Pumpy Tudors
01-29-2008, 03:34 PM
From http://www.wheelingnailers.com/Pages/articles/20080128.asp:
Nailers to Host "Shred Rodriguez" Night
WHEELING, WV – The Wheeling Nailers, the “AA” affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers, have announced today that this Saturday will officially be “Shred Rich Rodriguez Night” at WesBanco Arena when the Nailers host the Charlotte Checkers at 7:35pm.
Rodriguez, who took the time to shred every file in his WVU office before departing to become the head coach at the University of Michigan, will have the favor returned at the Nailers game on February 2.
The Nailers are offering discounted tickets to any fan that brings in a newspaper article or picture of the former West Virginia University football coach to contribute to the industrial sized paper shredder that will be stationed in the concourse.
Additionally any fan who wears WVU apparel to the game will receive $2 off their ticket price. Ohio State fans will also receive the discount by wearing their gear to the game to demonstrate their mutual distaste for Michigan.
Any fan caught wearing University of Michigan apparel will be charged double in order to help Rodriguez pay his $4 million buyout to WVU.
If your first name is Rich or your last name is Rodriguez your ticket will be $8.25. If your name happens to be Rich Rodriguez you will get in free. Except, of course, if you actually are Coach Rich Rodriguez then you will be barred from the building and escorted outside state lines.
Visit www.wheelingnailers.com (http://www.wheelingnailers.com/) or call 304-234-GOAL for ticketing information. The Nailers are also home against the Cincinnati Cyclones on Friday at 7:35pm.
OK, I think this is pretty funny, although it's pretty standard fare for minor league sports promotions. I guess my question comes from the bolded part near the end. Can they actually charge people double for wearing Michigan apparel? I'm sure that if somebody claimed not to know about this event, they wouldn't be turned away from the door, but can the team even ask people to pay extra? I'm just imagining how I'd feel if I walked up to an arena and was asked to pay double the normal amount when I wasn't expecting it.
I'm positive that they wouldn't really go through with collecting extra money from people, but I'm just wondering if there are any rules against asking for extra cash at the door like that.
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Nailers to Host "Shred Rodriguez" Night
WHEELING, WV – The Wheeling Nailers, the “AA” affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers, have announced today that this Saturday will officially be “Shred Rich Rodriguez Night” at WesBanco Arena when the Nailers host the Charlotte Checkers at 7:35pm.
Rodriguez, who took the time to shred every file in his WVU office before departing to become the head coach at the University of Michigan, will have the favor returned at the Nailers game on February 2.
The Nailers are offering discounted tickets to any fan that brings in a newspaper article or picture of the former West Virginia University football coach to contribute to the industrial sized paper shredder that will be stationed in the concourse.
Additionally any fan who wears WVU apparel to the game will receive $2 off their ticket price. Ohio State fans will also receive the discount by wearing their gear to the game to demonstrate their mutual distaste for Michigan.
Any fan caught wearing University of Michigan apparel will be charged double in order to help Rodriguez pay his $4 million buyout to WVU.
If your first name is Rich or your last name is Rodriguez your ticket will be $8.25. If your name happens to be Rich Rodriguez you will get in free. Except, of course, if you actually are Coach Rich Rodriguez then you will be barred from the building and escorted outside state lines.
Visit www.wheelingnailers.com (http://www.wheelingnailers.com/) or call 304-234-GOAL for ticketing information. The Nailers are also home against the Cincinnati Cyclones on Friday at 7:35pm.
OK, I think this is pretty funny, although it's pretty standard fare for minor league sports promotions. I guess my question comes from the bolded part near the end. Can they actually charge people double for wearing Michigan apparel? I'm sure that if somebody claimed not to know about this event, they wouldn't be turned away from the door, but can the team even ask people to pay extra? I'm just imagining how I'd feel if I walked up to an arena and was asked to pay double the normal amount when I wasn't expecting it.
I'm positive that they wouldn't really go through with collecting extra money from people, but I'm just wondering if there are any rules against asking for extra cash at the door like that.
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