Comment on Classmates work #1

In the article The Texas Reflection, my classmate  pitches the idea that the ACL event and the TX/OU game should be moved to different weekends to let one of the events be on a certain weekend and the other on another. As I am a born and raised Austinite, I disagree because the ACL event brings in a lot of money for the Austin economy for the entire weekend. The football game is only a 4 hour game and a little bit of driving back and forth to and from Dallas. In recent years I have had tickets to both and have done both. Yes you have to miss ALL the day shows but if you have your heart set on going to ACL, you will be able to attend only the night shows. ACL is such a huge event that it brings in people from all over the United States and other foreign countries. I don't think those people are going to care if a few thousand of people not being able to attend the event on that day. I think the authors intended audience is the University of Texas students who will not be able to attend the saturday performances at ACL and the Red Rivalry game. The author is being very rational and believable but is not looking at the whole picture. In this day the economy still needs a boost and what better way than to have two events on the same weekend. You might have to make a tough decision on what you want to attend.