So we are not the only school having student problems when it comes to showin up

[Rayburn8]

http://m.espn.go.com/ncf/story?storyId=10458047&src=desktop

hope the link works using my phone. So ya it's not just us remmeber his being a huge topic in the season.

 

[coach66]

Nobody has enough time to quit staring at their phone to attend a live event*

itisbecomingaproblemku

 

[GloryDawg]

I don't think it means all that much in the long run. When the students get married and their wives put on the 20 after marriage pounds, they themselves gain 40 pounds all they have is football and they buy tickets.

Right now football falls behind leg and beer when it comes to students. It has always been that way and will always be that way.

Nothing to see here.<o></o>

 

[patdog]

Even if they do bother to attend the live event, they still spend most of their time staring at the cell phone. It's not going to get any better anytime soon.

 

[57stratdawg]

I thought:

A) Out problem was more getting students to STAY not show up
B) They stay when the game is worth staying for

i think a portion of this is attributed to spread offense. Seems like since it's so much easier to score points today, games are more likely to be 30, 40 point games in the third Q. I don blame anyone for leaving blowouts like that.

 

[Seinfeld]

Between the rising cost of attendance and the ease of access in order to watch at home, it's becoming harder and harder to justify going to a live event. Don't get me wrong. There's nothing like the open air and sounds of the live game as far as I'm concerned, but when you've got family and toddlers to consider, sitting at home is starting to win out more times than not.

Edited to add: Being that my comment has absolutely nothing to do with the article that's specifically talking about students, I'll just go ahead and call myself an idiot to save someone else the trouble.

 

[patdog]

I think what we're seeing is the beginning of a long-term trend. I think attendance at sporting events has peaked nationwide and will slowly decline in the next few decades.

 

[57stratdawg]

I think that most decision makers in sports (athletic directors, GM's/Presidents/Owners) are probably okay with that. The money is in TV viewership, and, truthfully, smaller attendance probably eases much of the congestion associated with games.

They, the NFL at least, would probably rather have the average fan watch from home, and have the millionaire executives at the game. It's no secret the NFL has grown more and more 'corporate' over the last 10-20 years. Now the average ticket cost is $500, and 25% (just making that up) of all attendees sit behind glass in boxes/club areas.

 

[patdog]

I don't think that's true. The SEC formed a task force a year ago to look into ways to improve the fan experience to try to reverse the decline. Half empty stadiums don't make for appealing TV. Not to mention that there's big money in paid attendance in addition to all the TV money.

 

[Seinfeld]

I'm not sure who all this went out to, but I actually just received a questionnaire about this exact topic from the SEC last week. It was basically wanting to know about anything and everything that might prevent me from going to a football game.

I commented on a lot of things, but my main points were the ridiculously bad cell service at Davis Wade, the stadium not being conducive to small children, and the skyrocketing cost of season tickets. I really wanted to move to chair backs this year, but the more I thought about it, I honestly couldn't believe that I was even considering dropping $3300 on football tickets for a family of three. The schools are raking in tv revenue that is 100% generated by average joes like you and me, yet we're the ones being asked to pay more and more for tickets nearly every year. It's really frustrating