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This block is my favorite:
December
10 @ Lakers
11 @ Clippers
13 vs. Minnesota
14 @ New Orleans (in NO)
I agree with Grande David and the others regarding this pivotal 8-game Rodeo Road Trip, but the 9 games following the RRT, make this a very challenging, if not tiring stretch with all the back-to-backs. All of the 2nd games of the b2bs during this stretch are on the road.
1/28 @ Lakers
1/31 @ Utah
2/1 @ Phoenix (2nd of b2b)
2/7 @ Washington
2/9 @ Orlando
2/11 @ Miami
2/13 @ New Jersey
2/14 @ Detroit (2nd of b2b)
2/18 All Star Game Las Vegas
2/20 vs. Denver
2/21 @ Atlanta (2nd of b2b)
2/24 vs. Seattle
2/26 vs. Toronto
3/2 vs. Orlando
3/3 @ Houston (2nd of b2b)
5 @ Clippers
6 @ Portland (2nd of b2b)
8 @ Sacramento
This block is my favorite:
December
10 @ Lakers
11 @ Clippers
13 vs. Minnesota
14 @ New Orleans (in NO)
I am a fan from Orlando...last year i got to see them in December..how am I going to wait until Feb? Still better then having to wait untill March or April! Thanks for the Schedule!
No ing kidding...got damn, that's a tough Rodeo Roadtrip.
How predictable that the Spurs fail to make the maximum amount of appearances on all three of the major networks this season.
Jan 21st, @ Philadelphia!!
Oh, and I kind of like the new 7:00pm tip-off...means I can get to bed earlier
5 B2Bs.
1 4G in 5 days
7 home, 9 road.
MIA, 2 x DAL, CLE, PHX, CHI, SAC = 7 playoff teams in 16G in November.
Pop will be ing around with Centers (neither of whom will have a clue to Spurs system, one of which is a loser in any case), weird-ass subs utions, giving PT to JV and MB to see if they pan out.
I don't think it's unrealistic to see the slow-starting Spurs/Tim, going 9-7 or 8-8 in a tough November.
Great--the Mavs in Dallas on Income Tax Day--I'll be in a perfect mood
Tax day would actually be on Monday, April 16th but I get the point.
The game time is awful-- awful-- and benefits ONLY those people who go straight from work to the games. Anyone who has to go home- who has to pick their kids up from child care- who lives farther out- will NEVER make it to the game by 7PM. The claim that it will encourage people to take their kids is bogus- because those parents who care that their kids get into bed on time will still not benefit from a game that gets over at 9:30 PM instead of 10 PM. It is still too late for school kids to get to bed. It is meant to benefit corporate people.
And for you who want to whine about the schedule- how about playing 19 road games (46% of the total) in November and December.
It's an NBA wide thing - a lot of teams made their games earlier. From what I understand, it was from feedback they got from season ticket holders who said that they would buy more ticket packages to include their kids if the games didn't go so late.
Well the people I know are NOT part of that group. They are pissed. They are the people with thousands of dollars worth of tickets who will never make it to a game on time and believe they should have been told this BEFORE they renewed and laid down a lot of money. Try getting off work at 6- driving home to Boerne- getting your kids settled in with the sitter- and back to the AT&T Center by 7.
Then they should call and get their money back.
And what if they were told NOOOOOOO.
Then they could probably go to small claims court. If you can prove that the games were at 7:30pm since they've been season ticket holders, which wouldn't be too difficult, and then prove that the time change, which you were unaware of when they renewed, will majorly affect their ability to attend, I'd say that's enough for a judge to rule in your favor. I doubt it would even get that far - you would probably get your money back before the claim even got filed.
I would think that the # of season ticketholders who can't leave 30 minutes earlier from work on the 35 or so 7pm games (I'm assuming 6 Sunday day games) is minimal. I could be wrong, but I would think that if you can afford season tickets you probably have the type of job where you're not punching a clock and can leave a little earlier on game days.
You don't have to be rich to buy season tickets, although that's easy to assume I guess. A lot of people go in on season tickets and split the games up. Also, season tickets in the upper balcony won't completely break the bank.
Considering that the research and feedback shows that it was people with families that asked for the change, it seems like there are quite a few in the same category that don't like it at all.
You don't have to be rich to have a job that's very flexible in hours either. I really don't know anyone that this would cause a problem for and I certainly don't know any rich people. But like I said earlier, I could be wrong. I'm just trying to look at this from the league (Spurs) side and they would never come out and actually say they're not to worried about the season ticket holders that this would effect negatively. Of course, they're going to spin in the positive that the change was a response to the child factor. I have no doubt that plenty of research has been done and this will make them more money. You just can't make everyone happy and the some of the people not happy now have changed.
Once again- missing the point. If you are going to change the game time, tell the people BEFORE they hand over their thousands of dollars. If you want to cater to a certain group, then so be it, but the "other" groups have the right to know of the change and not to waste their money. Everyone I have spoken to requested that the game times stay the same.
The Spurs already created the 10 game weekend packs for this purpose. The weeknight games are going to be a problem. Ever go to a 7:00 game because it's on ESPN or the early game on TNT-- Dead the whole first quarter.
As for kids, they belong in bed long before 10:00 which is what time you will get home from a 7:00 game at the earliest. Don't see how it helps.
I'll tell that to everyone I know with season tickets about how they can leave work early whenever they want! They'll be glad to hear that.
Last edited by furry_spurry; 08-02-2006 at 08:08 PM.
You're assuming that most teams knew they were going to change the game times way back in the Spring, when they start sending letters to season ticket holders to renew. While the schedule has been done for a few months, they only just recently decided the times.
Like I said, if someone is THAT pissed off and won't be able to attend a lot of the games, I'm sure they can find a way to get their money back. OR, they could put most of their tickets on ticket exchange for an unlimited price and make more than their money back.
As for changing times- Dallas and Houston did not. Their games still start at 7:30 PM.
As for the ticket exchange, another misleading piece of info. A LOT of people could not sell tickets they wanted to last season and that was just at face value. I know people who couldn't even sell some PLAY-OFF games at face value on there.
I can sell most of my Mav tickets on EBay at above face value w/o a problem. I sell a few games (that I can't make) a year and have never sold for below face. I could make a killing if I sold my playoff tickets as they always go for well above face. I guess it's different for Spur games.
I'm sure there are some games that you wouldn't be able to sell, but some of the marquis games you could sell at triple or quadruple their value and it would even out.
That being said, it sounds like you are going to be pissed off at this situation regardless and know a LOT of people who feel the same and there isn't anything positive I can say or any suggestion I can offer you that will make you happy.
You'd be pissed, too, if you spent thousands of dollars on tickets to games of which you can only get to a few on time. When the season tickets run close to $5000 apiece, and you have 4 of them, you tend to want your money's worth.
toronto fan with spurs season tix?
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