Thursday, June 18, 2009
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Wednesday’s College World Series game between Arkansas and Virginia was not completed in time for today’s edition. The score was tied 3-3 after 11 innings.
NCAA in on re-sales
For years, many fans have been willing to pay more than face value for College World Series tickets. Now the NCAA is getting in on the action.
The NCAA and Ticketmaster have created a system called TicketExchange, which competes with online resale sites such as StubHub, Craigslist, eBay and others.
CWS ticket chairman Herb Hames said the system is a convenience for people who want to sell extra tickets at higher than face value. There is a link to TicketExchange through www.cwsomaha.com.
College athletics’ governing body hopes to generate revenue from its involvement with TicketExchange.
“There’s a secondary market out there, and I have no qualms about that revenue going toward college athletics,” said Dennis Poppe, NCAA vice president of football and baseball.
Sellers set a desired price, and if the tickets are sold, a check goes to the seller — minus 10 percent. That 10 percent is shared by the NCAA and Ticketmaster. There are other administrative charges.
The TicketExchange computer system cancels out the original ticket and creates a new one that contains a bar code that the buyer prints.
Some 2,200 tickets from more than 120 sellers had changed hands as of mid-week, Hames said.
Not his fault
Texas second baseman Travis Tucker talks to his glove. At least that’s what he said he did in Tuesday’s 10-6 win over Arizona State.
Tucker committed an error in the third inning when he allowed Johnny Ruettiger’s routine grounder go through his legs. Tucker, who had made just five errors heading into the CWS, offered an alibi.
“You know,” Tucker said, “I actually looked at my glove and was talking to it, like, ‘What are you doing?’ It wasn’t my fault. It was totally my glove’s fault. I talked to it, settled it down a little bit.”