More of a "Are they BU"?

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Background:
CD's primary school send letter around saying they have 2 tickets for Olympic Football on X date that will be auctioned to raise funds for the school. Bids in by xxx

DS1 decides he wants them but after I checked the date online, we realised they were for Women's Football and, rightly or wrongly, he changed his mind.

The winning bidder obviously didnt check and having paid for the tickets is now complaining VERY LOUDLY, that the school should have made it clear it was a women's, not men's, match.

Personally, I think it would have been helpful of the school to say (assuming they had checked of course) but isn't common sense to check yourself beforehand?

I would agree with you, but regularly moan about the lack of communication from dd's school, or communication which can be read different ways.

I may be missing the point, but what's the difference? People playing football. Does it matter what gender they are? It's the same game.

YANBU but it's a minor issue. We're going to see the women's football and DH is getting it ripped out of him at work

Hecate I would guess it is an issue because most of the global football stars are men, so if you were going hoping to see some big names play, then you are likely to be disappointed at a women's match.

Similar situation at our school, except tickets are to be given away by drawing out of a hat. I don't think it's the school that's held back the information, as our letter too just states "football". I checked up on-line purely because I wanted to know the time and see that the date was correct, as our ticket allocation is before the Opening Ceremony, and that's how I found out it was for women's football.

DS decided he didn't want to go into the hat for this reason. I have friends who have chosen to go specifically because it's women's football. I don't think it's unreasonable to be given full information.

Hecate, eurochick was right, DC specifically wanted to see certain players play together, David Beckham for example (Although I know he's now not been picked), rather than the football itself

Scholes, I dont think the school would have withheld the information either, I think they just didnt think to check.

Unfortunately, we deal with "football" and "women's football". My cynical view is that the olympic organisers realise there is less interest in women's football and have deliberately chosen to offer tickets for "football", knowing people will make the assumption that it's men's football, as the winner bidder in OP's playground did.

They're missing lots of bums on seats for the football.

Umm I thought it was illegal to raffle Olympic tickets

"It shows what a nonsense it is having football in the Olympics that they can't give the tickets away"

Well they can, if it isn't a woman's event, then there is a loss of interest.

They are talking about having a pole dancing event, in the future, that will be the only sell out woman's event.

It's not that it's a women's event per se, more a reflection of the level of interest in women's football in this country. My friend who has specifically bought tickets for women's football lived in the States for three years, and the profile of the sport there for women is greater.

The reason for that Scholes is that there is a law that Universities have to spend the same amount on women's sport as they do on men's sport.

I don't think football should be in the Olympics at all. Ditto basketball & other team ball-puck sports.

Beach volleyball is sold out IIRC. Now that shouldn't be in the Olympics (at least not with that dress code!).

They wear less than pole dancers and jiggle about a lot more.

But it said tickets for football, that's what they got. As the olympics includes both mens and women football. The winner was bu. They got what was advertised.

I too thought this was illegal.

Football is never a stadium filler (men's or women's) in the Olympics

Tickets can't be auctioned. See 17.6

That is interesting re tickets not allowed to be auctioned, particularly apparently as other schools close-by are also raffling/auctioning them.

I wonder if its ok because we were given the tickets (by Olympic Comm) as opposed to bought them???? The link from Jamie says Tickets purchased cant be auctioned etc

I'm assuming the school was given them btw, dont know that for sure

Oh yes, under the T&C's you can do it if given permission. AFAIK, though, tickets aren't being given away. Not sure.