Purdue Fort Wayne goes virtual, NO season ticket sales

[FWalum]

I hope this trend doesn't catch on. What a crazy way to start your first season in the Horizon League. Would hate for the Missouri Valley to follow this example. PFW Virtual Ticket Sales

[valpo64]

PFW doesn't even know if they will have a conference season, do they?  With the Horizon League getting a new leader, now they could be more messed up than ever. 

[vu84v2]

Virtual season ticket sales is a really bad idea. If you ultimately can't have anyone in the stadium (or if demand clearly exceeds the number of people that you can allow in the stadium), provide free access to watch games and then try to get some advertising revenue.

[bbtds]

Virtual season ticket sales is a really bad idea. If you ultimately can't have anyone in the stadium (or if demand clearly exceeds the number of people that you can allow in the stadium), provide free access to watch games and then try to get some advertising revenue.

It's a bad idea to you and me. But somebody's got to pay for the games on the internet. It's interesting that this is coming from the same league that first put the games on the internet for FREE!! Purdue FW has got to learn to hook the fans first and then charge them for product. Much like a drug dealer.

[FWalum]

Virtual season ticket sales is a really bad idea. If you ultimately can't have anyone in the stadium (or if demand clearly exceeds the number of people that you can allow in the stadium), provide free access to watch games and then try to get some advertising revenue.

Couldn't agree more. They need to build their brand in the Fort Wayne market and IMO what would help would be to really play this up as a free product available for streaming so that people could actually see the quality of the teams and the basketball being played in their hometown. They can't really be making money with this virtual ticket package.