...10,000 to the students 3,000 visiting team, 2,000 Officials and recruits. Like any program, if the season goes poorly, some fans will sell their game tickets to a Ohio state fan, for instance... This did happen at RU this past year... Ohio state could have gotten 12,000 or so... They had a lot of fans, but probably 3,000 were available tickets, the rest were from RU fans. So big 10 fans are not so responsible for total ticket sales, a Much larger number buy by resale. .. The first year,against Penn state, they probably only got about 5,000 fans into the stadium, because most RU fans hung onto their tickets, and went to the game... This past year, fans sold out for bigger games. Lastly Maryland has gotten more money from the league up front... It is our understanding that by the time both Maryland and RU are full members, the amount both schools will have gotten will be the same... Maryland getting less than RU in the last couple of years in the break in period. [/QUOTE]

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