for thinking about selling his student ticket to the duke/unc game for $3,000

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"K-ville evicts traitor Bidding out ticket a no-no in tent city Duke senior Jesse Goepel relaxes Thursday with fellow Cameron Crazies in Krzyzewskiville. They were all hoping to score tickets to the Duke-UNC game. Staff Photo by Robert Willett Story Tools Printer Friendly Email to a Friend Enlarge Font Decrease Font More Sports No doubt, Noel is special Prepare for stormy night in Cameron If you miss this game, don't blame ESPN K-ville evicts traitor NCSU opens with victory St. Aug's is headed home early Anne Blythe, Staff Writer A Duke University economics major was testing the law of supply and demand when he thought about accepting $3,000 for a courtside ticket to Saturday night's Duke-Carolina men's basketball game. But instead, Tristan Patterson, a freshman from Raleigh, got a lesson in the value of tradition. Fellow students evicted him from Krzyzewskiville, the tent village that sprouts every year outside Cameron Indoor Stadium as students wait for tickets to The Game. Patterson had lived in Tent 16 with 11 other students since Jan. 9, staking claim to a close-up view of one of college sports' biggest rivalries. Then, a week ago, another village dweller noticed an ad on Craigslist, an online flea market. The person who posted the ad was looking for someone who could pass as a student and would pay big bucks to see the game from the Duke student section. The buyer also would get a wristband and ID, extras that presumably would make the package legal under the state's law against scalping tickets. Patterson says he was trying to find out whether a seat in the student section would sell for more than a seat in the upper arena. But he got stung. Jeff Kovacs, a former Cameron usher, posed as "Tim" and responded to the Craigslist offer. The two settled on a price. "At that point, I never committed myself to selling the ticket," Patterson said. "I'm not sure what I would have done. Three thousand dollars is a lot of money for a college student." But the sin had been committed. A Krzyzewskiville line monitor -- a student who enforces the rules of the tent village -- was alerted. She sent a message to Tent 16, and Patterson was exiled. "The ability to go to these games, some of the best games ever in sports, for free, is just such a great privilege we get from the university," Lauren Troyan, the line monitor, said Thursday. "To sell it off [would be] really disgraceful." After the incident, on the warm days this week, students were studying, listening to music and dozing at the tent village. Some were trying to cook up something sassy for Tyler Hansbrough, the Tar Heels' freshman center, who apparently has a fear of snakes. The unfathomable Few could fathom a fellow tent dweller giving up a ticket -- even for thousands of dollars. "I can't imagine putting all that time in and not going to the game," said Ashleigh Martin, a freshman from Vienna, Va. Turns out students are not the only ones watching the online markets for basketball tickets. Duke University and Durham police turned to eBay for clues to a break-in Feb. 1 on Sheridan Drive. Thieves made off with tickets to the Duke-Carolina, Duke-Miami and Duke-Wake Forest basketball games, among other things, police said. Investigators spotted the tickets on eBay, according to Durham police, with the Duke-Carolina game fetching $3,100. As a result, detectives executed a search warrant last week and confiscated five computers and a shotgun from a Garrett Road apartment. Karim Jarrett, Kevin Ottey, Ibrahim Waheed and Abdul Waheed, all of 4216 Garrett Road, Apartment C-8, were charged with possession of stolen property. Antonio Castro of 4230 Garrett Road, Apartment L-35, was charged with breaking and entering, larceny and larceny of a firearm. "

http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/413692.html

what a dumbass. would any of you guys give your nc state/unc tickets for $3,000?

3/3/2006 7:35:47 AM

yep. for that much $$ i can watch it on tv.

3/3/2006 7:44:05 AM

yea, i'll take the 3 grand.

3/3/2006 7:46:13 AM

for 3000? you bet your ass

3/3/2006 7:48:23 AM

^

3/3/2006 7:49:34 AM

if i'd been camping out since january, i'd think twice, thats a lot of effort. but after one night of camping out for unc tickets, you better believe I'd take the 3k.

3/3/2006 7:50:26 AM

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"for 3000? you bet your ass"

3/3/2006 7:51:33 AM

selling a ticket to the Duke-UNC game: $3000
year of tuition to Duke University: about $35000

3/3/2006 7:53:26 AM

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"for 3000? you bet your ass"

I'd buy a really nice HDTV for that price!

3/3/2006 8:27:44 AM

if i had been camping out since january, i'd still take the $3000

3/3/2006 9:30:04 AM

$3,000? Are you serious?


I'd sell it for $100 no questions asked.


Ive yet to even submit my name in the lottery for a single b-ball game for gods sake.

3/3/2006 9:32:04 AM

Definitely...because I cant imagine how shitty Id feel if I had that opportunity and passed on it only to see us get waxed 95-71.

3/3/2006 9:43:41 AM

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"detectives executed a search warrant last week and confiscated five computers and a shotgun"

haha, why the hell did they take his shotgun?

3/3/2006 9:47:19 AM

i'd prolly sell mine for 200

3/3/2006 9:56:27 AM

if i went to Duke, i would not sell for $3k

3/3/2006 10:14:21 AM

i wouldnt sell if i went to Duke either

and no one's gonna offer that amount of money to see an NCSU UNC game

3/3/2006 10:20:26 AM

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"if i went to Duke, i would not sell for $3k"

agreed, especially against UNC... and courtside

3/3/2006 10:44:12 AM

3000 dollars will prob pay for that meal ticket over there

3/3/2006 11:17:24 AM

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"for 3000? you bet your ass"

3/3/2006 12:38:38 PM

I hate stories like this. This is America and capitalism is king. You can't just regulate capitalism because "you don't think it's right".

The kid should've been able to sell it...and for $3,000 I would've sold it in a heartbeat

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""if i went to Duke, i would not sell for $3k" agreed, especially against UNC... and courtside"

Then you guys are either rich, or stupid. Or both.

[Edited on March 3, 2006 at 12:47 PM. Reason : .]

3/3/2006 12:46:38 PM

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"Then you guys are either rich, or stupid. Or both"

well if they were duke students. . . .

3/3/2006 12:50:06 PM

i was at the dean dome last year for unc's comeback over dook and i wouldn't trade that experience for anything in the world...........except a lot of money. you take the fucking money and don't think twice

3/3/2006 1:01:15 PM

But see the money would come and go, but the memory of the game would last forever. Wait what...

Honestly I cannot think of a sporting event that I had tickets too that I would not sell for $3000. Maybe if it was a game in which State was going to win the championship in football or basketball, then I would not sell, but no other 2-4 hour game is worth 3 grand, not even the Super Bowl.




[Edited on March 3, 2006 at 1:02 PM. Reason : spl]

3/3/2006 1:02:02 PM

haha, this reminds of me the kid who offered me $100 to the UNC/NCSU game...student ticket

i was like, fuck i'll watch it on tv for $100, and my gf is in my ear telling me that we are not missing this game..

in hindsight...damn i wish i had gotten rid of that ticket (even though I did cheer and jump up and down until the final buzzer)

3/3/2006 1:48:45 PM

Yeah, I'd probably sell any ticket I had for any sporting event, except if it was one to watch NCSU football play in the national championship game.

of course, while i'm in dreamland I think I'll marry Jessica Alba and cruise around in my Ferrari.

3/3/2006 1:49:32 PM

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"i was at the dean dome last year for unc's comeback over dook and i wouldn't trade that experience for anything in the world...........except a lot of money. you take the fucking money and don't think twice"

Haha good post. After the first sentence i really thought you were a douchebag but then you go on and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF [/Harry]

3/3/2006 1:59:16 PM

publicity bs
trying to hype the game

3/3/2006 2:13:04 PM

Yeah I think it needs more publicity

cause I don't think it's getting hyped nearly enough

3/3/2006 2:18:29 PM

Its on like 5 espn channels, and if they had the 'ocho' out already, fucking Lumberg would be announcing the game too.

3/3/2006 2:37:27 PM

shit I'd do it

3/3/2006 3:06:26 PM

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"$3,000? Are you serious? I'd sell it for $100 no questions asked."

3/3/2006 3:10:33 PM

Speaking of which, what's the point of having this game on like 5 channels? Maximize advertiser money?

3/3/2006 3:14:49 PM

that's exactly the reason

3/3/2006 3:16:07 PM

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"i was at the dean dome last year for unc's comeback over dook and i wouldn't trade that experience for anything in the world...........except a lot of money. you take the fucking money and don't think twice"

God that was a bullshit game.

3/3/2006 3:26:48 PM

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""Then you guys are either rich, or stupid. Or both" well if they were duke students. . . ."

i'm glad someone picked up on it

3/3/2006 3:40:27 PM

Stein,
There is one place that K consistently doesn't get calls, too bad its Chapel Hill. But then again, if you're him, and there's one gym out of 500 that he's probobly coached in, those aren't bad odds.

I can't believe that usher went looking for trouble. However, 3 grand for one ticket, come on, that kid should have seen the sting coming. Just like if you see courtside seats or sky box seats for like 1/4 of face value, they're likely stolen. If something from a buyer/seller standpoint seems to good to be true.....( I did see two behind the basket seats going for 16 hundo though)

3/3/2006 3:43:07 PM

hmmm $3000 for a ticket to watch unc whoop the shit out of my team by 24?


tough choice

3/3/2006 4:05:07 PM

That $3,000 could buy a really good seat at the ACC tourney.

3/3/2006 4:29:04 PM

or a ticket to the super bowl

3/3/2006 4:29:39 PM

3g would pay my rent fo the next 5-6 months. wouldnt think twice

3/3/2006 4:58:11 PM

id sell that shit for 300

3/3/2006 8:35:26 PM

fyi i'll give you my first born for 3k, you bet your ass i'll sell a student ticket for that much

3/3/2006 8:39:25 PM

but how would you guys feel if everyone sold their tickets and students stopped getting free tickets?

3/3/2006 11:38:22 PM

tristan patterson. Looks like a typical dook douche.

3/4/2006 11:11:37 AM

Even the guy on College Gameday just now stated that he figured the Duke Business School would recognize the "enterprising" and taking advantage of America's free economy.

He's right.

3/4/2006 11:57:57 AM

For a game that big, i wouldnt sell for under 250.

You guys can scramble over the quick cash, but its not something i would want to miss (being a senior porbably weighs heavy in my mindset)

3/4/2006 2:11:00 PM

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"Stein, There is one place that K consistently doesn't get calls, too bad its Chapel Hill. But then again, if you're him, and there's one gym out of 500 that he's probobly coached in, those aren't bad odds. "

It has nothing to do with the place, it has to do with the team. Last year Carolina was practically handed both of their games against Duke, except they weren't as good the first time and blew every chance the refs gave them.

3/4/2006 2:19:51 PM

For $3000 bucks I would of sold that fucker so quick....please no question at all!! What do I care about ticket ethics...3000 bucks....wtf, if someone's willing to pay than hell yeah Id sell that student ticket!!

3/4/2006 5:13:47 PM