Fake-Fat Sunny Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 Premium Seat Owners get their perks from their seats during the season. That is it. When walking into or out of the stadium, and now at training camp you will have to deal with regular fans and you will be treated like everyone else regardless of the premium stub in your pocket. Did you expect the team to line up and sign autographs just for you? You get enough pampering with your heated seats, booze through the fourth quarter, and food that is ten times better than what is served to the regular fan. 405438[/snapback] Looking at it from a Bills business perspective, generally camp used to be treated as a loss leader at most and by paying for amentities for fans whether he be risers to sit on time taken to sign autohraphs it built affinty and loyalty among the customers. The Bills and the rest of the league began to realize that both training camp and the exhibition games could become even more of a cash stream than they were. Fine its the way our economic system works so charging what the market will bear comes with the territory. however, though fans did not pay for the tickets themselves, it does not seem like good business practice to give loyal fans who pay you big bucks for regular tickets to bring them perks any sense of not getting perks they formerly got. There next choice is to not buy premium seats but instead to buy game to game and sit at home and watch TV. Its not a morality question between rich and poorer fans, it just seems like poor business practices that in the end will harm everyone if the result is the Bills are not a going concern.
#89 Posted August 12, 2005 Author Posted August 12, 2005 The Bills could have done things that would not have cost a cent to make it special or different from any other night practice. Like do the QB trash can toss Have a few of the players take the mike and say a few words of thanks for the support. Sometimes it is just the little things.
BillsFan Trapped in Pats Land Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 Oh my God! Regular people were there? You mean the Judge Smallses of the world had to rub elbows with the Danny Noonans last night? The horror. 405073[/snapback] Great comparison. Sorry, but a premium ticket doesn't get you your ass kissed or your nuts scrubbed by the players.
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 Great comparison. Sorry, but a premium ticket doesn't get you your ass kissed or your nuts scrubbed by the players. 405652[/snapback] It does if the Bills feel they need to do this to make a buck and they can convince or require their employees to do this.
BillsFan Trapped in Pats Land Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 It does if the Bills feel they need to do this to make a buck and they can convince or require their employees to do this. 405657[/snapback] These guys have been working their asses off for 2 weeks. It's freaking summer....if the coaches feel the best thing is for the players is to get inside, so be it.
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 These guys have been working their asses off for 2 weeks. It's freaking summer....if the coaches feel the best thing is for the players is to get inside, so be it. 405659[/snapback] I agree. I wish that the game was actually treated like a game and that what happened was primarily or only focused on building a team into a TEAM and that the level of activity and focus were exclusively toward the goal of winning the game. However, not only is this real life where concessions have to be made toward bringing in the Benjamins so that these players can be compensated for playing this boys' game for our enjoyment, but actually what used to be a sport that happened to also be a business is increasingly a business that happens to be a sport. I think we are unfortunately seeing more and more of this as idiots like Terrel Owens and Ross Verba seem to be treating the game more as though they were independent contractors looking to make their own deals for their benefit rathet than being primarily motivated by the love of the game. The Bills as one of the teams are prime drivers of this system and the partnership betwwen the NFL and NFLPA reflected in the CBA. Part of this dance is that the employers will get whatever they can out of the employees in order to bring in the bucks and the employees will try as a cillaborative to have as few requirements as possible and allow their members to act as indeoendent contractors. its sad to me to lose the prime focus on the sport but such is the way of the world.
IndyJay1234 Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 They are use to so much more than they got tonight. Usually they are invited to camp and given a goodie bag and a lunch. They got a free program. Yes, that was it. No autograph session. I saw all these people with their bags of mini helmets and balls carried for nothing. Many layers just walked to the showers. The two HOT shots in the row in front of me said " when does this practice get exciting?" and I never have to pay for tickets I get everything for FREE. We play tennis with the Wilsons. I guess he GOT what he deserved. Nothing Lori will give the full report. I just remember Sappe making an excellent hit on Lionel And for some reason Tucker and Adams were fighting.(twice) 404554[/snapback] WELCOME TO THE NFL Mr Gates!! Sapestermania running wild!!
gantrules Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 Its not a morality question between rich and poorer fans, it just seems like poor business practices that in the end will harm everyone if the result is the Bills are not a going concern. 405492[/snapback] I couldn't agree more. The Bills attempt to give you this local sense of pride. How exactly are they doing this by discarding a perk that was given to folks who have the ability to afford the seats that more than likely make the Bills more cash? Some folks can afford the premium seats. I cannot. But, that doesn't mean I'm going to be disrespectful, or a hater, because someone has more money that I do to spend on premium seating? Good for them! We live in a capitalistic enviroment and those folks who "have" more than I do financial likely bust their butt just like we do in order to afford those seats. Like momma always told me, folks will root for you to get to the top and once you do they'll root for you to fall.
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