I find it hard to believe that the comments from the Penn State Police on ticket scalping are legitimate in the article, "Illegal ticket sales rising" (Oct. 1). Why is there a big concern now after all of these years?

Over the last four years, as my son has been enjoying his time in State College, I have been able to attend almost every football game at Beaver Stadium and most every ticket has been bought off the street without incident. During this time frame, I consider myself a self-taught expert on how to obtain a ticket for less than face value and whom to avoid buying tickets from. The professional ticket sellers are normally selling on every corner near the stadium. You avoid these fellows as much as possible unless it's a last resort and usually utilize them to gauge the amount that a going price of a ticket is going for. I'm sure you could fine all of these fellows for not having a permit to sell tickets, and they defintely are not selling for $5 over face.

The majority of the tickets being sold are by alumni that have extra tickets due to various reasons. Why penalize the alumni that are trying to recapture some of the cost of their tickets? The police do a fantasic job controling 110,000 fans and shouldn't be wasting their time with ticket sellers.

Bob Suchevich

Class of 1978