With plans already underway for the new paperless student ticket system for the 2009 football season, many Penn State students have been left with questions.
They wonder if they will be able to bring their friends or siblings from other schools into Beaver Stadium's student section.
While Associate Athletic Director of Marketing and Communication Greg Myford said through e-mail that the goal is to get as many Penn State students into the student section as possible, the issue of outsiders attending home football games is one he hopes to address before the start of next season.
"[We] hope to accommodate that so that if you want to bring your sister or brother, for example, that we have a way to accommodate [them]," Myford said.
Myford said the athletic department is in the developing stages of moving the student ticket procedure online and is trying to determine who could attend games through the new system. Therefore, not all answers about the future process are in place yet.
Still, the possibility non-student guests may no longer attend games in Beaver Stadium's student section has left many Penn State students concerned.
"That's really ridiculous," Alex Falvo (junior-biology) said. "And, as it is, people already sneak people in easily, so that would just only increase that."
Despite this, Falvo felt the new process would help the athletic department determine how many ticket buyers scalp tickets.
The new student ticket policy would require students to swipe their ID cards to enter Beaver Stadium's Gate A on game days.
"What we're trying to do is take the existing student ticketing pro-
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cedure and move it online, so that students have the advantage of completely managing their own ticket account," Myford said.
The system to prevent scalping has some students wondering what they'll do if they miss out on the student ticket sale for the 2009 season.
"[Scalping] is how I get most of my tickets. I don't like it," Jake Jager (senior-economics) said. "It seems like a real anal system to me."
Students without season tickets will be able to buy tickets from other students through an online system that will transfer tickets to and from students' ID cards, Myford said.
Still there's concern.
Many students are left wondering if and how the process will be regulated online. Some students are unsure of how they will distribute their tickets to their friends for games they will be unable to attend.
Others, meanwhile, feel they won't be getting market value for their tickets through the new online system.
"I'm not going to sell a $200 Michigan ticket for cheap as hell," Kevin Rosen (sophomore-chemistry) said. "It's cooler to have a ticket stub. I think it's dumb."
