Meet and Greet with Coach Paulsen

[sleeperpick]

I want the efforts of people actually doing things to benefit the program not be mucked up by inconsiderate assclowns.

calm down

 

[DreSmithFan]

calm down

Thank You.

 

[Falco]

Free tickets doesn't necessarily mean higher attendance. I work in a D1 athletic department on the corporate partnership side, and we run into this problem/question all the time. Every year our department passes out thousands of free tickets to our first football game of the year and the attendance is no different than any other game. More people at games would certainly aide in creating and developing corporate partners, but raising advertising rates wouldn't be an over night success. The best way to get more people out to games is to improve the product on the court.

It would also help if Mason vastly improved their outbound ticket sales effort. Bringing in a 3rd party sales agent like IMGLearfield Ticketing or Aspire would really help them get their message out.

I agree if tickets are free, you just store the idea of going to the game in the back of your mind. However, if you pay even just a small amount of money you are more inclined to go.

Obviously no facts to back it up, but I know if I spent even just 5 bucks I would stick the my commitment of going.

 

[Falco]

I agree if tickets are free, you just store the idea of going to the game in the back of your mind. However, if you pay even just a small amount of money you are more inclined to go.

Obviously no facts to back it up, but I know if I spent even just 5 bucks I would stick the my commitment of going.

I propose a flash sale every Monday night for the upcoming game. Buy online and tickets are only 5 bucks. Guarantee we would see an increase in attendance.

 

[MasonSAE4]

I propose a flash sale every Monday night for the upcoming game. Buy online and tickets are only 5 bucks. Guarantee we would see an increase in attendance.

That's a pretty good idea. I wasn't suggesting all free tickets or anything. But there has to be a way to use some to partner with outside orgs or something. It was nice how for the game we killed some school last year (blanking on which one it was) we had a bunch of school kids there and the team interacting with them. Nice way of using tickets that clearly weren't going to get sold. Also, now maybe some of these kids growing up will have good memories of Mason bball and either want to attend Mason or at least go to more games growing up.

 

[MasonFanatic]

They have tried some GroupOn and Washington Post deal in the past. I don't know how well they worked.

 

[Patriot8]

The athletic department should have sports management students that want to get some experience make ticket sales calls for them. This would provide extremely valuable experience for the students to add to their resume and provide the athletic department with a cheap/free outbound sales force. It could serve as a practicum or general volunteer experience, and the students could be paid a 10% commission on what they sell. 90% of entry level jobs in sports are sales based, and getting early experience would set Mason's SPMT students apart from others.

 

[MasonSAE4]

The athletic department should have sports management students that want to get some experience make ticket sales calls for them. This would provide extremely valuable experience for the students to add to their resume and provide the athletic department with a cheap/free outbound sales force. It could serve as a practicum or general volunteer experience, and the students could be paid a 10% commission on what they sell. 90% of entry level jobs in sports are sales based, and getting early experience would set Mason's SPMT students apart from others.

I took a sports management class at Mason for shits and giggles and we had to sell tickets for DC United. Looking back it's kind of sad Mason let that happen as opposed to selling for the basketball team.

 

[Patriot8]

I took a sports management class at Mason for shits and giggles and we had to sell tickets for DC United. Looking back it's kind of sad Mason let that happen as opposed to selling for the basketball team.

I was a SPMT student, and while some of my professors mentioned that the vast majority of entry level jobs would be sales based, I did not have one class that covered it. I got my start in sports because I used to drive to the Potomac Nationals stadium 3 days a week to make phone calls for them. That experience is way more important and valuable to employers than any class I could've taken.

This would be a great partnership for the Athletic Department and SPMT Program to develop.

 

[Herndon]

Is anybody else blown away that relatively easy wins like this aren't taken? If we, as a bunch of know-nothing fans can think of this, why don't they?

 

[MasonSAE4]

Is anybody else blown away that relatively easy wins like this aren't taken? If we, as a bunch of know-nothing fans can think of this, why don't they?

They should just put out an open ended survey farming for ideas. I'm sure if everyone on this site gave a few suggestions they'd find 2-3 ideas they like.

 

[GMUSig03]

I minored in sports marketing, and while a student I offered up to 15 hours of my services for free per week and was not taken up on my offer. Instead I was told I could apply for a full time internship, which I could not afford to do because I worked full time also to pay the bills. I too interviewed with the Potomac Canons, but they had the same minimum hour for a small stipend requirement, so I volunteered for the Virginians for Baseball instead.

The fact that several of us, out of a relatively small sample size, all have the same ideas makes it pretty remarkable that it's not put into practice. You have an army of free labor - put it to use. Making calls, contacting local schools to arrange ticket giveaways, passing out "free" tickets and schedule posters to students in the dorms and JC, etc.

 

[jmckend1]

If you could pick up a free studdnt ticket at multiple different locations around campus like anywhere in JC, student unions, library desk, wherever, I would have gone to more games. Just make tickets visible snd easy to get hands on and people will go. Maybe this is done already, I don't know. But it never seemed like I could just snag tickets on a regular walk through campus, so I often times didnt even know there were games going on.

 

[MasonSAE4]

If you could pick up a free studdnt ticket at multiple different locations around campus like anywhere in JC, student unions, library desk, wherever, I would have gone to more games. Just make tickets visible snd easy to get hands on and people will go. Maybe this is done already, I don't know. But it never seemed like I could just snag tickets on a regular walk through campus, so I often times didnt even know there were games going on.

It's on your Mason ID now

Pro: You always have a ticket
Con: You may have no idea there's a game

 

[GMUSig03]

It's on your Mason ID now

Pro: You always have a ticket
Con: You may have no idea there's a game

Exactly, I was a freshmen in 98, tickets have been free by simply showing your student ID since then. What I meant by giving out "free" tickets to students was to give them some sort of voucher that reminded them that they already have free tickets.

 

[MasonSAE4]

Exactly, I was a freshmen in 98, tickets have been free by simply showing your student ID since then. What I meant by giving out "free" tickets to students was to give them some sort of voucher that reminded them that they already have free tickets.

True. Bigger video boards in the JC advertising it would be nice. Right now it's just budget Walmart 29 inch screens interchanging messages of game of the week and whatever charity event the left handed transgendered Filipino association is holding this week.

 

[GSII]

Students need an open space to pregame for every home game. Name it the Jollay or something. They can eat, drink and get laid all before tip. Then when they graduate, they are more likely to join the pat club, or be homeless alcoholics.

 

[Vurbel]

Interesting article on music and student attendance. It's geared more towards football, but thought I would share none the less.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/s...ts-in-the-seats-colleges-cue-the-dj.html?_r=0

 

[GSII]

We have the Green Machine.

 

[Vurbel]

We have the Green Machine.

We get used to how great they are. I went to a women's game at GW last year and the GW pep band, compared to ours, was horrific. As much as I hate to admit it, the only school that could even touch our band in recent years was vcu, but now that their director is gone who knows what's up with them. I thought we were #1 before, but now it's just a battle for #2.