NCAA Ticket Sales: Big Ten vs. GLIAC

When tickets need to be sold the success of the athletic program makes a big different in sells and price. The amount you sell is based off the teams that are facing off, and the price at which tickets could be sold is based off not only the team’s status, but also the location, atmosphere, and what the teams are selling. It’s more than a game it’s a full experiences. At games teams sell, entertainment and dream. College teams give their fans the idea of being a part of the game, no matter how old or young the fan may be. For example, The Big Ten Conference is home to some of the top athletic teams in Division I sports. Vs. The GLICA Conference which is home to Division II sports teams. Both conferences offer sports of all nature, but they are so different in all that they do.

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa in the west to Pennsylvania in the east. The conference competes in the NCAA's Division I, its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport. Member schools of the Big Ten also are members of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a leading educational consortium. Despite the conference's name, since Penn State joined in 1990, there have been 11 schools in the Big Ten. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will join the conference as its 12th member effective July 1, 2011.

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (or GLIAC) is a competitive intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division II. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Member institutions are located in the Midwestern United States in the States of Michigan and Ohio, with affiliate members in Indiana and Illinois. Charter members include Grand Valley State, Lake Superior State, Northwood, and Saginaw Valley State. Former members include Oakland University (1972–1997) and Westminster (1997–2000).

Sponsorship of football was dropped by the GLIAC after the 1989 season. Conference schools sponsoring football joined with football-playing members of the Heartland Football Conference to form the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC), which began play in 1990. The MIFC merged with the GLIAC in July 1999 and the GLIAC resumed sponsorship of football that fall. Tiffin University joined the GLIAC on July 1, 2008.Gannon University and Mercyhurst College left the GLIAC for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference on July 1, 2008.

Given the history of the two conferences I would have to say to sell 1000 tickets at $20 each would go to a big conference like Big Ten, and 10,000 tickets at $2.00 each would go to a smaller conference like GLICA.