UAAP S78 . Rants

I don't usually rant about UAAP but being in the Finals back-to-back, you will see what are the problems that need some improvements.

I don't have any problem during the elimination but when it comes to the Finals, oh boy the problem every year doesn't change specifically, the distribution of tickets.

We are all aware that both school who are in the Finals will get the majority of the tickets but the way their selling it, that is what was disappointing.

1:1 ticket selling is the most fucked up decision every made. It's a basketball game, yes you can watch alone but do you even realize how sad it will be if you are going to be alone when all of your friends wants to watch it too? Selling of tickets does not have just one booth but if your venue can hold 25,000 people do you really want those people to line up when it is almost 2016 and everything can be done through the Internet?

People have their busy lives and lining up will be the least priority to some so why not use the technology that we have right now besides, you are using it for your other shows.

1:2 is okay but I know some use it for business like selling it triple than the original price. Like scalpers and even students become an instant businessman. I do believe at some point that these scalpers have connections with the management or whoever have a connection with the venue, with the evolved teams. I know that all of us need money to survive every single day but selling a ticket for triple or higher, you can call that desperation.

We can't do anything about the 1:1 but selling tickets / opening your ticket booths 3-4 hours ahead of the scheduled time will be much appreciated so we will not line up for hours just to have tickets. It's a time killer for someone who is living a life, your day may also be useless just lining up when you can still do some things before rushing to watch a basketball game.

I just really don't understand why 1:1 and why open your ticket booth 30 minutes before tip off. Is it a good marketing strategy? For me, NO.

UAAP should start to offer season pass to every game day for a certain amount so the ultimate fans of collegiate basketball will never have a problem when it comes to tickets.

Also, UAAP should start considering Philippine Arena as an option for the next UAAP Finals. 

I believe that the collegiate basketball is gaining fans every year since there are incoming freshman and they say that you can find the real player who plays with all their hearts are in this level so people are trying to see what's within UAAP and NCAA. I hope that there will be improvement on some problems next year.

Next year we are also considering on watching a different sport but not as constant as we watch basketball games. We want to try volleyball and most especially football because we want to see the campus in Diliman. Hehe. 

Till next year, UAAP basketball but for now we are going to enjoy our championship.