Let’s try an make this as simple as possible.
In this example customer A has purchased season tickets and been a $1,000 per year donor for the last 20 years . Customer A will have a certain level of priority points Now let’s say Customer A wants to give up their seats for a year but resume a year later. Customer A would get their seats back as long as they have highest priority points for the exact seats they are requesting. Now let’s switch to this year. If someone isn’t comfortable due to Covid then fine you sit this year out. Iowa will still give you the priority points and if you come back in 2021 you will get your seats back as long as no one who has higher priority points than you also want to purchase those seats.
So when Iowa says they can’t guarantee you will get your seats in 2021 if you skip 2020 it is because nothing is any different than any other year. The only difference between 2020 and 2004 is that this year Iowa is giving priority point to existing season ticket holders whether or not they actually purchase tickets.
I am glad clone fans think this is totally disgusting.