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<blockquote data-quote="3xWVUenginEER" data-source="post: 131394002" data-attributes="member: 1476506"><p>I wouldn’t equate college sports to any business model or philanthropy to support a school. I believe it is simply about entertainment for most people. For me it is entertainment and I have 3 WVU sheep skins from the CoE or CEMR as it’s known now. Also my devotion left years ago when I saw what college sports really are, it’s entertainment like a movie or tv show.</p><p></p><p>I also believe college sports is in a bubble as are all sports. Live attendance gate numbers at both the college and even professional levels for football and basketball has been falling for at least the last 5 plus years. The bowl games,, even non New Years Marquis Bowl Games,, which used to mean MILLIONS in economic impact (see Continental Tire Bowl (Charlotte) and Gator Bowl (Jacksonville) 20 years back) aren’t even a blip on the economic scale now. Throw in a pandemic (life threatening to the masses or not) and athletics bringing politics, etc to their game, and the leg room won’t be limited by seat width.</p><p></p><p>I don’t think you’ll see a full stadium for a while and what this means is people will find other ways to occupy their time and ways to spend their $$$$. Most likely what the sports fans spend their $$$$ on will be cheaper, and a new normal will be created.</p><p></p><p>The idea that sports will be able to charge more $$$$$ to make up for lost revenue is not sound imo. They may charge more for it but I doubt fans will be in a hurry to buy at a higher price what is being sold. I have seen NASCAR in the 90s go to NAPCAR by 2006 without a pandemic. You used to have to buy season ticket at Bristol (6 freaking races over 3 series in the spring and fall) and there was a multi year waiting list. Today you can walk up on race day and if you pay 50% face value on the ticket you’re getting ripped off. Most of the tracks now use Tarps with advertising over not just a section but the entire backstretch like it’s a Pitt Panther or Oakland Raider Football game with a tarped upper deck.</p><p></p><p>These other sports and especially college sports are not immune from a downturn in popularity & attendance. NASCAR fans and college football fans have a lot in common between their geography, the tailgating, and support for their favorites. The fans have also shown they’re not dumb and they’ll find other outlets for their entertainment dollars. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3xWVUenginEER, post: 131394002, member: 1476506"] I wouldn’t equate college sports to any business model or philanthropy to support a school. I believe it is simply about entertainment for most people. For me it is entertainment and I have 3 WVU sheep skins from the CoE or CEMR as it’s known now. Also my devotion left years ago when I saw what college sports really are, it’s entertainment like a movie or tv show. I also believe college sports is in a bubble as are all sports. Live attendance gate numbers at both the college and even professional levels for football and basketball has been falling for at least the last 5 plus years. The bowl games,, even non New Years Marquis Bowl Games,, which used to mean MILLIONS in economic impact (see Continental Tire Bowl (Charlotte) and Gator Bowl (Jacksonville) 20 years back) aren’t even a blip on the economic scale now. Throw in a pandemic (life threatening to the masses or not) and athletics bringing politics, etc to their game, and the leg room won’t be limited by seat width. I don’t think you’ll see a full stadium for a while and what this means is people will find other ways to occupy their time and ways to spend their $$$$. Most likely what the sports fans spend their $$$$ on will be cheaper, and a new normal will be created. The idea that sports will be able to charge more $$$$$ to make up for lost revenue is not sound imo. They may charge more for it but I doubt fans will be in a hurry to buy at a higher price what is being sold. I have seen NASCAR in the 90s go to NAPCAR by 2006 without a pandemic. You used to have to buy season ticket at Bristol (6 freaking races over 3 series in the spring and fall) and there was a multi year waiting list. Today you can walk up on race day and if you pay 50% face value on the ticket you’re getting ripped off. Most of the tracks now use Tarps with advertising over not just a section but the entire backstretch like it’s a Pitt Panther or Oakland Raider Football game with a tarped upper deck. These other sports and especially college sports are not immune from a downturn in popularity & attendance. NASCAR fans and college football fans have a lot in common between their geography, the tailgating, and support for their favorites. The fans have also shown they’re not dumb and they’ll find other outlets for their entertainment dollars. . [/QUOTE]
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