re: Why Attendance is Down at Football Games

It's a combination of gigantic high def flat screen tv's being so cheap everyone has an awesome one and ticket prices going through the roof, far beyond the pace of inflation.

Face value for Alabama tickets was like $40/$50 about a decade ago and are like $75/$85 now. It's almost doubled in a little over 10 years. Other schools have had similiar increases, at least % wise.

And that's just face value which very few people actually end up payign. Season ticket holders pay a premium on top of that and the aftermarket sales are normally at least double face, if not more.

Universities are also charging a pretty penny for parking, tailgating spots, etc. A lot of these things used to be free too.

For a family (or a couple) to go to a major game you're looking at a $300+ investment minimum, more for the big games. There are enough people willing to pay this.

However the number of people willnig to pay that much to watching you beat Podunk State by 45 points is much smaller.