MU changes student football ticket claim system after frustrations during KU game pickup
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The University of Missouri Athletic Department is changing how students can claim their tickets for football games after widespread issues occurred while trying to get tickets to this past week’s game against Kansas.
A university spokesman shared an email showing the school is switching to a lottery system.
“The long ticket queue? Gone. The queue’s occasional technology hiccups? Gone. The Monday morning claim time? Gone,” an email sent to students says.
The school says students will receive a link each Monday before Game Day to enter their names into the lottery. They have until 11:59 p.m. Monday to enter and will be notified by Wednesday morning. The chances of getting a ticket is dependent on the class a student is considered, along with what game is upcoming, the email shows.
The email says this is how tickets will be allocated:
- Louisiana (Saturday, Sept. 13)
- 30% to freshmen, 30% to sophomores, 20% to juniors, 20% to seniors and up
- South Carolina (Saturday, Sept. 20)
- 30% to freshmen, 30% to sophomores, 20% to juniors, 20% to seniors and up
- UMass (Saturday, Sept. 27)
- 30% to seniors and up, 30% to juniors, 20% to sophomores, 20% to freshmen
- Alabama (Saturday, Oct. 11)
- 30% to seniors and up, 30% to juniors, 20% to sophomores, 20% to freshmen
- Texas A&M (Saturday, Nov. 8)
- 30% to freshmen, 30% to sophomores, 20% to juniors, 20% to seniors and up
- Mississippi State (Saturday, Nov. 15)
- 30% to seniors and up, 30% to juniors, 20% to sophomores, 20% to freshmen
If there are not enough students from a particular class entering the weekly lottery, the rest of the tickets will be distributed equally among the rest of the classes, the email indicates.
