After a committee of University representatives met Wednesday to discuss a new student seating system at football games, students made their concerns heard Thursday in reaction to the idea to reduce overcrowding.

The committee decided to stamp each student’s hand with a specific section number, then switching the stamps over once the prior section is full. The new method will be implemented for the Oct. 5 football game against Florida State.

“I hate that idea,” Michelle Prouty, a freshman in engineering, said after learning of the new method.

Students said they are frustrated by the new ticketing system, voicing concerns about the stamps as opposed to the former method of checking tickets at each section.

“This stamping thing is not going to work,” Kelly Higgins, a junior in polymer and color chemistry, said.

With a variety of options at hand, the committee said Wednesday that it decided on the best possible method discussed.

“Armbands are the best,” Andrew Jennings, a freshman in zoology, said. He said armbands will work because they will be more obvious than stamps and will not take as long for security to check at section entrances.

Some students are concerned the ink will not be removable and cause extra problems after the game.

“It’s going to be horrible to wash,” Prouty said.

Those students who remember the old system of voucher and hard-copy tickets voiced support for a return to the method.

But according to students, the main problem with the new system is that the tailgating hours have not been lengthened.

“There is no point in having time to tailgate if we have to get to the game so early,” Kyle Lott, a sophomore in electric and computer engineering, said.

Amanda Allen, a sophomore in math and political science, said the FSU game would be the only game she could attend, and she is now rethinking attending because she would not be able to get to the gate until later. She said she only wants to tailgate.

Students believe the new system will eliminate tailgating time because they will have to get to the stadium much farther in advance to get into section seven or eight.

Zenobia Drammeh, a sophomore in communication, said the “most-spirited” people at the game are the ones who tailgate. Because they tailgate, “they’re going to be in the nosebleeds and no one is going to see them.”

The time in lines is another concern.

“If [someone] skips that line, it’s over,” Drammeh said. “[It’s going to] bring controversy and fights. They’re going to have to have people walking up and down the lines.”

Andrew Reep, a sophomore in paper science and engineering, said the old problems could turn into new problems.

“It’s changing the problem from peeing in the stands to fighting in the lines,” he said.

Dick Christy, the assistant athletics director for external operations, indicated at the meeting that the goal was to increase security measures to eliminate game-day issues.

But Allen said she believes the committee did not accomplish the goal.

“It amazes me how a university can be so inefficient,” Allen said.