I love Jack as a color man, but the UTIP thing was annoying all night.
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I love Jack as a color man, but the UTIP thing was annoying all night.
Only at Tech would the athletic department put up a sign telling our student section to sit instead of stand.Originally Posted by qng001
I see your point, but I doubt students interpret the instructions literally. Should the Athletic Department instruct them to stand in the seats?
When I spend $73 for me and a guest to attend a Tech basketball game, I want it to feel worth it. There was no atmosphere in the TAC tonight. Our student section has regressed. We should be trying to create an exciting environment, but our student engagement is inexplicably nonexistent.I see your point, but I doubt students interpret the instructions literally. Should the Athletic Department instruct them to stand in the seats?
There were tests tonight
I agree with most of this, but the sign that tells students to "sit" in particular sections is not a problem. Student disengagement isn't inexplicable, however. It's a result of very little outreach from the Athletic Department. Hopefully, their new plan of giveaways will help, but they're missing simple opportunities to energize students. There have been some attempts (e.g., Coach Konkol's and some players' "campus tour" videos), but they're inconsistent.
Our students are some of the worst. Just absolutely zero pride at all in any sport.
I remember there was a movement to get more students attending bball games a few years ago. You can actually hear them on the radio and TV. Last night from the broadcast, it sounded dead. We have no home court advantage.
It should NOT, but it DOES take effort from our athletic department. You have to market to the students and do promotions that are attractive to them. And these promotions should be NOW, not late in the season. Get the students to some early conference games so maybe they will come back for the rest of the home schedule.
Last edited by Tech77; 01-06-2017 at 02:39 PM.
Good old Memorial Gym
Yep, the largest and smartest student body in Tech's history is the worst, I can't believe they don't show (by attending) pride in all our sports.
In football student attendance has dropped off and began dropping off when the current marketing peeps took charge three years ago.
30 years ago when our MBB team was at its peak attendance was never as big as some would expect. MBB will never be a huge deal in this region.
Combine horrible marketing, extremely high ticket prices, and "southern apathy" and We ARE EllAyeTech.
I wasn't talking about the students who weren't there. I'm talking about the students who were there. They just sat there like they were in class or something. All the local high school highlights I see on TV show more engaged student sections. Where are our OSLs? I was so glad when Tech stopped sticking them in the concession stands selling nachos so they could be student leaders in the student section, but do they even attend the games anymore? Where is this "Loyal Blue Nation" student section I see pumped up on social media? If Tech can simply get the students who do go to the games to stand, be engaged, and have fun, more students would show up and do the same.
On another note, where was our beat writer for last night's conference home opener? Brainstorming his next article about Grambling?
In my six years in the student section, this is the first time I've heard that OSL were supposed to be there. I had a group of friends who took the game seriously and we eventually were part of getting more and more students involved. Never a lot, I didn't say I was very good at it. Then they left, and I stayed on for my masters. It's a lot harder to cheer by yourself. Now I'm not there anymore so it wouldn't surprise me if no one even sat in the front row.
Oh come on, you know Grambling deserves twice as much attention as us! Them being a tenth the size and a crumbling institution.
If Grambling got the same attention from the state auditors as they do from our beat writer, they'd be closed yesterday.
If I were your debate coach, on this topic, I would have to point out two things:
1. students get in free.
2. Lower ticket prices 30 years ago (adjusted for inflation) did not result in increased sales even with a better product. Furthermore, logic would suggest that increased ticket prices (adjusted for inflation) have not caused a decrease in attendance today...when you compare attendance numbers.
But I'm not your debate coach...so carry on.
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