This is the HMFIC of non-football stuff for the Seattle Seahawks. I hope he has got a great plan to fix home field advantage; specifically, revoking season ticket ownership of people who sell their seats on secondary markets. Otherwise this is the new normal until 2027.
December 16, 2024
This is the HMFIC of non-football stuff for the Seattle Seahawks. I hope he has got a great plan to fix home field advantage; specifically, revoking season ticket ownership of people who sell their seats on secondary markets. Otherwise this is the new normal until 2027.
21 comments
What is changing in 2027?
You can’t tell people what to do with their tickets… I hate it that people sell it as much as any person, I’ve been on the waiting list to get on the waiting list for years now, and would attend every home game.
But what you’re suggesting is impossible to enforce.
Sometimes people can’t attend games, there is no system in place as a season ticket holder to re sell your tickets to only Hawks fans. You wish you had seasons tickets. What’s your solution to this or are you just gonna whine about it? If teams start doing this it would work both ways, so last week’s 12s turn out in AZ wouldn’t have happened. GB fans travel well, props. I was at the game last night n it sucked to see. We also sucked.
Ya’ll have never been to other cities sports games and it shows
Literally the only way to fix home field is to win there consistently again AND lower ticket prices so local fans don’t sell to the thousands and thousands of transplants and visitors who want to see their teams play here too.
The former will happen sooner than later. The latter will never happen as there is no amount of money that is enough for the greediest, richest people in our society. Therefore, this will never, ever be fixed. Sports is for the wealthy, and occasionally as a treat for the working class. This is not your game anymore.
In the EPL, you have to be a member to buy single match tickets. The exchange is heavily regulated and the clubs (supposedly) ramp down on touting.
I also wonder if limiting resale to people with addresses in WA is possible.
The sounders limit how many times u can trade in season tickets.
Idk what they do but I think the dolphins have safeguards too.
Literally had to mute the game so I didn’t have to hear packers fans yelling louder than seahawks fans. I don’t really give a fuck if another team “travels well,” watching your home stadium cheer on the opponent is bad product.
Who are we to tell people how to spend their money? If I had season tickets and could recoup like 70%+ of the cost with only missing one game, I’d do in a heartbeat. A lot of people probably sold their tickets pre-season too when people definitely did not expect us to be in 1st place/contending for the division.
Best way to get the crowd louder? Play better. With the exception of a recent surge, it has been 5+ years since the defense has been anything to have a little confidence in. It’s crazy to me that people are asking more about what more the fans can do for the team than the organization itself
Everyone: Please lower the ticket prices so I can support my team
Chuck: How dare fans sell to people who can actually afford these tickets
The lions had no advantage to speak of prior to 2021. The 49ers, as we all remember, had half empty turnouts prior to 2018.
Sometimes, it’s just like this. The people on this sub, I’d assume, are all obviously die-hards, so we’ll feel very strongly and hurt very deeply when our stadium gets “taken over”. But the reality is, with how prices keep on rising, many fans that show up to these games are expecting to see a return on their investment…or else.
Can you realistically blame them without knowing anything else about them? No. Does it suck? Absolutely. You want change? Start winning over the fair weather fans again with excitement. That’s just how it is, unfortunately.
Did you watch that first half? You think noise would have stopped Josh Jacobs from running it down our throat over and over and over again?
Our fanbase needs to get a grip and come to terms with reality: our team is mediocre and we’re asking a lot of a first year head coach.
I don’t think this guy will or even can do a damn thing to improve home field advantage. The only real way to do that, is to field a better team.
NFL needs to establish the system the Premier League uses. Just try getting a Man United ticket as a Cheslea fan
But they won’t, because $$$
The best solution is to have a better team. Let’s not all forget the dark days before Holmgren brought respectability here, and Carroll created a sensation. Yes, ticket prices are steep. Mine have doubled in the last 4-5 years: same seats. It is a business. Put a winner on the field and fans will WANT to be in the stands instead of making a few bucks towards next year’s seats.
Hawkblogger is trying to make up for what the front office is doing:
Personally, I think the NFL should look to the English Premier League and some of its clubs resell policies. Namely, don’t allow season ticket holders to sell their tickets at a profit.
> All Season Ticket holders have the option to resell their match ticket if they are unable to attend a match this season. You can also resell tickets on behalf of your friends and family.
> Please note, you can place your tickets up for re-sale once the match is on-sale to other supporters – however, your tickets will only appear available for purchase to other supporters when the match is sold out. You can also reclaim your ticket as long as your ticket hasn’t been sold.
> If you successfully resell your match ticket, you will receive 1/19th of your Season Ticket value back on your ticketing account minus a 10% administration fee. This credit will be able to be withdrawn from 1st December or can be held on your account to be used against a future Season Ticket purchase.
Gotta win first lol they’re better on the road than at home
I have sold my tickets through the Seahawks TM account. I’m sure they get a chunk of that cash and don’t mind making money off my seats twice. But sometimes, I can’t go, so no apologies.
Watched the Steelers in primetime a few weeks ago and when they turned on Renegade and did a wide shot of the stadium it was almost entirely Steelers fans rocking out and waving towels.
The fans who say you can’t police season ticket holders don’t even want to attempt to fix the problem. It’s embarrassing to become a corporate stadium and it’s not that you can ban away fans from the games, but the wait list is long and I have no sympathy for season ticket holders who have no plans of attending a majority of the games. Losing the hone field advantage and hearing go pack go during a home game shouldn’t happen to a place that has history like ours and it quite literally hurts the team on the field.
Jesus Christ, welcome to the Reddit page after another bad loss at home.
Would the team rather have half a stadium full of Seahawks fans or a full stadium of NFL fans?
I’ve tried selling tickets but everyone is looking to buy at a substantial discount cause they can just “wait till gameday to buy them”. If everyone cared so much, they’d buy those tickets at market price before people resort to StubHub and Ticketmaster.
When the team is mediocre, this is always going to happen. Look at Detroit, SF in the past, look at LA and Arizona currently.
No one complains when they have a huge Seahawks base at away games, but god forbid it happens at home games.
The Packers historically are one of the best traveling teams, same thing with the Bills.
Season tickets are now an asset you can turn a profit on, this is the new NFL.
If someone spends the crazy amount to buy seats for 10 games every year, how can they be penalized for trying to recoup some of that when a premier team comes to town and someone is willing to pay the markup.
21 comments
What is changing in 2027?
You can’t tell people what to do with their tickets… I hate it that people sell it as much as any person, I’ve been on the waiting list to get on the waiting list for years now, and would attend every home game.
But what you’re suggesting is impossible to enforce.
Sometimes people can’t attend games, there is no system in place as a season ticket holder to re sell your tickets to only Hawks fans. You wish you had seasons tickets. What’s your solution to this or are you just gonna whine about it? If teams start doing this it would work both ways, so last week’s 12s turn out in AZ wouldn’t have happened. GB fans travel well, props. I was at the game last night n it sucked to see. We also sucked.
Ya’ll have never been to other cities sports games and it shows
Literally the only way to fix home field is to win there consistently again AND lower ticket prices so local fans don’t sell to the thousands and thousands of transplants and visitors who want to see their teams play here too.
The former will happen sooner than later. The latter will never happen as there is no amount of money that is enough for the greediest, richest people in our society. Therefore, this will never, ever be fixed. Sports is for the wealthy, and occasionally as a treat for the working class. This is not your game anymore.
In the EPL, you have to be a member to buy single match tickets. The exchange is heavily regulated and the clubs (supposedly) ramp down on touting.
I also wonder if limiting resale to people with addresses in WA is possible.
The sounders limit how many times u can trade in season tickets.
Idk what they do but I think the dolphins have safeguards too.
Literally had to mute the game so I didn’t have to hear packers fans yelling louder than seahawks fans. I don’t really give a fuck if another team “travels well,” watching your home stadium cheer on the opponent is bad product.
Who are we to tell people how to spend their money? If I had season tickets and could recoup like 70%+ of the cost with only missing one game, I’d do in a heartbeat. A lot of people probably sold their tickets pre-season too when people definitely did not expect us to be in 1st place/contending for the division.
Best way to get the crowd louder? Play better. With the exception of a recent surge, it has been 5+ years since the defense has been anything to have a little confidence in. It’s crazy to me that people are asking more about what more the fans can do for the team than the organization itself
Everyone: Please lower the ticket prices so I can support my team
Chuck: How dare fans sell to people who can actually afford these tickets
The lions had no advantage to speak of prior to 2021. The 49ers, as we all remember, had half empty turnouts prior to 2018.
Sometimes, it’s just like this. The people on this sub, I’d assume, are all obviously die-hards, so we’ll feel very strongly and hurt very deeply when our stadium gets “taken over”. But the reality is, with how prices keep on rising, many fans that show up to these games are expecting to see a return on their investment…or else.
Can you realistically blame them without knowing anything else about them? No. Does it suck? Absolutely. You want change? Start winning over the fair weather fans again with excitement. That’s just how it is, unfortunately.
Did you watch that first half? You think noise would have stopped Josh Jacobs from running it down our throat over and over and over again?
Our fanbase needs to get a grip and come to terms with reality: our team is mediocre and we’re asking a lot of a first year head coach.
I don’t think this guy will or even can do a damn thing to improve home field advantage. The only real way to do that, is to field a better team.
NFL needs to establish the system the Premier League uses. Just try getting a Man United ticket as a Cheslea fan
But they won’t, because $$$
The best solution is to have a better team. Let’s not all forget the dark days before Holmgren brought respectability here, and Carroll created a sensation. Yes, ticket prices are steep. Mine have doubled in the last 4-5 years: same seats. It is a business. Put a winner on the field and fans will WANT to be in the stands instead of making a few bucks towards next year’s seats.
Hawkblogger is trying to make up for what the front office is doing:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Seahawks/s/Okjr54Jrve
Personally, I think the NFL should look to the English Premier League and some of its clubs resell policies. Namely, don’t allow season ticket holders to sell their tickets at a profit.
> All Season Ticket holders have the option to resell their match ticket if they are unable to attend a match this season. You can also resell tickets on behalf of your friends and family.
> Please note, you can place your tickets up for re-sale once the match is on-sale to other supporters – however, your tickets will only appear available for purchase to other supporters when the match is sold out. You can also reclaim your ticket as long as your ticket hasn’t been sold.
> If you successfully resell your match ticket, you will receive 1/19th of your Season Ticket value back on your ticketing account minus a 10% administration fee. This credit will be able to be withdrawn from 1st December or can be held on your account to be used against a future Season Ticket purchase.
> https://www.cpfc.co.uk/information/faqs-palace-season-tickets/
Gotta win first lol they’re better on the road than at home
I have sold my tickets through the Seahawks TM account. I’m sure they get a chunk of that cash and don’t mind making money off my seats twice. But sometimes, I can’t go, so no apologies.
Watched the Steelers in primetime a few weeks ago and when they turned on Renegade and did a wide shot of the stadium it was almost entirely Steelers fans rocking out and waving towels.
The fans who say you can’t police season ticket holders don’t even want to attempt to fix the problem. It’s embarrassing to become a corporate stadium and it’s not that you can ban away fans from the games, but the wait list is long and I have no sympathy for season ticket holders who have no plans of attending a majority of the games. Losing the hone field advantage and hearing go pack go during a home game shouldn’t happen to a place that has history like ours and it quite literally hurts the team on the field.
Jesus Christ, welcome to the Reddit page after another bad loss at home.
Would the team rather have half a stadium full of Seahawks fans or a full stadium of NFL fans?
I’ve tried selling tickets but everyone is looking to buy at a substantial discount cause they can just “wait till gameday to buy them”. If everyone cared so much, they’d buy those tickets at market price before people resort to StubHub and Ticketmaster.
When the team is mediocre, this is always going to happen. Look at Detroit, SF in the past, look at LA and Arizona currently.
No one complains when they have a huge Seahawks base at away games, but god forbid it happens at home games.
The Packers historically are one of the best traveling teams, same thing with the Bills.
Season tickets are now an asset you can turn a profit on, this is the new NFL.
If someone spends the crazy amount to buy seats for 10 games every year, how can they be penalized for trying to recoup some of that when a premier team comes to town and someone is willing to pay the markup.
Winning solves this but it isn’t going away.