After conducting a survey on ticketing, a committee comprising students and University administrators discussed possible changes to football and basketball ticketing, as well as revisited the controversy over tailgating hours.

Better Seats:Entry through standby lines for football and basketball:

If a student is unable to obtain a ticket through the lottery, he or she can try to get a ticket on game day by going to the game a certain number of hours before kick-off/tip-off and taking a numbered bracelet.

A certain number of minutes before kick-off/tip-off, students can acquire any unused seats. This could increase students’ desire to get to games on time, so they won’t lose their tickets — making sure the front sections are filled from the beginning and even students with less-prime seats will come early with chances for better tickets, according to Student Body President Jay Dawkins.

This past year, there was a 756 empty seat average in the stadium for football games with a big chunk from the student section, Dawkins said. The standby line will not be at the lines at the gates, but at the back of the line for students to wait at. The committee members will continue to study this proposal, especially since it will require more from Campus Police.

Basketball Tickets:The survey showed increased support for general admission tickets. Associate Athletics Director Dick Christy said he planned to study logistics of the change, but the committee members said they felt it was the right move. General admission tickets are intended to give the people who show up better seats, rather than having upper deck seats filled and leaving the lower ones empty at the beginning of games.

Tailgating:Although some students, faculty and alumni continue to push for longer tailgating hours, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford said the administration, especially the chancellor, believe the best policy is currently in place and it will not be changing.

Wolfpack In the House:The WITH program has not received as much positive feedback as Student Government would have liked, according to Dawkins, and therefore the committee discussed having the WITH program organizers obtain more corporate sponsors, cutting back on policing, distributing water and koozies at games and trying more to encourage positive sportsmanship.