Johnny UMAA wrote:

Chuck needs to get out of the "Oxford Bubble" for a little bit and get some fresh air. You don't spank your fans/customers when times are tough...like now.

Ole Miss fans aren't a bunch of happy campers right now and I'm guessing that it's hitting Chuck and many other business folks in the pocketbook right now where it hurts.

I don't know if anyone else has seen it, but the OM Spirit is offering a "Flash Sale" on their subscriptions. Their normal yearly rate is $108...the flash sale rate today for one year now is $27.

Now if season ticket sales have gone down from about 46,000 + or - to a paltry 31,000 for this season...well, that is a heck of a financial loss to our University.

Let's just conservatively say that the Ole Miss Spirit has lost about 8,000 subscribers @ a normal $108 annual rate...well, that comes to an $864,000 gross loss in real money.

The "Flash Sale" at $27 can only recoup those 8,000 customers (if they take the bait) for a reduced annual price of $216,000 for an annual loss of $648,000.

Oxford businesses (ie, such as Rebel Rags who expanded their store exponentially in the last couple of years) are suffering real losses as well and I'm sure that many fans owning "get-a-way" properties in Oxford may be a bit nervous at this time if they bought these properties on the high, emotional side when our times were good.

It doesn't look good for the next 3 to 5 years as we twist in the wind with no Chancellor or AD...


 

Thank you for a more accurate and truthful assessment of Ole Miss football.