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THE BATTALION MONDAY, MAY 4, 1981 Page 3 Local Aggie Club members get season ticket priority By DENISE RICHTER Battalion Staff Aggie Club members are worth i! their weight in football tickets. They are one of the few groups of Aggie football supporters that get fl priQrity seating in Kyle Field. I V I However, even the seating sta- ^ . tus of Aggie Club members de- 1 pends on several factors. In bold-face, capitalized terms, child s toll the 1981 Priority Seating Plan ie as welt] booklet distributed to all Aggie Club members states that tickets are assigned by a seniority system according to the number of con tinuous years of giving to the Aggie Club within the member’s current giving level. In other words, a former stu dent has to belong to the Aggie Club, has to contribute to the club each year and has to maintain a certain level of giving before he will receive priority football tickets. The Aggie Club is a non-profit organization organized for the , , to. purpose of supporting athletics at insightli Texas A&M. The club raised $1.8 million in 1980. The Aggie Club’s long-range goal is to raise the crate, w| hinds necessary to provide a scho- vith pares! larship for every student athlete at Texas A&M. Seating assignments are deter mined by the level of a member’s contribution, the number of tickets purchased and the availa bility of seats. The booklet states that the second deck will be filled by members whose seniority and it that is® not ! accuracy! hrough tlj al and eit >al, rangit unselingt ibservatii if weij itions tion bylii d m society! ication as| nd emotios er which I 1 ( within 4 they then his remei emented, ending opa mizatiow itbytheleo ;d by givii validity tk ct. The pit 2nd DECK iezhh *EEH nansD HIZ mi EZEM Al ixiiiqr n $2000 1 $1000 !!1500 C i ZHHSC $100 +—I—h 5 10 20 30 40 50 40 30 20 10 5 The amounts shown are the minimum contri- member to be assigned football tickets in that butions that must be made by an Aggie Club section of Kyle Field. ations. nowd ichtoattai even thous "J ban media paradigai his therthaula givinglevel qualify them to be sea- doctor d« ted there. Members who have feel enora j°' ne d the Aggie Club since 1978, ices asthti an ^ ^ and $25 ticket holders, will automatically be seated in the third deck. In addition, the booklet distri buted to all Aggie Club members states that all donations made to the Aggie Club are deductible by the donor in computing his taxable net income. These are the club’s categories for priority seating, how much it costs to qualify, and its privileges: — 12th Man, $2,000 or more. Home games — four seats be tween the 40-yard lines in the second deck plus the opportunity to purchase up to eight season tickets in the third deck if avail able. Road games — four seats plus the opportunity to purchase up to six tickets if available. — Varsity, $1,500-$ 1,999. Home games — four seats be tween the 30-yard lines in the second deck or between the 40- yard lines in the third deck plus the opportunity to purchase up to four season tickets in the third deck if available. Road games — opportunity to purchase up to six tickets if available. — Extra Point, $1,000-$ 1,499. Home games — four seats be tween the 20- and 40-yard lines in the second deck or between the 30-yard lines in the third deck plus the opportunity to purchase up to two tickets in the third deck if available. Road games — oppor tunity to purchase up to four tick ets if available. — Golden Reveille, $600-$999. Home games — opportunity to purchase four seats between the 5- and 25-yard lines in the second deck or between the 20- and 40- yard lines in the third deck. Road games — opportunity to purchase up to four tickets if available. — Reveille, $100-$599. Home games — opportunity to purchase season tickets behind the 10-yard lines in the second deck or behind the 30-yard lines in the third deck. Assignment is based on seniority and number of tickets purchased in accordance with contribution level. For example: a $200 contribu tion entitles a member to buy one season ticket in the $200 section or two in the $100 section or four in the $50 section. Seats in the $200 section will be filled first, followed by $150 seats, $100 seats and $75 seats. Road games — opportunity to purchase same number of tick ets to each road game as home season tickets if available. — Sustaining, $50-$99. Home games — opportunity to purchase season tickets behind the 15-yard lines in the third deck in accord ance with contribution level. $75 seats will be filled first, followed by $50 and $25 seats. Road games — opportunity to purchase same number of tickets to each road game as number of season tickets purchased if available. — Associate, $25-$49. Home games — opportunity to purchase one season ticket behind the 5- yard lines in the third deck. Road games — opportunity to purchase same number of tickets to each road game as number of season tickets purchased if available. In 1972, the Aggie Club estab lished the Permanent 12th Man Endowed Scholarship Program. A total of $30,000 in cash, securities or real estate is required to fund an Endowed Scholarship. Aggie Club members who fund an Endowed Scholarship receive the same type of football tickets as a member whose contribution places him in the 12th Man category. The Aggie Club also reserves parking annexes for the use of its members, the closest of which is between Kyle Field and Wellborn Road. Priority parking for 1981 will also be based on donor level, length of continuous giving in each donor level and total contri bution. Aggie Club members also re ceive a press guide, a lapel pin and a window decal. Contributors of $100 or more receive a personalized plaque with date bars to indicate years of giving. The Aggie Club also works with a travel agency to assist members in arranging transportation to some road games. Texas A&M students can join the Aggie Club through the stu dent membership program. A nine-month membership is $12. The application for student mem bership lists the following be nefits: a certificate of member ship; a club decal; an Aggie Club pin; press guides; bus charters to out-of-town athletic contests and the opportunity to attend the spring all-sports banquet. EASELS PIZZA SPAGHETTI LASAGNA A. C. tickets distributed by seniority irs to mat By DENISE RICHTER Battalion Stall ForaTexas A&M freshman, the schools ft] third deck of Kyle Field is windy, litspressii sweltering and offbeat, tion asots By the time he’s a senior, he sits acv LetOI i' n the second deck, relatively safe 3 rather! I^ 0m w ' nc ^ ant l blistering sun, bowing that he can sing the Aggie War Hymn without worrying ab out a tempo-distorting echo. But what happens after he gra duates? Is a former student auto matically guaranteed good, or even decent, seats? No. “Since the ad to purchase sea- ■'"s. son football tickets is in the maga- ' zine published by the Association of Former Students, they (former students) may think they get priority seating but they don’t,” Athletic Ticket Manager Jim Kotch said. “Priority seating is only given through the Aggie Club.” The Aggie Club is a non-profit organization, chartered in 1950, for the purpose of supporting athletics at Texas A&M. The Aggie Club has seven sepa rate membership classifications which determine where a mem ber will sit. The classifications range from a 12th Man member ship (for making at least a $2,000 contribution) to an associate mem bership (for making at least a $25 contribution). Approximately 70,000 tickets are available for each home foot ball game. The largest block of tickets is purchased by the offices of the University president and chancellor, who buy or receive a total of 700 tickets for each home football game. The president and chancellor are free to use these tickets at their discretion, Kotch said. J. Malon Southerland, assistant to the president, said 200 tickets are given to the president and chancellor by the Athletic Depart- A former student has to belong to the Aggie Club, has to contribute to the club each year and has to maintain a certain level of giving before he will receive priority football tickets. ment. The remainder are paid for by the individual receiving the tickets, he said. In a few cases, gift money received by the offices of the president and the chancellor is used to pay for some of the tickets, Southerland said. To avoid being swamped by ticket orders, the Texas A&M tick et office has divided all purchasers of season tickets into five categor ies, Kotch said. The Aggie Club has been designated as priority group I. Priority group II is made up of Texas A&M faculty and Sys tem employees. The faculty priority period was set up in 1971, Kotch said. Faculty members who have had season tickets since 1971 will get the best seats available in the faculty sec tion, he said, while new faculty members will get seats behind the goal lines. The faculty section is between the south end line and 50-yard line on the first deck and between the end line and the 20-yard line on the bottom portion of the second and third decks. Armchair seats are available in the faculty section. Only faculty members who have bought season tickets since 1971 are given the opportunity to buy these tickets, Kotch said. All of these seats have been filled. Priority group III is made up of active members of the Letter- men’s Association, Texas A&M former athletes who pay their dues to the association each year. Their section is between the north goal line and 10-yard line on the first deck. Priority group IV is made up of former students, Century Club members, parents of currently en rolled students and all others who are not in groups I, II or III. In other words, the general public. This group is seated in the northwest comer of the stadium, from the goal line to the middle of the horseshoe. Group V is made up of people requesting individual game tick ets. If these tickets are available after all requests for season tickets have been filled, members of group V are seated in the middle of the horseshoe. The number of football tickets sent to each opposing school varies, Kotch said. The ticket office tries to give the visitors the same amount and type of seats that Texas A&M was given when the game was played at their school, he said. For example, the University of Arkansas usually receives 4,000 tickets and the University ofTexas receives 15,000 tickets, he said. Approximately 25,000 tickets are reserved for Texas A&M stu dents, Kotch said. Students are seated in the east side of the sta dium, from the 50-yard line to past the end line in the first deck, he said, and in the second and third decks. All of the groups listed above, except Aggie Club members in the 12th Man, Varsity ($1,500- $1,999 contribution) or Extra Point ($1,000-$1,499 contribu tion) categories, have to pay for their football tickets. However, there are several groups who re ceive complimentary tickets for each game. These groups are: the Athletic Council, a group of six volunteers and a student representative appointed by the University presi dent to oversee the Athletic De partment; all employees of the Athletic Department; the football team; deans and directors of de partments and former employees who retired in the service of the University. About 175 people, excluding the football team, receive these complimentary tickets, Kotch said. Recipients of complimentary tickets are usually seated on the first deck, between the end line and the 50-yard line, he said. This area is also reserved for parents of football players and the press. The University president, chancellor and other administra tors receive complimentary tickr ets for four different seating areas: two suites, a suite on the top floor of the press box and two armchair boxes on the 50-yard line at the top of the first deck. When the third deck was added to Kyle Field, 48 suites were in cluded on the west side of the sta dium. 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