[sparkie]

From my experience, the problem with handing out tickets in primary schools (which is a fantastic idea by the way, no problems with that) is the amount of notice given to families that their children will be coming home with a ticket and a reduced entry offer for the next game. Very often the children are taking these tickets home on the friday and the game is the following day, meaning parents already have plans, or indeed have no time to plan actually getting their kids to the game.

As a parent I can honestly say if im taking my little person anywhere, it requires a small amount of planning. Very often I know at the beginning of the week what im doing next weekend, therefore if she brings home a ticket on the friday that I have no idea is coming home, it means having to juggle everything about. For me this isnt generally a problem, however for many parents, in particular those with more than one child, taking the little ones out is more of an expedition and reorganising everyone so that little johnny can go to the footy just isnt viable.

Surely the club and the schools know well in advance when they will be in school and therefore which game the tickets will be for. Meaning, the club could drop off a stack of letters explaining this to the parents with the school a couple of weeks in advance, making it easier for the parents to sort things out.