tntrojan
09-24-2004, 01:54 PM
Another take on UAB's free tickets from the Memphis Commercial Appeal.... :lol:
Tigers-UAB may be priceless, literally
By Geoff Calkins
September 24, 2004
Free tickets?
It sounded too good to be true.
We have heard of free throws, free love, "Freebird," "Free Willy" and World B. Free.
But free tickets to the Memphis-UAB football game this weekend?
That can't be.
So Gary Parrish, reporter for The Commercial Appeal, went to the UAB Internet site and signed up.
Yes, he'd like two tickets.
No, he'd prefer not to pay.
"Sure enough," Parrish said, "two general admission tickets showed up in the mail on Monday."
He is not the only Memphian to do this, evidently.
"A lot of our people found out about it and signed up for free tickets," said Bob Winn, of the Memphis athletic department. "It's good for us because our allotment has been sold out for a couple days."
So it should be a real hoot. Provided, of course, that Legion Field stays upright.
On Aug. 19, the city of Birmingham found structural damage and condemned the place.
OK, not the the whole building, just the upper deck.
Fans sit in the lower deck.
And, uh, don't look up.
It's not like they're Alabama fans or anything.
Besides, what do you expect for free?
Give the UAB people credit for trying to move tickets anyway they can. If this doesn't work they're going to give out free tickets for the Titanic. The Hindenberg. A flight around the world with Amelia Earhart...
Go Trojans!
Tigers-UAB may be priceless, literally
By Geoff Calkins
September 24, 2004
Free tickets?
It sounded too good to be true.
We have heard of free throws, free love, "Freebird," "Free Willy" and World B. Free.
But free tickets to the Memphis-UAB football game this weekend?
That can't be.
So Gary Parrish, reporter for The Commercial Appeal, went to the UAB Internet site and signed up.
Yes, he'd like two tickets.
No, he'd prefer not to pay.
"Sure enough," Parrish said, "two general admission tickets showed up in the mail on Monday."
He is not the only Memphian to do this, evidently.
"A lot of our people found out about it and signed up for free tickets," said Bob Winn, of the Memphis athletic department. "It's good for us because our allotment has been sold out for a couple days."
So it should be a real hoot. Provided, of course, that Legion Field stays upright.
On Aug. 19, the city of Birmingham found structural damage and condemned the place.
OK, not the the whole building, just the upper deck.
Fans sit in the lower deck.
And, uh, don't look up.
It's not like they're Alabama fans or anything.
Besides, what do you expect for free?
Give the UAB people credit for trying to move tickets anyway they can. If this doesn't work they're going to give out free tickets for the Titanic. The Hindenberg. A flight around the world with Amelia Earhart...
Go Trojans!