Notes On A Scorecard
3/21/2012 12:00:00 AM | General
March 21, 2012
WEEK ONE OF SEAT SELECTION
The first week of seat selections for the 2012 football season is in the books! As of last Friday, we accommodated nearly 12 percent of our 6,000 season-ticket holder accounts, allowing us to sell approximately 4,300 seats thus far or roughly six per account. Reseating an entire stadium is a two-month process and we're off to a great start. Many of you have already conveyed your excitement in selecting your seats for next season. We continue to receive and appreciate your feedback. Thank you to all of last year's season-ticket holders for studying the information in advance of your selection time and making the reseating process run smoothly for everyone. A special tip of the cap to our Ticket Office and Frog Club staffs for the outstanding job they're doing in helping walk many of you through the reseating process.
THE NEW AMON G. CARTER STADIUM
During this process, please remember that we are reseating a new Amon G. Carter Stadium with a vastly different structural makeup than its predecessor. For example, the old stadium had 104 rows from the field level to the top of the upper deck on the west side. The new stadium, on the other hand, has 67 rows from the field level to the top of the 400 level on the west side - including two levels of suites and a club level. As a result, we decided to offer improved seating options throughout the stadium, including 38 rows of chair backs and bench backs on the east side between the 10-yard lines. In order to truly provide a decided home-field advantage for the Horned Frogs, the entire stadium needs to be packed with purple.
FROM THE HARD HATS
Finish out work continues on the west side of Amon G. Carter Stadium, highlighted by the four elevators and two escalators which will take patrons to the club level and upper deck. Sheet rock is being installed on each level in addition to all the modern amenities that we know you'll appreciate on game days this fall. East side work is progressing as well. The goal is to have all of the grandstands in place by the end of April.
COODY CLASSIC NEARING
Player space is going fast for the 15th-annual Charles Coody Classic, presented by the TCU Lettermen's Association. The Friday, March 30, tournament at Texas Star in Euless kicks off the area golf season and is the week before the Masters. Register now at www.tcufrogclub.com and spend the day with 1971 Masters Champion and TCU alum Charles Coody.
ON THE AIRWAVES
The next Jim Schlossnagle Radio Show is Monday, March 26, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Buffalo Bros, across the street from campus on University Drive. Drop by for 50-cent wings and half-price appetizers during the show. You can also listen on KTCU 88.7 FM.
LET'S TALK
Please mark your calendar for next Wednesday, March 28, at 3:30 p.m. for our next online chat on GoFrogs.com. These are always fun to do, and I hope you find it both informative and enjoyable.
ON THE DOCKET
With this week being Spring Break on campus, most of our athletics teams are either on the road or enjoying some time off. Our lone home contest will be men's tennis hosting Oklahoma on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. Women's tennis is at Florida State today before traveling to Albuquerque for a pair of Mountain West matches versus Air Force and Boise State. Speaking of Albuquerque, our 19th-ranked baseball team, which has won nine straight and is also in the midst of nine straight road games, will be there this weekend for a three-game series versus New Mexico. Our next home game at Lupton Stadium is Friday, March 30, versus UNLV. After hosting the TCU Invitational this past weekend, our track and field program will compete Saturday in Arlington at the Bobby Lane Invite. Men's golf will travel to the Barona Collegiate Cup in Lakeside, Calif., while several members of our equestrian team will be in action Sunday at the Pin Oak Invitational in Houston.
COMPLIANCE CORNER
Here are the recruiting periods defined:
A contact period is a period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations.
An evaluation period is a period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to be involved in off-campus activities designed to assess the academic qualifications and playing ability of prospective student-athletes. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall be made with the prospective student-athlete during an evaluation period.
A quiet period is a period of time when it is permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts only on the institution's campus. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may be made during the quiet period.
A dead period is a period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the institution's campus or to permit official or unofficial visits by prospective student-athletes to the institution's campus. The provision of complimentary admissions to a prospective student-athlete during a dead period is prohibited, except as provided in Bylaw 13.7.2.5 for a prospective student-athlete who visits an institution as part of a group. During a dead period, a coaching staff member may not serve as a speaker at or attend a meeting or banquet at which prospective student-athletes are in attendance, except as provided in Bylaw 13.1.8.1, and may not visit a prospective student-athlete's educational institution. It remains permissible, however, for an institutional staff member to write or telephone a prospective student-athlete during a dead period.
Remember to always ask before you act. If you ever have any questions, please contact our NCAA Compliance office at (817) 257-7525.
KEEP IN TOUCH
Please let us know if you ever have any questions or concerns regarding our program. This is also your program and we value your feedback. We welcome all calls and emails.
Go Frogs!
Christopher M. Del Conte
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
