Quietly, on a Saturday, Notre Dame announced a new tiered ticket system for each home game for the 2017 season. While fans have been subject to a tiered system before, Notre Dame has never offered different prices within each game. The tiers revolved around only the opponent. Now, the ticket prices are subject to both the opponent and the actual seat itself inside the stadium.
During and after the 4-8 season that only saw two home victories (Miami-Florida Hurricanes and Nevada Wolf Pack) fans became increasingly hostile towards the ticket prices. There was a distinct difference in the value between the actual ticket and the game being played.