The CRISC Thread

This is my personal opinion not that of Class of 88.

Class of 88 was setup to obtain tickets for members when the FAI indicated they’d rather deal with groups than individuals.  The club does not issue statements or take positions on anything.  There are a variety of different opinions within the club.  There are many many different views on a whole variety of issues.  There are no functions organsied like some other clubs eg London.  There is no transport organised to games.  The club has one function which is to get tickets for members.  If a universal scheme is implemented then the club will cease to exist.

Tickets are allocated broadly in line with the FAI’s system of games attended.  The rules were published to members and agreed at the AGM.  There is no advantage to being on the committee or doing volunteer work. 

I’m pretty certain no member has been disadvantaged by being a member.  The story re somebody who missed one game and being a denied a ticket is simply false.  I have seen members who were allocated a ticket ask on here and on social media for a ticket implying they don’t have a ticket.  I’m also aware of a story that I was denied a ticket for a high profile game.  I think it was Denmark but can’t recall for sure but a prominent member of another club even asked me about it.  It wasn’t true.  I’ve no idea where the story came from as I wasn’t even asking for a ticket anywhere for anyone else. 

Other clubs have different ways of allocating tickets.  Indeed I’m aware of SCs for British clubs here that also use widely different schemes. 

I’m not aware of any Cof88 tickets going wrong.  Happy to investigate if anybody wants to provide info via PM.  However I suspect some if not all of these stories are false and frankly made up by people deliberately trying to stir things up.   I know tickets were extremely tight for some games and there was a concern that members could have been actually disadvantaged by being a member.  So there would be little opportunity for tickets to go wrong.     

I cannot comment on the CRISC story but frankly there is a lot of rubbish on here.  There is a lot more to this than meets the eye.  I suspect some of those commenting know that. 

Tickets are normally distributed in country on the day before or matchday thus greatly reducing the risk of harvesting or tickets being passed on. 

I know many members of SCs and independent fans.  I really don’t think it should be one v the other.

It may be an unpopular opinion but by and large the FAI Ticket Office do a great job in allocating tickets.  Football fans are far better served than their rugby or GAA equivalents.    

Personally I’d have no problem with a universal scheme like Scotland or England.  However personally  I don’t want to pay for it.  I suspect however that is what will happen.  Demand and membership has dropped considerably in these schemes.  England failed to sell their allocation for the last World Cup or the forthcoming Nations League.   Such a scheme will most likely cost 50-75 euro per annum.  I imagine some of those screaming the loudest wouldn’t even join in that scenario.