This is our fourth year as season ticket holders. At Saturday’s game we had to abandon our newly purchased, officially licensed Mizzou chairbacks because of a new rule on their size (these were about an inch too long). I can understand imposing size limitations, but at no point did the athletic department warn ticketholders about this (chairbacks weren’t limited last year). In fact, there was nothing said about chairbacks at all on the list of “Dos and Don’ts” on this year’s tickets or the Mizzou website. There was, however, a big plug about renting seatbacks. I hope this isn’t a sign of what we can expect now that the team has started winning after years of mediocrity — the athletic department has become arrogant and chooses to treat loyal fans as objects of little respect — only there to fatten the athletic department coffers.