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Post by thebonafan08 on Oct 19, 2018 16:30:31 GMT -5
Courtside Seats Policy (2018-19) Thanks to the generosity of Bonnies Give Back Program donors, seats will be allocated in Courtside 2 (the row in front of the student section) each game for student use. These seats will be given out on game days at the SBU Ticket Office on a first-come, first-served basis beginning two hours prior to tip-off. Only students with a valid St. Bonaventure ID will be granted tickets. There is a limit of one ticket per student.
Better late than never.....đ
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Post by Bona84 on Oct 19, 2018 19:41:03 GMT -5
Well, the thread made it to 20 pages.
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Post by Jive36 on Feb 13, 2019 13:27:53 GMT -5
Part of me hates coming back to this thread but every time I watch a game at Hagan Arena, I think about it. The seating setup under the basket at Hawk Hill is a much greater danger to players than the RC crowd ever was. Ask UMass fans how they feel about it now that Pipkins is missing his 3rd game with an injury he got dealing with the bleachers under the basket in Hagan. Or look at the last play before the half last night where Welch tried to save the ball after a long outlet pass but had to choose between making a play or smashing into the bleachers. You could almost see him making the calculation as he was running to the baseline, do I save the ball and risk injury or do I pull up.
Excerpt from the OTH article linked in the first post of this thread. âThe point we wanted to get across was that the status quo wasnât allowed in the end,â TK said of the decision to add the courtside seats. âItâs point of emphasis now from the A-10 that you have to control the court and we talked about it at the A-10 meetings a couple of times. âIâm sitting there thinking, âOK, youâre looking at me obviously.â Itâs us and St. Joeâs. And it was, all right, thereâs got to be penalties"
Bonas stepped up and made a change it is time the league step in and force St. Joes to do something before someone is hurt worse. St. Joes was in the same boat as us almost 4 years ago with the proverbial the gun to our heads but there has been no change and no public impact to St. Joes it is time the double standard ends and a real change need to be made.
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Post by ohs73 on Feb 13, 2019 13:50:35 GMT -5
No doubt. Hagan Arena is a joke. Like a HS gym with the baseline bleachers practically on the end lines. Good luck trying to run the baseline on an inbounds play, might run over a cheerleader or two.
It is fixable. Eliminate the bottom three rows (roll them up).
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Post by thebonafan08 on Feb 13, 2019 14:03:28 GMT -5
Ah yes this topic. Do not change history here. TK lied. There was no pressure from the A-10 with exception to âemphasis on safetyâ that they always cover at meetings.
TK has done a lot of good here so donât need to run him through it again. That said the seating move was made with personal interest and attempt to get quick buck. The A-10 pressure excuse was rolled out after the outcry, an excuse even I believed until the A-10 commissioner later flat out said there was no pressure from the conference.
I think Tim has learned a lot since then. He has also since unceremoniously admitted he was wrong by giving those court seats to students again.
There is no danger at Hagan. Itâs no more dangerous than a scorers table.
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Post by Jive36 on Feb 13, 2019 14:29:21 GMT -5
There is no danger at Hagan. Itâs no more dangerous than a scorers table. I strongly disagree about this statement. Generally tables under the basket are a couple of feet further back from the court, the table itself acts as a barrier between the player and the fans. And a table is waist high if you are running towards it you can use your hands to help you stop. On the flip side the bleachers are one step away from the baseline for most of the players. It is probably a bad idea for vistiting players to be running into home fans and have you ever tripped running up or down bleachers it is much more painful than running into a table.
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Post by ohs73 on Feb 13, 2019 14:32:32 GMT -5
There is no danger at Hagan. Itâs no more dangerous than a scorers table. I strongly disagree about this statement. Generally tables under the basket are a couple of feet further back from the court, the table itself acts as a barrier between the player and the fans. And a table is waste high if you are running towards it you can use your hands to help you stop. On the flip side the bleachers are one step away from the baseline for most of the players. It is probably a bad idea for vistiting players to be running into home fans and have you ever tripped running up or down bleachers it is much more painful than running into a table. This
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Post by thebonafan08 on Feb 13, 2019 18:06:21 GMT -5
Replace table with courtside seats. Itâs all the same. Sure move the bleachers back. Hagan has a good thing going for it. They shouldnât touch it.
Jive you like stats.....show me a higher percentage of injuries happening at Hagan compared to Dayton as an example and you will get my attention. Until then people are just grumpy their players are within close heckling distance.
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Post by mrpus4 on Feb 13, 2019 22:45:51 GMT -5
Ah yes this topic. Do not change history here. TK lied. There was no pressure from the A-10 with exception to âemphasis on safetyâ that they always cover at meetings. TK has done a lot of good here so donât need to run him through it again. That said the seating move was made with personal interest and attempt to get quick buck. The A-10 pressure excuse was rolled out after the outcry, an excuse even I believed until the A-10 commissioner later flat out said there was no pressure from the conference. I think Tim has learned a lot since then. He has also since unceremoniously admitted he was wrong by giving those court seats to students again. There is no danger at Hagan. Itâs no more dangerous than a scorers table. A quick buck is sorely needed. I read constant complaints about the outdated arena, lighting, sound, etc... I'm not a fan of the SJU setup either. Fans and press tables are too close in just about every arena.
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Post by thebonafan08 on Feb 13, 2019 23:56:38 GMT -5
Ah yes this topic. Do not change history here. TK lied. There was no pressure from the A-10 with exception to âemphasis on safetyâ that they always cover at meetings. TK has done a lot of good here so donât need to run him through it again. That said the seating move was made with personal interest and attempt to get quick buck. The A-10 pressure excuse was rolled out after the outcry, an excuse even I believed until the A-10 commissioner later flat out said there was no pressure from the conference. I think Tim has learned a lot since then. He has also since unceremoniously admitted he was wrong by giving those court seats to students again. There is no danger at Hagan. Itâs no more dangerous than a scorers table. A quick buck is sorely needed. I read constant complaints about the outdated arena, lighting, sound, etc... I'm not a fan of the SJU setup either. Fans and press tables are too close in just about every arena. No money came from the seats in front of the students. It failed to the point of giving up this season.
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Post by firstdev on Feb 14, 2019 10:50:58 GMT -5
Hopefully ADTK thoroughly learned his lesson in this fiasco. Honor the traditions of this university, and stop using the A10 as an excuse.....for a policy you developed. In the end we all know that there was no A10 mandate to control our student fans. The courtside seats in front of the student section are really inappropriate (they need to be removed), as is the table seating in front of the end zone student seating. Those press seats need to be moved to the mid court media section or the the opposite end of the court. Placing the working press directly in front of students is just a really poor idea.
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Post by agoo on Feb 14, 2019 11:04:26 GMT -5
Maybe the working press could be moved behind the bar in the Skeller?
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Post by Pinnum on Feb 14, 2019 11:10:07 GMT -5
Thank you to Sneakers for all of his service to the University.
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Post by res on Feb 14, 2019 11:35:37 GMT -5
Maybe the working press could be moved behind the bar in the Skeller? I was thinking that the University could hire Aramark to do a redesign of all seating in the RC.
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Post by firstdev on Feb 14, 2019 12:07:51 GMT -5
Maybe the working press could be moved behind the bar in the Skeller? That would be an improvement over placing the working press in front of the end zone student section......that should be a non starter, along with selling seats that block the students in. Its not rock science.........
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