AFCBade
UTC Legend
If people who are getting heavily discounted season tickets can't be bothered to show up when there are hundreds of kids locked out who would love to go then yes there should be consequences. All of the arguments I've had in here about enlarging the ground have centred around getting the next generation in and these people are selfishly taking up seats they aren't using.
Put the price up or bring in a system where these discounted tickets are taken away from people if they are taking the piss. There's no justification for heavy discounts if they aren't bothering to show up.
define taking the piss.
If every ST holder missed just 2 games a season (not unreasonable behaviour given 1 likely ill and 1 family commitment), then if we have 5k ST tickets then over 23 games that’s 434 empty seats a game. If 6k STs then 521 empty per seat.
So if we have c 400/500 seats during 2 big holidays months of august and September (childless families often choose this month) plus while covid cases are high, then this is less about taking the piss and more like the normal ebb and flow of attending.
that’s not to say the TO can’t do more to minimise the problem but we need to tone down the OTT emotional angst