How about just taking a look around the stadium during COFH games? Look at how much red and black is in the gold seats. Look at all the red and black in the lower west. It doesn’t need stats or studies when it’s obvious.
Look at any picture of any home game vs the mutts in the last decade.
Where are the season ticket holders in this picture? Hint, they aren't in their seats and people wearing red took their place.
Any picture of COFH from at least 2009 on, there will be close to 50% or more red in the stands.
Don't think we should assume that all, or even most, mutt fans at COFH in Bobby Dodd are getting their tickets from "crap" Tech fans, although I'm sure some are. It's a not-well-kept secret that many die-hard mutt fans purchase our season ticket packages, sell all but the COFH game on StubHub or alternate ticket sites, and end up breaking even or better. The rise of easy-to-use online resale platforms has likely contributed to this trend. Think about the economics of it, and the fact that mutt fans outnumber us in the Atlanta area. It probably costs mutt fans more to attend the game in Athens than when it's in Atlanta if they follow the season ticket/sell-off route. The 3-game package now offered may actually make it easier for them. Obviously, it's impossible to get an accurate count of how prevalent this practice is, but in my opinion, it is a significant factor in the amount of red in the stands.Guess we have a lot of "crap" fans?
I saw some numbers but don't remember the source and don't remember the numbers exactly. From my recollection of that data, during non-mutt-at-BDS years, season tickets drop by about 2k.
Is all of that "proof" that all of the alleged 13,000 tickets were sold to the dwags by crap Tech fans?
That's quite a nasty and cheap generalization. Perhaps it fits you more than others. Or perhaps you are not a Tech fan. (Is your red showing?)
There are at least 13k tickets that were originally held by GT fans, that had mutt fans in the seats on game day. Perhaps that GT fans just donated their tickets to the mutt fans. I don't care if they profited or not, there were at least 13k GT fans that allowed the seats to be filled by people wearing red on gameday. I don't care if they sold them, gave them away, or left them on a street bench. GT fans should ensure that the stadium is gold, not red.
I respect your analysis, but there's a key assumption in your logic/math that may not be 100% valid. Again, I'm not trying to argue that a significant number of Tech fans don't sell their COFH tickets to mutt fans. They probably do. However, there's no reason to assume that the die-hard mutt fans don't continue to purchase season tickets in years that the game is in Athens, in order to maintain their seating priority, whether it's real or just perceived. So the 2000 ticket difference in alternate years is a data point, but it doesn't necessarily set an upper bound on the number of mutt fans regularly getting season tics.
There are already a lot of tickets on StubHub for that game. Those can't be mutt fans who but season tickets only for that game. If they purchased season tickets only for that game, that would be the only game they wouldn't sell.
Maybe the easiest explanation is they are ticket brokers.
All I can tell you is I have been a season ticket holder since 1981 and I know most around me who are season ticket holders and about 30% sale their tickets to uga fans or bring them with them. The rest of us don't talk to them , Are all the uga fans getting tickets from season ticket holder, no. But at a game against anybody else we only have on avg 50,000 fans so that leave 5,000 anyone can pick up. Sad as it is yes Tech fans do sale their tickets to uga fans.
Well, I defer to your personal experience re: the 30%, which if it held throughout the stadium would easily explain 10-15k seats going to mutts. Still, that's disgusting. Hard to understand why so many who have already made the investment in season tics would sell what is arguably the biggest game of the year in order to recoup a few bucks. If I couldn't make the game for whatever reason, and couldn't ensure that my seats would be occupied by Tech fans, I'd rather them be left vacant.
I feel the same way. I can list a few reasons that people might want to sell their tickets. (I do not agree with and do not endorse these ... at least as reasons to sell the tickets)
