Football administration exam.
Q1. You are a Lincoln City supporter. The CEO asks you to decide how to distribute 5521 FA Cup tickets for a high profile fixture. You are tasked with divising the fairest method, whilst also taking into account the CEO job description which includes maximising revenue and increase the fan base.
Additional information -
You know there are at least 27,000 people are interested in attending high profile games.
You have around 6,500 season ticket holders, some of which have specifically purchased a ST to secure only high profile games.
You have a scheme for non season ticket holders, which gives second priority on tickets, for those who did n’t want or could not afford to pay for a season ticket up front. It is estimated 2,000 of these £10 Myimps tickets were sold at the time the match was announced.
If the other 18,500 interested people paid £10 each, you would earn an extra 185,000 for the club.
The manager has expressed an interest in a player, which in his opinion would secure promotion at the end of the season, but extra funds would be needed to secure this player in January.
Produce a simple plan, which will suit all the people wanting a ticket and also satisfies the CEO’s job remit and creates extra funds for the manager.