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Originally Posted by The Eagle
Hi MomCat,
Well this is VERY hard and painful, to answer. I AM or WAS a BIG BC fan. I have had season tickets for over 27 years and my seats are in section R lower level (right ON the 50 yard line) I am a relative of FR. Edmund Walsh, SJ (Deceased, whom Edmunds Hall is named after him). I have loved BC, and BC has been the foundation to my entire adult life. Fr. Walsh, pulled my head out of my butt, after I got back from Vietnam, and helped me put my life back together. I go to the BC games with my Father-in-law, who is now 82, and failing in health,(he has held season tickets for over 63 years), my 2 brothers in law, and a few cousins. We tail Gate, and I have brought my kids up in the shadows of St. Mary's Hall and the "Heights." BC has been the love of my life (next to my family). NOW BC sent out letters, telling me I have to "Donate" $1000 per season ticket to the Flynn Fund, or give up the rights to my seats. I own 4 tickets, so that's $4000, in addition to the cost of the seats, and the $3500 for a parking pass. My Father in law, would need to "Donate" $2000 for his two tickets. His wife is in a nursing home, going on four years, so they took everything he owned. $2000 to him is "The World." The $4000 is not a Donation, but to me it is Extortion. Therefore, I am being forced to give up 27 years of going to BC, when BC couldn't give the tickets away, all because some "High Roller Donors" are complaining they can't have our seats. I have lost all my faith in BC, it's Athletic Program, and it's loyality to Alumni. It's now all about money. The GOOD thing is, this year I will finally get to go to the "Forum Fest 2007," if we still have one, because I won't be going to any BC games. I never thought I'd see the day I'd hate BC and cheer for Notre Dame, but it's here.
"The Eagle"
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