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Season ticket and preseason events information

yoda said:
Bradley University has 2,500 employees. Basketball, especially basketball season tickets, are one of their only significant revenue (income) sources other than tuition, grants, etc...You don't think they can find someone working up there to pick up the phone and return a call or an email from someone who is begging to mail them a check for $2000+? I personally sought out 3 different people from the Athletic Dept. at both the Itoo Supper and at the Red/White and was assured they are working on it and that I'd be getting a call back. I have seats in the premium seating area, I am a season ticket holder since they played at the old Fieldhouse, I am in the Platinum level of Braves Club and I have been in the Scholarship Society for half the past two decades. (I dropped out because of Glasser). I have never once asked for special treatment. But if this is representative of how they treat any customers - even the single-game ticket-buyer in the "nosebleed" seats, then they are shooting themselves badly in their own feet.
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Totally unacceptable, but the problem of finding people to work is very real.

I finally managed to get hold of them and got another seat added to my package. I called around noon one day and was shocked someone picked up. Took care of it all over the phone. I made this request in June!

I can forgive some of this because I am personally having a hard time hiring, so I am sure the ticket office is as well. What I can't forgive is not responding to emails (they can set that up automatically) or not returning voicemails for several weeks.

Hope they get it sorted out for you.
 
Chris said:
Totally unacceptable ... Hope they get it sorted out for you.
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Thank you, and I had held out hope too.
And I know this will sound vindictive, but it's not -
--now, since single game tickets are going on sale,
I think I will just buy extra tickets for each individual game that I need them for.
It's never been about the money or the cost, as I have been giving already at the highest levels.
But it will save me $3000 not to have to pay season ticket prices ($50 per ticket) and maintenance ($1K) to get those tickets,
and, of course, the ticket office will have lost the opportunity to get that amount.
But then, that's only a drop in the bucket compared to what Joanne caused the program to lose, when she personally
drove the membership of the Scholarship Society from almost 80 members down to just 30 (at >$20K per member)
and ran off Bob Turner, Harry Puterbaugh, Hersey Hawkins and a half dozen other Board members who were giving $1 mil per year.

Then figure the $3 or $4 million it took to buy out Geno, Cross and the staff, and the $2.5 million severence package she wrote herself on the way out the door - plus the $5-10 million to settle all those lawsuits including the big one she provoked from Kent State.
All in all when you also factor in losing half the fanbase and attendance for the past decade-plus -
she has cost Bradley overall - something in the $40-50 million range.
 
Classof77 said:
I've not heard a word about my season tickets. Since you got yours I'll call tomorrow.
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Yeah…. I picked mine up in person per the schedule DC posted. There is a request form for “mailing out” but I didn’t take the chance.
 
yoda said:
plus the $5-10 million to settle all those lawsuits including the big one she provoked from Kent State.
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Don't disagree with everything else, but I have some inside knowledge on that mess, and that one was 100% not her fault or Geno's fault. I can't say too much but Geno got some bad advice on who to represent him and unsurprisingly got home-courted when the case went on appeal. Kent State bears 90% of the blame (and the other 10% definitely wasn't on Glasser and arguably not on Geno) and I hope it costs them coaches in the future.

I asked to have my tickets mailed and I hope they get here soon considering we have a game next week. I seemingly always get accidentally shorted a Braves Club pass, and if my kid doesn't get that unlimited popcorn, I'm in big trouble.
 
Chris said:
Don't disagree with everything else, but I have some inside knowledge on that mess, and that one was 100% not her fault or Geno's fault. I can't say too much but Geno got some bad advice on who to represent him and unsurprisingly got home-courted when the case went on appeal. Kent State bears 90% of the blame (and the other 10% definitely wasn't on Glasser and arguably not on Geno) and I hope it costs them coaches in the future.

I asked to have my tickets mailed and I hope they get here soon considering we have a game next week. I seemingly always get accidentally shorted a Braves Club pass, and if my kid doesn't get that unlimited popcorn, I'm in big trouble.
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Braves Club pass are running late. They said the other day they hope to get them out soon.
 
Chris said:
that one was 100% not her fault
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The lawsuit was 100% prompted by the actions of Glasser & Cross contacting then hiring Ford without following the proper steps. Tortious Interference
And unfortunately that is exactly how the courts decided it. Kent State won judgements from both Bradley and Ford.
btw- the Robert Turner pledge was $10 million and the Puterbaugh naming rights pledge was $3 million, both of which disappeared when Joanne ran them off the Board.
 
yoda said:
The lawsuit was 100% prompted by the actions of Glasser & Cross contacting then hiring Ford without following the proper steps. Tortious Interference
And unfortunately that is exactly how the courts decided it. Kent State won judgements from both Bradley and Ford.
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I'm an attorney. I was involved with some tangential stuff to that lawsuit (which I can say because that is public record). I can't tell you the whole story obviously, but it wasn't Bradley or Geno's fault. I understand the urge to blame Glasser and Cross, but I promise you it was Kent State's fault.

Don't believe what a biased court ruling is telling you. Are you really shocked the state court covered the ass of the state school? Had they been able to move that case to federal court (they couldn't), and Geno hired an actual lawyer and not a law professor to represent him, they would have won.
 
Bradley just sent out this email regarding an updated schedule to pick up tickets and Braves Club packets (which includes Braves Club credentials, parking passes, etc.)-

Braves Club & Season Ticket Pickup Info
The Braves Club announced updates regarding the upcoming 2021-22 basketball season and Braves Club benefits. For any additional questions regarding Braves Club benefits please email BravesClub@fsmail.bradley.edu or visit the Bradley Athletics Ticket Office from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Braves Club Packet Pick-Up: If you have already picked up printed season tickets or received digital season tickets for the 2021-2022 men's basketball season, Braves Club packets are now available for pick-up. Braves Club packets will include Braves Club membership cards, Braves Club hospitality area credentials (Carver Arena), Men's Basketball parking passes and Bradley Athletics All-Sport passes. All Braves Club benefits are based on current Braves Club giving level and donations made to Bradley Athletics June 1, 2021 to present. Braves Club packet pick-up times, dates and locations are listed below:
Monday, November 1 • 10:30am - 7:00pm Renaissance Coliseum Ticket Office
Tuesday, November 2 • 10:30am - 7:00pm Renaissance Coliseum Ticket Office
Wednesday, November 3 • 10:30am - 7:00pm Renaissance Coliseum Ticket Office
Thursday, November 4 • 10:30am - 4:30pm Renaissance Coliseum Ticket Office
Thursday, November 4 • 5:00pm - 8:300pm Peoria Civic Center Will Call

Season Ticket Pick-Up: If you requested printed season tickets and have yet to pick them up, you can still do so in person at the times, dates and locations listed above. Both printed season tickets and Braves Club packets will be available for pick-up at the same time.

Braves Club Packet Mail-Out: If you are unable to make any of the Braves Club packet pick-up dates and would just like your packet mailed out at the first opportunity, please contact the Braves Club at BravesClub@fsmail.bradley.edu and include your name and best mailing address. Please note, mailed Braves Club packets are not guaranteed to arrive to donors before the November 4 Men's and Women's Basketball exhibition games.
 
This just keeps getting worse. They ask if we want them mailed, I said yes, and now they say we might not get them until after the first game? I wouldn't have asked if they said this the first time. Guess I'll show up on Monday and hope I can get my tickets and passes. I'm not confident I'll even get my tickets in time at this point.

They really need to get some sort of apology sent out for what has happened with the ticket office this season.
 
yoda said:
it was Kent State's fault for properly & legally signing Ford to a contract then having him improperly contacted and hired away by Bradley?
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel

Do you really think both Geno and Bradley randomly decided to ignore his contract? Do you think Geno would risk having a huge judgment taken against him, ruining his life, by talking to Bradley without first asking permission?

Of course not. Kent State made promises and then reneged on them when Geno was hired away. Hate Glasser and Cross all you want for other things, but this was 100% a scumbag move by Kent State.
 
No, the facts are different. Glasser had become so delusional and panicked because the first dozen or more candidates she either
approached or interviewed turned her down cold - a couple in a terribly harsh way, Jeter even going public saying he was kind of insulted with the offer.
She and Cross became desperate and chose to run slipshod over protocol to get someone signed even if they violated standards.
BU did get permission to interview Geno but did NOT even ask for permission, as required, to hire him and sign him to a contract.
That is the violation that triggered the tortious interference suit which they won. Cost us big time - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...890#post449890

All of it is set out in fine detail in the court records and the facts were never challenged by Bradley. Glasser & Cross even entangled
the university moreso by writing in the contract that BU would even cover part of Geno's buyout if Kent State pursued it - and, of course, they did.
Even Kirk Wessler agrees - the costs to Bradley were enormous but avoidable - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...uit#post387045

edit - btw- if you do have legal expertise, surely you know how petty & incredulous it appears that you are saying "we were right, we didn't do what they found we did, and we actually won this lawsuit even tho the various judges at several levels found otherwise"
 
yoda said:
No, the facts are different. Glasser had become so delusional and panicked because the first dozen or more candidates she either
approached or interviewed turned her down cold - a couple in a terribly harsh way, Jeter even going public saying he was kind of insulted with the offer.
She and Cross became desperate and chose to run slipshod over protocol to get someone signed even if they violated standards.
BU did get permission to interview Geno but did NOT even ask for permission, as required, to hire him and sign him to a contract.
That is the violation that triggered the tortious interference suit which they won. Cost us big time - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...890#post449890

All of it is set out in fine detail in the court records and the facts were never challenged by Bradley. Glasser & Cross even entangled
the university moreso by writing in the contract that BU would even cover part of Geno's buyout if Kent State pursued it - and, of course, they did.
Even Kirk Wessler agrees - the costs to Bradley were enormous but avoidable - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...uit#post387045

edit - btw- if you do have legal expertise, surely you know how petty & incredulous it appears that you are saying "we were right, we didn't do what they found we did, and we actually won this lawsuit even tho the various judges at several levels found otherwise"
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Legal experience? I literally represented Geno after this all happened and Kent State tried to garnish his wages from Bradley.

You can't make someone a promise to say you are not going to enforce part of their contract and then turn around and enforce it anyway. You can't make a promise on a buyout and then turn around and refuse. Of course, if your lawyer never focuses on that and instead makes some academic argument that the amount of a liquidated damage clause is too high, you might lose.

You hate Glasser so much you're not going to believe me even if I told you the entire story, so I'll just leave it at that. The only facts you know are what has been reported to you, not what actually happened. Do you really think Bradley picked that $400,000 buyout figure out of thin air?
 
Chris said:
Legal experience? I literally represented Geno after this all happened and Kent State tried to garnish his wages from Bradley.
You can't make someone a promise to say you are not going to enforce part of their contract and then turn around and enforce it anyway....
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I hate to drag this out, but it seems the consensus of legal experts disagree with this. You're saying someone's verbal statement overrules a written, signed contract? What am I missing here?

The claim here is that Geno was told verbally by someone at Kent State that they would not enforce his written contract, but then Kent State went ahead and sued for breach of the written contract, anyway. And then the Ohio state courts repeatedly upheld the written contract and ruled in favor of Kent State and rejected Bradley's and Geno's appeals, but that was because they were all biased because they were all from Ohio? Is that right? Sorry, but it's really hard to buy that every judge in Ohio is that corrupt. If they were biased toward Ohio, why wouldn't they support Geno? He is an Ohio legend. :)

I am not a lawyer, but I have negotiated contracts with and for a major corporation. And from what I have been told by multiple legal experts is that although "verbal contracts" can sometimes be as legally binding as written contracts, they are often hard to prove in court, and when it comes to a conflict between a verbal statement (contract?) and a written, signed contract, it is the written contract that is held legally binding by courts.
Again, that is not just my opinion, but what I have been told repeatedly by contract attorneys and what is said by many legal sources I can find on the internet. Here are just a couple-

https://www.mlflitigation.com/media/...tten-contract/
Verbal Terms Cannot Contradict the Written Contract
What if there were, according to us, verbal terms or statements made at the time of signing that lead us to believe that a certain understanding was in effect. What if that understanding was contradictory to the written terms of the contract? Can we rely on a verbal understanding to escape liability? The answer is unfortunately no.


https://www.mkpalaw.com/blog/2019/03...egal-disputes/ -
Written agreements trump verbal ones in legal disputes.
In the words of one anonymous British humorist, “Oral agreements aren’t worth the paper they’re not written on.”
You think it’s a done deal, right? But unless any changes and modifications to the existing contract are put into writing and signed by both parties, any verbally agreed-upon changes or oral agreements between the two of you will not be enforceable in a court of law.
 
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