Syracuse, Sun. Dec. 13, 12pm, FS1 & 570 AM
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STJ11Redmen
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I sold my tickets because it's the same time as the Jets game. First time I've missed two consecutive home games since Ricky Torres was on the team.
ManhattAn1
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Did you sell them to a Johnnies fan at least?
STJ11Redmen
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Sold to the highest bidder on Stubhub. Paying over 700 per season ticket to watch this team this year I had to make something back.
ManhattAn1
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Terrible Job by fans if selling to Syracuse Fans.
I don't care how much you pay.
I don't care how much you pay.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...racuse-basketball-coach-jim-boeheim-final-act
Parts of this are a love fest, so let's just get to the key points:
"After an eight-year investigation, the NCAA found Syracuse guilty of multiple violations over a 10-year span. Two employees, including the former director of basketball operations, did coursework for a player to keep him eligible. Players who failed drug tests weren't held out of practices and games, despite school policy. A booster paid a total of more than $8,000 to two basketball players (and three football players) for what was supposed to be volunteer work at a YMCA."
"The NCAA put Syracuse on two years' probation in '92 after finding, among other violations, that players got Christmas cards with $50 bills inside. Some of the payments were traced to one of Boeheim's best friends, car dealer Bill Rapp Jr. The two men stayed close until Rapp died in 2005."
"In 2011, two Syracuse ball boys accused Bernie Fine -- an assistant under Boeheim for 35 years -- of molesting them. It was not long after the Jerry Sandusky case exploded at Penn State. Boeheim reacted with fury -- not at Fine, but at the ball boys. "The Penn State thing came out, and the kid behind this [at Syracuse] is trying to get money," he said at the time. "That's what this is about. Money." Boeheim later apologized for being insensitive to victims of abuse. The ball boys sued Boeheim for slander. After a four-year journey through the courts, the two sides settled for an undisclosed amount in August. (After ESPN ran stories about the ball boys' accusations, Fine sued ESPN for defamation but later dropped the suit. His wife, Laurie, also sued for libel. That case has been in court since 2012. ESPN recently filed new motions to have the case dismissed.)"
Parts of this are a love fest, so let's just get to the key points:
"After an eight-year investigation, the NCAA found Syracuse guilty of multiple violations over a 10-year span. Two employees, including the former director of basketball operations, did coursework for a player to keep him eligible. Players who failed drug tests weren't held out of practices and games, despite school policy. A booster paid a total of more than $8,000 to two basketball players (and three football players) for what was supposed to be volunteer work at a YMCA."
"The NCAA put Syracuse on two years' probation in '92 after finding, among other violations, that players got Christmas cards with $50 bills inside. Some of the payments were traced to one of Boeheim's best friends, car dealer Bill Rapp Jr. The two men stayed close until Rapp died in 2005."
"In 2011, two Syracuse ball boys accused Bernie Fine -- an assistant under Boeheim for 35 years -- of molesting them. It was not long after the Jerry Sandusky case exploded at Penn State. Boeheim reacted with fury -- not at Fine, but at the ball boys. "The Penn State thing came out, and the kid behind this [at Syracuse] is trying to get money," he said at the time. "That's what this is about. Money." Boeheim later apologized for being insensitive to victims of abuse. The ball boys sued Boeheim for slander. After a four-year journey through the courts, the two sides settled for an undisclosed amount in August. (After ESPN ran stories about the ball boys' accusations, Fine sued ESPN for defamation but later dropped the suit. His wife, Laurie, also sued for libel. That case has been in court since 2012. ESPN recently filed new motions to have the case dismissed.)"
STJ11Redmen
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I go to every game every year. Went to Charlotte for the tournament last year. I additionally go to every Jets game. Both teams play at the same time this week, I chose to go see he Jets in the midst of a playoff race. I'm not some huge hotshot donor. I'm a 25 year old recent grad who paid 1500 bucks for tickets and is looking to get some money back.
Funny how people assume the stubhub buyer is a Cuse fan too, that speaks more to the pathetic state of our fanbase than someone who shells out thousands for tickets each year and has a conflict and wants to make a few bucks. If a Cuse fan didn't buy mine they'd just buy someone else's, or one of the 16 thousand other tickets not taken by our paltry season ticket holder base.
Funny how people assume the stubhub buyer is a Cuse fan too, that speaks more to the pathetic state of our fanbase than someone who shells out thousands for tickets each year and has a conflict and wants to make a few bucks. If a Cuse fan didn't buy mine they'd just buy someone else's, or one of the 16 thousand other tickets not taken by our paltry season ticket holder base.
ManhattAn1
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Plenty of fans buy tickets on here off of each other. Terrible Job. Could have easily guaranteed a sell to a Johnnies fan.
That is why our fan base sucks, people just looking to make money on the biggest games when team needs its fans there.
That is why our fan base sucks, people just looking to make money on the biggest games when team needs its fans there.
STJ11Redmen
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I've given tickets away on the message boards for free twice already this year, including yesterday. I sold my tickets for double their face value, Im not gonna rake one of our fans over the coals and make them pay double face value and Im not in a financial position to forego the opportunity to get double face value for my seats. Get off your high horse, Cuse fans will be in the building no matter what I or anyone else does with their tickets.
ManhattAn1
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High horse? Just stay home in the future. Your a joke of a fan.
redstorm89
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Stju11redmen has been going to games consistently for years. I would not call him a joke of a fan.
Shut up. Jets fans rarely get to see our team in a playoff race. I don't blame SJU11 for wanting to go there instead of seeing us most likely lose to a Syracuse team that has lost two games in the past week or so.
Syracuse is gonna pack the building no matter what. Cause we suck this year and they don't. So stop calling out fans for selling their tickets to make some money.
There is always the morally right thing to do in life and the wrong thing
. I would rather give my tickets away for free or sell them for face value to a true SJU fan. Nothing wrong with making a few bucks but don't expect people on this board to agree with your position.
Anyways lets go SJU, I am going to the game with a bunch of Cuse fans and hope to ruin their afternoon!
. I would rather give my tickets away for free or sell them for face value to a true SJU fan. Nothing wrong with making a few bucks but don't expect people on this board to agree with your position.Anyways lets go SJU, I am going to the game with a bunch of Cuse fans and hope to ruin their afternoon!