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<blockquote data-quote="Rootmaster" data-source="post: 129965272" data-attributes="member: 1428050">The declining attendance is a&nbsp; fact...across the board...has nothing to do with WVU as a specific.&nbsp; This is from a CBS story...&quot;Home attendance at all major college football games declined for the sixth consecutive year, though once again at a smaller rate compared to some past seasons.Football Bowl Subdivision crowds averaged 43,106 fans per game in 2016,downby less than 1 percent from 2015, according to a CBS Sports analysis of NCAA attendance data. The 2015 crowds also declined by less than 1 percent after a 4-percent drop in 2014.This year's average crowd was again the lowest since 2000 (42,631). Crowd sizes were down 7 percent since peaking in 2008 (46,565). Universities have tried with mixed results to keep fans in stadiums instead of watching for less money from the comfort of their home.As always, the data for this year's analysis counts only home games and not neutral-site venues.&quot;This is a lousy trend when you bundle it with cable sports losing subscribers by the thousands.&nbsp; Fact is:&nbsp; WVU is in a bad place for the future as TV revenue shrinks and there is nobody on the schedule that creates a regional rivalry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rootmaster, post: 129965272, member: 1428050"] The declining attendance is a fact...across the board...has nothing to do with WVU as a specific. This is from a CBS story... " Home attendance at all major college football games declined for the sixth consecutive year, though once again at a smaller rate compared to some past seasons. Football Bowl Subdivision crowds averaged 43,106 fans per game in 2016,downby less than 1 percent from 2015, according to a CBS Sports analysis of NCAA attendance data. The 2015 crowds also declined by less than 1 percent after a 4-percent drop in 2014. This year's average crowd was again the lowest since 2000 (42,631). Crowd sizes were down 7 percent since peaking in 2008 (46,565). Universities have tried with mixed results to keep fans in stadiums instead of watching for less money from the comfort of their home. As always, the data for this year's analysis counts only home games and not neutral-site venues." This is a lousy trend when you bundle it with cable sports losing subscribers by the thousands. Fact is: WVU is in a bad place for the future as TV revenue shrinks and there is nobody on the schedule that creates a regional rivalry. [/QUOTE]

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