Veritas
9/8/2006, 04:44 PM
From ESPN.com (I edited it for brevity)
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- When Kansas football fans Owen and Lisa Foust headed to the Jayhawks' season opener last Saturday, they bundled up their daughter to go along.
But when they presented their tickets at the gate, they were told they would need an additional $35 ticket for their child.
Kate Foust is 3 months old.
"I just thought it was pretty tacky," Owen Foust said. "It's just a grab for money."
"This is supposed to be a family-friendly environment," Owen Foust said. "I don't think that policy promotes that [environment] much."
Among Kansas' Big 12 Conference rivals, Fans younger than 2 can get in free to see the Missouri Tigers or Kansas State Wildcats, and those younger than 1 don't need tickets at Iowa State.
But Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas all charge for babies who are brought to games.
"Our stadium is sold out on a season-ticket basis with a long waiting list," said Keith Mann, spokesman at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. "Everyone has to have a ticket."
Ok, I'm not sure why this was on the page of ESPN, but I'm damn thankful that UNL (and OU, it would seem) requires a seperate ticket a baby. Why? So it deters people from bringing their babies! It's tight enough as it is in those seats without having to deal with some lady and her kid that may or may not start screaming.
My SIL was going to take her 8 month old to last weekend's Husker game until she found out about this policy. I thanked her on behalf of the person who would be sitting next to her. She got all huffy.
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- When Kansas football fans Owen and Lisa Foust headed to the Jayhawks' season opener last Saturday, they bundled up their daughter to go along.
But when they presented their tickets at the gate, they were told they would need an additional $35 ticket for their child.
Kate Foust is 3 months old.
"I just thought it was pretty tacky," Owen Foust said. "It's just a grab for money."
"This is supposed to be a family-friendly environment," Owen Foust said. "I don't think that policy promotes that [environment] much."
Among Kansas' Big 12 Conference rivals, Fans younger than 2 can get in free to see the Missouri Tigers or Kansas State Wildcats, and those younger than 1 don't need tickets at Iowa State.
But Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas all charge for babies who are brought to games.
"Our stadium is sold out on a season-ticket basis with a long waiting list," said Keith Mann, spokesman at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. "Everyone has to have a ticket."
Ok, I'm not sure why this was on the page of ESPN, but I'm damn thankful that UNL (and OU, it would seem) requires a seperate ticket a baby. Why? So it deters people from bringing their babies! It's tight enough as it is in those seats without having to deal with some lady and her kid that may or may not start screaming.
My SIL was going to take her 8 month old to last weekend's Husker game until she found out about this policy. I thanked her on behalf of the person who would be sitting next to her. She got all huffy.