Student attendance at MBK

[CantonDawg]

A few weeks ago when we played LSU at home, I tried to get a group of friends to come to the game with me but most of them were studying. One of my friends who is a student at EMCC said he would come so I let him borrow my roomates student ID. I did not think much of it considering I have never had trouble getting friends in with other peoples student ID's, but when we go there the women were acting like we were trying to get into the bars under age. She took up my roomate's student ID and would not let my friend in the game. We were then confronted by the police who told us we had to go see the dean in the morning to get the ID back. The next game, my friend who was an actual student at the university handed the woman his ID to get in the game and she questioned him on every aspect of his ID, making him recite his 9 digit student code and almost did not let him in. My point being, they are making it way too difficult to attend the games.

 

[drumrcraig]

So your complaining that they are actually trying to enforce that only students can use student tickets? I'm missing how this is the problem of MSU or this ticket lady.

 

[Lazy Lightning]

Boooooo this garbage. It’s really garbage that they would basically interrogate your buddy who was an actual student.

 

[Lazy Lightning]

There should be a way that a student could give away “tickets” to non students if they can’t attend

 

[patdog]

Sounds like you're blaming the athletic dept. for you and your friends being dumbasses. They're discounting tickets to the point they're selling $10 tickets that will get you in to both a men's and a women's game. Are your friends really that damn cheap?

 

[ArcherSPS]

They’ve been doing this for years and it’s not making anything more difficult. What’s difficult is trying to understand why the 17 doesn’t our Athletic Department promote how we have a damn good team or why they do **** like the blue plate eating challenge + other incredibly awkward promotions.

Also it’s 17ing sad that the students don’t fill up their section to watch a winning team, it’s equally embarrassing that we have to have the Candyman front and center leading cheers. Get drunk, go to the game, start funny chants and let out some frustration on our visitors before and during the damn game.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Heck I used my student ID to get into games 3 years after I graduated

 

[archdog]

Yeah, the eating contest.... I hope one of those students throw up all over the place. It wouldn't look good for the veranda.
I would rather watch the layup, FT, 3pt, half court shot challenge for money.

 

[Shmuley]

Y'all just need to stick to two-for-one-ing the China Garden.

 

[maroonmania]

A few weeks ago when we played LSU at home, I tried to get a group of friends to come to the game with me but most of them were studying. One of my friends who is a student at EMCC said he would come so I let him borrow my roomates student ID. I did not think much of it considering I have never had trouble getting friends in with other peoples student ID's, but when we go there the women were acting like we were trying to get into the bars under age. She took up my roomate's student ID and would not let my friend in the game. We were then confronted by the police who told us we had to go see the dean in the morning to get the ID back. The next game, my friend who was an actual student at the university handed the woman his ID to get in the game and she questioned him on every aspect of his ID, making him recite his 9 digit student code and almost did not let him in. My point being, they are making it way too difficult to attend the games.

On the first situation I have no issue with the MSU gate folks actions. If you are not an MSU student trying to get in as an MSU student you are basically trying to cheat the university out of the ticket price. An actual student has athletic fees built into the tuition cost that pays for their entrance into athletic events. So a non MSU student that is a college student's expected age trying to get into an MSU athletic event with an actual MSU student's ID is no different than if I, a middle aged man, tried to get in on an MSU students ID to avoid paying for a ticket. Now I don't understand why they would harass an actual student with their ID trying to get into the game. Doesn't it have the student's picture on the ID? My daughter is currently a student and I was thinking hers did.

 

[Go Budaw]

So you can get in with just your ID now, and no ticket? And people STILL don’t go? That’s ridiculous.
When I was in school back in ‘03-‘07, you had to go to the Bryan Building during the week of the game to pick up tickets for the games for that week. That was where you showed your ID, you never had to present it at the Hump. In those days we were really good, so that meant you maybe skipped your 8 AM class on Monday to stand in line and get tickets for the big games. Students were free to give their tickets out to whoever they wanted after they actually presented their ID at the Bryan Building, but the point is you had to jump through a lot more hoops to get into the games and people still packed it out for every SEC contest. Now it sounds like you don’t have to do any of that.

 

[The Peeper]

Yeah, let's make the actual students that want to go have to fight through the non students to get a seat, that will surely increase student attendance

 

[thekimmer]

Here is the thing. Your friend wasn't using a physical ticket. He was using another person's ID and in doing so representing himself as someone he was not. That makes it a bit different although I do get the sentiment. The student paid to attend the game and he was not going. Back in my day I remember on occasion seeing entire families in the student section at football games when you picked up tickets before hand and presented them for entry.

The other thing is there is obviously not enough seats for every student who is entitled to gain entry with his/her student ID. That is recognized so its first come first served and legit students could possibly be turned away. I suppose under that scenario they wouldn't want to turn away a legit students while non-students gained access using other's IDs.

 

[fishwater99]

So you can get in with just your ID now, and no ticket? And people STILL don’t go? That’s ridiculous.
When I was in school back in ‘03-‘07, you had to go to the Bryan Building during the week of the game to pick up tickets for the games for that week. That was where you showed your ID, you never had to present it at the Hump. In those days we were really good, so that meant you maybe skipped your 8 AM class on Monday to stand in line and get tickets for the big games. Students were free to give their tickets out to whoever they wanted after they actually presented their ID at the Bryan Building, but the point is you had to jump through a lot more hoops to get into the games and people still packed it out for every SEC contest. Now it sounds like you don’t have to do any of that.

The lack of support for our men's basketball team is beyond troubling....

 

[mstateglfr]

A few weeks ago when we played LSU at home, I tried to get a group of friends to come to the game with me but most of them were studying. One of my friends who is a student at EMCC said he would come so I let him borrow my roomates student ID. I did not think much of it considering I have never had trouble getting friends in with other peoples student ID's, but when we go there the women were acting like we were trying to get into the bars under age. She took up my roomate's student ID and would not let my friend in the game. We were then confronted by the police who told us we had to go see the dean in the morning to get the ID back. The next game, my friend who was an actual student at the university handed the woman his ID to get in the game and she questioned him on every aspect of his ID, making him recite his 9 digit student code and almost did not let him in. My point being, they are making it way too difficult to attend the games.

Lets recap.

Someone who doesnt go to MSU uses an MSU ID to try and get in for free and is caught. You complain about it.
Then someone who does go to MSU is questioned to ensure they are who they claim to be, since there have been people trying to sneak in for free. You complain about it.


Thats some funny **** right there.

I would have been just as annoyed in college, but I had the good sense to know that I shouldnt post such a complaint on a message board since we were trying to scam the system and were some of the very people who were causing gate ticketers to challenge people.
17ing moron youth man- live and learn...quietly.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

A few weeks ago when we played LSU at home, I tried to get a group of friends to come to the game with me but most of them were studying. One of my friends who is a student at EMCC said he would come so I let him borrow my roomates student ID. I did not think much of it considering I have never had trouble getting friends in with other peoples student ID's, but when we go there the women were acting like we were trying to get into the bars under age. She took up my roomate's student ID and would not let my friend in the game. We were then confronted by the police who told us we had to go see the dean in the morning to get the ID back. The next game, my friend who was an actual student at the university handed the woman his ID to get in the game and she questioned him on every aspect of his ID, making him recite his 9 digit student code and almost did not let him in. My point being, they are making it way too difficult to attend the games.

No. They are making it difficult for those who want to game the system to attend games. Which is a good thing.