(02-04-2015 07:31 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 06:45 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 05:29 PM)3601 Wrote:  Time for some of the resident cheapskates who want championships to put their money where they mouths are?

I want to park for free, have $5 tickets right up front and $1 bottled water at the game and DEMAND a 10 win season, does that make me a cheapskate?

You forgot....demand a coach capable of some 30 win basketball seasons, and at least a chance of S16 or FF every 3-4 years.

Better.

(02-06-2015 08:38 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  If every poster that has posted in the last year on this board gave $1,000 that would be $3 to $4 million. When you ask why do they concentrate on the big fish, there is your answer.

Or Josh could just donate the amount he is overpaid.

(02-05-2015 05:59 PM)dan o Wrote:  

(02-05-2015 05:56 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(02-05-2015 02:33 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 06:45 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 05:29 PM)3601 Wrote:  Time for some of the resident cheapskates who want championships to put their money where they mouths are?

I want to park for free, have $5 tickets right up front and $1 bottled water at the game and DEMAND a 10 win season, does that make me a cheapskate?

Look guys, I understand the sentiment, and for the most part agree with it. But anything more than $10 to park your car (not talking about Tiger Lane - I purchase a spot there every year) in Memphis Tennessee is an outrage. We are not on the island of Manhattan or in Boston. Quite frankly, that's a huge reason I live where I live - cost of living. And I venture to say, all of those extra people you and I want in the LB on game day are of the same value system I just described.

Tiger Lane Parking is sold out and it is the most expensive parking in Memphis.

And it will be the most popular place to be this fall.

you could tier the game day parking - tiger lane is what it is - i would like to see them go into the parking area north of the coliseum (the old HH lot area) and put in electrical hook ups (no landscaping) - that would be a minimal initial expense. THOSE spaces would be worth $20 per a game. keep the asphalt parking and libertyland grass south of the coliesum at $10 per car. you could charge $20 to park/tailgate under the libertyland trees.

Anyone that does not contribute some amount to the campaign will be subject to justified ridicule after carping about aspects of our program. Put up or shut up.

(02-04-2015 07:31 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 06:45 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 05:29 PM)3601 Wrote:  Time for some of the resident cheapskates who want championships to put their money where they mouths are?

I want to park for free, have $5 tickets right up front and $1 bottled water at the game and DEMAND a 10 win season, does that make me a cheapskate?

You forgot....demand a 30 win basketball season, every year.

Link?

(02-05-2015 05:56 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(02-05-2015 02:33 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 06:45 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 05:29 PM)3601 Wrote:  Time for some of the resident cheapskates who want championships to put their money where they mouths are?

I want to park for free, have $5 tickets right up front and $1 bottled water at the game and DEMAND a 10 win season, does that make me a cheapskate?

Look guys, I understand the sentiment, and for the most part agree with it. But anything more than $10 to park your car (not talking about Tiger Lane - I purchase a spot there every year) in Memphis Tennessee is an outrage. We are not on the island of Manhattan or in Boston. Quite frankly, that's a huge reason I live where I live - cost of living. And I venture to say, all of those extra people you and I want in the LB on game day are of the same value system I just described.

Tiger Lane Parking is sold out and it is the most expensive parking in Memphis.

Did I say it wasn't?

What I'm saying is, those of us who are willing to pay a premium for parking are ALL already going. To get the rest of the 59,000 people in the stadium, you have to offer parking fees that do not insult their values.

And $15 to park your car in Memphis TN ON SOMETHING THAT ISN'T EVEN PAVED is an insult.

(02-05-2015 09:31 AM)3601 Wrote:  Same thing goes for those who want to get into the Big XII. As Calkins wrote in February 2012 when we finally got into the Big East...

It's one thing to become a BCS school. It's another thing to act like one.

It's one thing to accept an invitation to join the Big East. It's another thing to accept the challenge that comes with that.

"It's a great day for the community and a great day for the city," said Fuente. "But it is also a call to arms. We have to raise our level to meet a new standard."

We accepted that challenge and took football by storm this year.

(02-06-2015 11:47 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  And $15 to park your car in Memphis TN ON SOMETHING THAT ISN'T EVEN PAVED is an insult.

to be technical - the grass lot west of the coliseum does have parking grid material installed.

(02-05-2015 04:51 PM)3601 Wrote:  

(02-05-2015 02:33 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 06:45 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 05:29 PM)3601 Wrote:  Time for some of the resident cheapskates who want championships to put their money where they mouths are?

I want to park for free, have $5 tickets right up front and $1 bottled water at the game and DEMAND a 10 win season, does that make me a cheapskate?

Look guys, I understand the sentiment, and for the most part agree with it. But anything more than $10 to park your car (not talking about Tiger Lane - I purchase a spot there every year) in Memphis Tennessee is an outrage. We are not on the island of Manhattan or in Boston. Quite frankly, that's a huge reason I live where I live - cost of living. And I venture to say, all of those extra people you and I want in the LB on game day are of the same value system I just described.

There is PLENTY of free parking right across East Parkway and it is a much shorter walk than most parking you see at large stadiums.

OMG, THANK YOU! How hard is it to figure that out? It seems like Memphians just look for chances to pay someone to park and then they b-tch about it. And it is SO convenient to just walk across Parkway. There are policemen there to help you cross before and after the game. You are then right on Tiger Lane. I understand about people with problems walking and the elderly, et cet. But anyone who can walk without problems can park for free.

(02-06-2015 01:35 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  

(02-05-2015 09:31 AM)3601 Wrote:  Same thing goes for those who want to get into the Big XII. As Calkins wrote in February 2012 when we finally got into the Big East...

It's one thing to become a BCS school. It's another thing to act like one.

It's one thing to accept an invitation to join the Big East. It's another thing to accept the challenge that comes with that.

"It's a great day for the community and a great day for the city," said Fuente. "But it is also a call to arms. We have to raise our level to meet a new standard."

We accepted that challenge and took football by storm this year.

Not really.

(02-06-2015 09:29 AM)tigerjeb Wrote:  

(02-05-2015 05:59 PM)dan o Wrote:  

(02-05-2015 05:56 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(02-05-2015 02:33 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 06:45 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  I want to park for free, have $5 tickets right up front and $1 bottled water at the game and DEMAND a 10 win season, does that make me a cheapskate?

Look guys, I understand the sentiment, and for the most part agree with it. But anything more than $10 to park your car (not talking about Tiger Lane - I purchase a spot there every year) in Memphis Tennessee is an outrage. We are not on the island of Manhattan or in Boston. Quite frankly, that's a huge reason I live where I live - cost of living. And I venture to say, all of those extra people you and I want in the LB on game day are of the same value system I just described.

Tiger Lane Parking is sold out and it is the most expensive parking in Memphis.

And it will be the most popular place to be this fall.

you could tier the game day parking - tiger lane is what it is - i would like to see them go into the parking area north of the coliseum (the old HH lot area) and put in electrical hook ups (no landscaping) - that would be a minimal initial expense. THOSE spaces would be worth $20 per a game. keep the asphalt parking and libertyland grass south of the coliesum at $10 per car. you could charge $20 to park/tailgate under the libertyland trees.

the electrical hookups at the old HH lot is a great idea but I would think that would go against Lipscomb's TDZ scheme. Moving HH from that area and building Tiger Lane were done for a purpose