MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Department offered an explanation for the controversy over football tickets and said it will hold a limited lottery for those affected.
The nearly 11,000 tickets went on sale on April 21 and sold out in three days. But some students complained that they didn’t get the e-mail notifying them of when tickets would go on sale, causing them to miss out.
The Athletic Department said that it staggered the e-mails to keep the server from overloading, but said it appears that some didn’t get sent.