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Mine went up 43% last year. Cancelled my 4 seats after 19 years. No regrets. Ended up going to the two games I could actually attend, that I wanted to attend, with who I could bring with me with secondary market tickets. I bought three total tickets. Which means if I renewed, I would’ve been trying to sell or begging people to use 21 tickets. No thanks.

This is where I’m at as well, and am strongly considering not renewing our 5 seats. I only made it to half the games last year and actually ended up just giving away several of my tickets (because dealing with scammers is exhausting). As the kids get older and into more activities, it becomes more and more difficult to justify setting aside entire Saturdays in the fall to spend on football.

I also feel guilty saying this, but I kinda prefer the comfort of watching from my couch. At least it doesn’t take me 2 hours to get home after the game ends.

Still on the fence, but this may be the year we give them up.

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Of course they have. They’re taking over everything else, why not college football?

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Well, all the literal Nazis thought he did a Nazi salute, so…

Dude was raised in apartheid, and watching his constant “help, help…white people are being oppressed” posts on his own platform over the years certainly makes one wonder if he still has some sympathies there.

Do I think he’s a full blown white supremecist? I don’t know, but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if he was. Ultimately, I think Elon only cares about getting attention and getting even richer. He’s succeeding wildly in both areas (since he just purchased the US government), so mission accomplished I suppose.

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It’s not really Harlan or Taylor’s fault, as the price increase isn’t really that much of a factor to me. Yes, the tickets are more expensive, but what isn’t these days?

While all the conference realignment and NIL nonsense has certainly diminished my interest in college sports in general, the biggest contributing factor towards not renewing is the fact that I simply don’t have the time, energy, or money to devote to it anymore.

It’s not them, it’s me.

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One of the primary reasons Musk bought Twitter is exactly so he could turn it into the white supremacist garbage heap it has now become. It was a strategic bet for him to get exactly where he is right now. He can’t be President so he’s doing the next best thing, which is strongly influencing where federal money will be spent (hint: it will go to his companies). And if his bet didn’t work out and Trump lost? Meh. He still had, what, 350 Billion dollars to fall back on?

As far as the “Democrats used to love him”, that was looooooong before anyone knew what he was. Heck, I even considered buying a Tesla at one point in the early going. Now, I will steadfastly refuse to do anything that even might put a nickel in that fascist’s pocket.

Also, it’s pretty hard to take anyone seriously who references the “Twitter files” with a straight face.

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“TDS is a hell of a drug. They are going to get a major fix for the next 4 years.”

This one is always hilarious to me.

– Trump: Says or does something stupid.
– Most people: “Wow, that was really stupid”
– MAGA: “TDS! TDS! YOU HAVE TDS! TDS!!!!”

I would think it’s must be exhausting to have to twist yourselves into knots to defend whatever nonsense he spouts. Have fun with that, I guess.

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Anything he may have lost on Twitter is pennies compared to what he now stands to make from the government. Which is why he did what he did, imo.

If DOGE goes as I expect, any government function that might be able to turn a profit will be farmed out to him and his corporate friends to do exactly that. He can simply pick and choose what pieces he wants to remove from anyone he doesn’t like and hand to those he does. He’s not elected and has zero accountability, so who’s gonna stop him? Any function that doesn’t potentially profit and just provides a service to citizens will simply be removed. If you happened to need those services as a citizen (however inefficient they may have been)? Sucks for you. Now pay up for them at whatever price Elon and his friends decide or you’re out of luck.

Elon’s goal is to extract every penny of wealth imaginable and transfer it upwards. Sure, there will be a select few who benefit from that, but I expect that we will see the income equality gap continue to widen exponentially. The billionaires will become trillionaires while everyone else picks at the crumbs they deign to leave. Where that ultimately leads us remains to be seen.

I do find it fully how everyone so staunchly opposed to anything the government does are perfectly fine bending right over for the billionaire class. Elon is everything the right claims George Soros to be, amplified by 1,000.

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“brainwashed by media”

You do know we can read the exact words that Elon posts from his personal account on the platform that he owns, right? There’s no media filter involved in that exercise whatsoever.

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Also, nobody is going to prison for smoking or possessing weed. It just is not happening.

Might not be getting imprisoned, but there are certainly lots and lots getting arrested. (around 170,000 in 2021 alone).

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Probably because people (including myself) prefer our players aren’t funded by Saudi billionaires.

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