bitter
light
and old
all cynicism asides, can the administration do math?
$40 per ticket and concessions x average of 4000 empty seats (due to lack of watchable basketball -- adjust as needed) x 15 home basketball games = $2.4mm per year; $18mm buyout or whatever / $2.4 = 7.5 year payback (before even considering what Deacon club participants kick in. This doesn't include any merchandise losses or other intangibles such as Deacon club donations. And the $18 should be able to be negotiated down, if it is a real number and you have a competent negotiator (big assumptions).
-- trying to be conservative in my assumptions, think some of these reduce the payback even more
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