How much is your team worth?

You own the t-shirt. The beer-stained ball cap. The little car window sticker and license plate frame. The flag in your front yard waves your pledge of allegiance for the world to see and the diploma hanging on your wall provides the reason why. You watch every game, know every player, even have an uncanny ability to call set plays on an inbound's pass before the ref hands over the ball. Your devotion has lead you to travel around the country watching road games; from the whiskey-making regions of Tennessee to the whiskey-drinking gutters of N'awlins.

So how much is that loyalty worth? How deep does the love run? The BDS has recently been presented with a unique opportunity to test that faith, that love of game. So the question begs to be asked: how much would you be willing to spend on a private suite for next year's Big XII basketball tournament in Dallas?

If your answer is "$1,000 a ticket", keep reading.



Push aside the sticker shock and stop shaking your head with that "what the hell??" smile on your face until you hear us out. The 2006 Phillips 66 Big XII Men's Basketball Tournament returns to the American Airlines Center March 9-12, 200. Suite rental packages are now available and include everything you would expect a package like this to include:
• Individual tickets to all eleven tournament games
• All the food you can eat (and we know how much THAT is...)
• All the beverages, beer and wine you can drink (see above)
• Parking passes that make stumbling out the car afterwards easier


Here's the skinny: a 22-person package costs $22,0000. That 22 tickets, food/beverage for 22 people and six parking passes (we'd have to figure that one out). That comes down to a cool grand for four days of killer basketball action. Think that's way too much? Last year we paid a few hundred bucks for a few games, and that didn't include all the beer/food we threw back or the $20 parking fee we paid to walk a mile to our seats. This way, we're not only guaranteed great seats and a Tap That Never Runs Dry, but we're also assurred access to instant replays when Missouri cheats, lies and steals its way through a game.

No, all fans don't have to bleed Crimson & Blue. KSU, OSU, OU and Tech fans would be welcomed as well. Hell, we wouldn't even mind the occasional UT fan, but we'll draw the line at Mizzou fans. At this stage, we're just gauging interest; wondering who is willing to say "sure, why the hell not. You only live once, right?" A few guys down here have already agreed to chip in if there's enough interest, so it really comes down to finding out just how much you'll pay for your loyalty.