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Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Deeper_Background, Nov 30, 2011.

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  1. Deeper_Background

    Deeper_Background Active Member

    To save your eyes: it's a blanket ad requesting seat fillers. While not mentioned by name, the B1G Championship is the only event in Indianapolis on Saturday night involving a Lucas Oil Field and fans showing up in green and red clothing. The pay: $75 for the event. (The link is still live, but in case it's yanked, hello screenshot.)

    http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2011/11/30/2600347/someone-is-paying-people-to-fill-seats-at-a-large-athletic-event-in
     
    Deeper_Background, Nov 30, 2011
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  2. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    A non-denial denial.

    http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/big-ten-refutes-needing-seat-fillers-for-championship/

    That's technically correct. The Big Ten is paying a marketing firm to pay fans to go to the game.
     
    Stitch, Nov 30, 2011
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  3. Deeper_Background

    Deeper_Background Active Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    Just move it to Lambeau, why is this game even indoors to begin with?
     
    Deeper_Background, Nov 30, 2011
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  4. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    Wait a minute - I thought that these conference title games were a big gold mine for these conferences and a league like the Big 10, with all those huge fan bases, would make trillions each year off of it for the member schools to split.
     
    zagoshe, Nov 30, 2011
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  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    Right. Or the Indianapolis Convention/Visitors Assoc. or Sports Corp. could be involved somehow. It was a pretty good coup for Indy to beat out Chicago and other towns for this, and I'm sure there was some kind of guarantee of butts in seats to make it look good for TV. Unfortunately for them, Nebraska didn't make it or else this might be a moot issue.

    DB, Lambeau sounds good in theory but no way that's happening in the middle of a Packers season.
     
    playthrough, Nov 30, 2011
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  6. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    This is absolutely hilarious and serves 'em all right, but I am surprised that Wisconsin fans are traveling so poorly. What is it, a five-hour trip from Madison, closer from Milwaukee?

    Maybe they're saving up for the Rose Bowl trip.
     
    LongTimeListener, Nov 30, 2011
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  7. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    Sparty was well represented at the Cap One Bowl too, at least before halftime.
     
    dixiehack, Nov 30, 2011
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  8. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    This is what they get for picking a shithole like Indianapolis to host the game. Play the damn thing in Chicago.
     
    Armchair_QB, Nov 30, 2011
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  9. amraeder

    amraeder Well-Known Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    The big money comes from the extra tv revenue, anyway.
     
    amraeder, Nov 30, 2011
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  10. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    Good to see a city other than Jacksonville catching heat. How bad will the national media hammer Indy during Super Bowl week?

    It's not like they're trying to fill up the Big House. Football capacity is 63,000.
     
    hondo, Nov 30, 2011
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  11. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    Indy has hosted a few Final Fours without a hitch and has this year's Super Bowl, ya know. I'm biased here but I think it's a great big-event town, at least for one without an ocean or Bourbon Street.

    The real angle is that these championship games aren't a gravy train anymore -- and that Michigan State is about fifth on the list of Big Ten teams you'd want to see in this game if you're trying to sell it. Wisconsin is a bit of a surprise to not be bringing more folks, but they've had a lot to travel for in recent years, and yeah some fans are probably holding out for the Rose Bowl this year.
     
    playthrough, Nov 30, 2011
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  12. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Re: Big 10 Paying $75 For Seat Fillers to Watch Title Game

    Is this leading or legendary? Couldn't happen to a better buch of elitists. They have a network that no one watches and now a championship game no one attends.

    Ohh, and I liked Indianapolis the two times I was there. Good thing about Indy is its easily accessible with 65 heading north to Chicago and 70 cutting through the city. That said, yeah, you can't play this game in a dome when you have legendary stadiums like Lambeau and whatever that thing is they built where Soldier Field used to be in your geographic footprint. Honestly, the best location geographically for this game will never host it: South Bend.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Nov 30, 2011
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