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    https://www.wsj.com/articles/college...34001?mod=e2tw

    Very interesting article.

    First of all, ULM, wtf? 13,000 ALL YEAR? No way. This doesn't include their USA game.

    We had 143K announced, 85K actual. That's an average of 24K announced, 14K actual...oof.

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Quote Originally Posted by Blue Dawg View Post

    We had 143K announced, 85K actual. That's an average of 24K announced, 14K actual...oof.
    Our AD is looking for his next job, but does not care what he has to say to get it...then when they interview him they pick up on his total BS. We are stuck with him, so let's give him another raise.

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    I beleive this year's numbers are going to hit our athletic department in the gut.....so many people not renewing. The usually coveted chairbacks have open seats.

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Quote Originally Posted by PawDawg View Post
    Our AD is looking for his next job, but does not care what he has to say to get it...then when they interview him they pick up on his total BS. We are stuck with him, so let's give him another raise.
    The interesting thing was that we aren't that much different from others. We're at about 56%. I didn't see what the average was, but that appears to be pretty common.

    That doesn't make it ok.

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Quote Originally Posted by faninmonroe View Post
    I beleive this year's numbers are going to hit our athletic department in the gut.....so many people not renewing. The usually coveted chairbacks have open seats.
    This will be Tech's largest student enrollment ever- by far! So some ticket non-renewals will be more than offset by the record student population.

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Quote Originally Posted by DogsWin View Post
    This will be Tech's largest student enrollment ever- by far! So some ticket non-renewals will be more than offset by the record student population.
    Hopefully. More fans doesn’t really mean home field advantage. It takes offense and turnovers forced

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    The game has become almost unbearable for me because of the media time outs, petty penalties, play reviews and chitty officiating. Passing offense is fun to watch but the clock stoppage for incomplete passes drags the game out.

    At home I usually watch 2-3 games by jumping around. In a stadium, I get bored by the stoppages. It just doesn’t move along fast enough.

    Want fans to come back? I think you need to speed up the game.

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Agreed. The TV timeouts, the numerous stoppages....will never forget the 17-minute "play is under review" in that Hawaii game...I think it was Hawaii. Games drag too much. The stupid rules of "targeting" and so on and so forth. CFB is my last holdout. They are ruining the best of the best of spectator sports. Bad enough when you're at home, comfy on the couch with a dozen options to jump around to. But, in person, 'cept for the cell phone, you are just stuck.

    Getting harder to attract youngsters to games. This latest generation is really one of instant gratification, no patience, and they have electronic choices.

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Quote Originally Posted by rabiddawg View Post
    The game has become almost unbearable for me because of the media time outs, petty penalties, play reviews and chitty officiating. Passing offense is fun to watch but the clock stoppage for incomplete passes drags the game out.

    At home I usually watch 2-3 games by jumping around. In a stadium, I get bored by the stoppages. It just doesn’t move along fast enough.

    Want fans to come back? I think you need to speed up the game.
    Very sage comments -

    NCAA baseball - game rarely goes over 2 1/2 hours

    NFL (all are televised) - games are an 3 1/4 hours

    The NCAA has to do something about this and the length of games
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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Yep, I agree. I only went to one game last year-Miss St. Granted, we were getting our buts handed to us but that game was really hard to watch and get into because of all the timeouts and stoppages. Factor in a couple of little kids with you and you are lucky to stay for half the game.

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Quote Originally Posted by rabiddawg View Post
    The game has become almost unbearable for me because of the media time outs, petty penalties, play reviews and chitty officiating. Passing offense is fun to watch but the clock stoppage for incomplete passes drags the game out.

    At home I usually watch 2-3 games by jumping around. In a stadium, I get bored by the stoppages. It just doesn’t move along fast enough.

    Want fans to come back? I think you need to speed up the game.
    Very sage comments -

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    The NCAA has to do something about this and the length of games
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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Quote Originally Posted by Blue Dawg View Post
    The interesting thing was that we aren't that much different from others. We're at about 56%. I didn't see what the average was, but that appears to be pretty common.

    That doesn't make it ok.
    Sure it's ok.

    It's just attendanceball. Who cares?

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Quote Originally Posted by BreadDawg View Post
    Yep, I agree. I only went to one game last year-Miss St. Granted, we were getting our buts handed to us but that game was really hard to watch and get into because of all the timeouts and stoppages. Factor in a couple of little kids with you and you are lucky to stay for half the game.
    Just the reason we leave our kids in the car. Don’t worry, we leave the windows cracked, tons of snacks, and a Gatorade bottle to pee in.

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    BTW, I heard Dietrich say this morning that they actually counted attendance at the nlulm game last night. My guess is that Bruno is going to use the accurate information against football/athletics to justify cutting the football program.

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    Re: Attendance Decline

    Quote Originally Posted by PawDawg View Post
    BTW, I heard Dietrich say this morning that they actually counted attendance at the nlulm game last night. My guess is that Bruno is going to use the accurate information against football/athletics to justify cutting the football program.
    Do you really think he has enough support to do that? I can't imagine they would kill it. More likely to drop to D2, at least that way you save a little face.

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