I'll say it right now: Ticketmaster blows.
UF students eagerly waited Monday evening for the chance to buy tickets to the Southeastern Conference Championship.
Die-hard Gator fans were sitting at their computers, ready for the exact moment when the tickets went on sale, and they should have had no trouble securing their spot in line.
But they did.
I watched several people log on to the Ticketmaster Web site promptly at 6 p.m., and only two were able to buy tickets.
The rest attempted then re-attempted in vain, only to be told "no tickets for you," while the person to their left was busy typing in credit card details, tickets virtually in hand.
Everyone was full of questions. Is Ticketmaster releasing the tickets in blocks? Were the few lucky winners selected at random? Was Alabama given a larger allotment? And why does Ticketmaster think that we all live in the Virgin Islands?
For whatever reason, most of us failed.
After enduring UF's previous experiment with a custom ticketing system, we expected the problem would be fixed. It wasn't, and once again we grudgingly accepted our loss.
Students don't care who sells our tickets. We won't balk at the $45 cost, and we won't complain about the two-ticket limit. We'll even try to understand why we aren't allowed to resell them on StubHub.
We only want a system that is fair, accurate and capable and will distribute tickets in a way that makes sense to us.
We want to see our Gators!
