To help with buying tickets for the Indiana Hoosiers this year, the university has announced changes to its policies.
With the pandemic going on right now everything is uncertain and it is starting to extend into what will happen in the fall. We all hope football will start on time but that is still not a certainty. To help with that, Indiana University has put into a place a new ticket policy for the upcoming football season.
Athletic Director Fred Glass explained why they did this during this time.
"“These are unprecedented times, and we understand that there is a great deal of uncertainty as we focus on the present but also look ahead to the fall,” said Glass. “These changes are designed to give our fans the confidence and flexibility that they need as they invest and support our teams moving forward.”"
Losing money due to games not being played is definitely a deterrent to buying tickets, but the new policy by Indiana University should help alleviate most of those. It will allow fans to buy tickets without the fear of not being refunded if the games do not happen.
It is something that needed to be addressed and IU did a good job getting in front of it and helping out their fans. This is something that should be done by every university across the country. Hopefully, it is something that will be just extra, but we never know with where the country is right now.
According to the IUAthletics website, these are effective immediately.
"Extended the Renewal Deadline Until May 15. Previously extended to May 1, two additional weeks have been added to the renewal and priority point deadline for IU Football season ticket and season parking pass purchases. As a reminder, we will utilize your Priority Point total from June 30, 2019 for the 2020 football seat selection process. The Varsity Club will not be sending updated Priority Point statements prior to the 2020 football seat selection and upgrade process.Further information about the seat selection process will be provided at a later time.Introduced the IU Athletics Ticket Assurance Plan. If, for any reason, any portion of the 2020 IU Football schedule does not take place, ticket holders who purchased tickets directly through the IU Athletic Ticket Office will have the option to either receive a refund for the canceled game(s), or have a credit toward a future ticket purchase. This guarantee applies to all ticketed IU Athletics’ home athletic events. Introduced a new 5% Down Payment Plan. Now, Hoosier fans can renew their 2020 IU Football season tickets by putting down just 5%. The remaining balance will be split between two equal payments on July 15 and August 15."
Indiana hopes this will help with ticket sales for this upcoming season. Sales will probably be down to start with unless something major changes in the near future, but at least this will help in the meantime.
It’s a good move for Indiana and will be much appreciated by the fans.