Invading the Peterson Event Center injured...figured I'd try to fit in with our team.

by CardicusPrime on Jan 17, 2012 7:29 PM EST

So I got tickets to the UofL @ Pitt game for Christmas. I live near Pittsburgh and ever since I saw this game on the schedule, I knew I had to go. Unfortunately, I shattered my leg in a 4 wheeler accident a few weeks ago. Let me just say, this is NOT about to stop me from going to the game.

I do have a tough decision to make though...Wheelchair or crutches? There are pros & cons to each, but after weighing them I still haven't decided and the game is only days away.

If I go in a wheelchair I'd imagine I'd catch less slack for being one of surely very few Card fans in attendance. Who's gonna shout obscenities at a guy in a wheelchair?...unless you're at a WVU game. Pitt is known for having a brutal student section which takes up about half the arena. Another pro is that I could be double-fisting all night in a wheelchair. A con is that I wouldn't be able to sit in my seats which are pretty good, but I'd be stuck in the handicap section & I'm not sure where that is.

If I'm on crutches I'll have to have a friend carry my drink. Also, this increases my chances of falling down drunk by approximately 100%. A big pro of going on crutches is I can sit in my quite expensive seats. I've never sat in the lower level at any of the games I've ever attended so I was kinda looking forward to that.

What do my fellow Chronicleoids think?

Poll

If you were me, would you go to the UofL @ Pitt game in a wheelchair or on crutches?

Wheelchair

21 votes

Crutches

15 votes

36 votes | Poll has closed

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Wheelchair

I don’t know where the handicap section is either, but I can’t imagine them putting the cripples in a bad section. Your seats may even be better. I suggest you call the information desk and inquire about it.
Aside from that, it should be safer for your healing leg in a wheelchair. People will probably give you more space.

by cardcorefan on Jan 17, 2012 7:50 PM EST via mobile reply actions

This is your ticket to a great seat- something good should come out of fucking up your leg

by johnnyjoejohnson on Jan 17, 2012 8:10 PM EST up reply actions

This is huge

I went crutches, but only because I hate attention.

by Mike Rutherford on Jan 17, 2012 9:41 PM EST reply actions

Injured? Are you a UL player?

by cardchomp on Jan 17, 2012 10:38 PM EST reply actions

Want a scholarship? You sound like our kind of guy.

by Carolina Cardinal on Jan 17, 2012 10:47 PM EST up reply actions

just a reminder.....

The Pete doors not serve alcohol so double fisting or having your friend carry your drink means coke. I will be there proudly wearing red. Just make sure you drink before hand.

by Ben Go CARDS on Jan 17, 2012 11:37 PM EST via mobile reply actions

This moves the needle towards crutches, but only if the wheelchair seating is worse than your ticket seating.

Also, consider researching possibility of selling/trading your expensive tickets for upper level tickets, sit in the wheelchair space, and pocket some cash.

Stout Out!

by tdstout on Jan 18, 2012 9:53 AM EST up reply actions