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Will the SEC Network along with other expanded coverage affect attendance?
Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:13 am
Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:13 am
I could see it really impacting baseball attendance for some games for some reason. Baseball games have been pretty hard to find on TV for the most part.
I think football will be least impacted, just because all of the games have been available on TV in some format for a few years now. Quality of broadcast will be raised with the SECN for some broadcasts.
Basketball is the one I wonder about, being a school which actually has good basketball attendance. Lots of games have been available on local broadcasts for a while now.
I think football will be least impacted, just because all of the games have been available on TV in some format for a few years now. Quality of broadcast will be raised with the SECN for some broadcasts.
Basketball is the one I wonder about, being a school which actually has good basketball attendance. Lots of games have been available on local broadcasts for a while now.
This post was edited on 8/9/14 at 11:15 am
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Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:16 am to wmr
Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:17 am to wmr
LSU baseball has always had good local TV coverage and always leads the nation in attendance. I don't think it will have too much of an affect
Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:18 am to bee Rye
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LSU baseball has always had good local TV coverage and always leads the nation in attendance. I don't think it will have too much of an affect
We have been on CoxSports along with y'all for years now. We haven't had any other local tv coverage of baseball.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:18 am to bee Rye
quote:Baseball games aren't nearly as crowded as football games and are sometimes a lot more fun.
LSU baseball has always had good local TV coverage and always leads the nation in attendance. I don't think it will have too much of an affect
Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:19 am to wmr
Could be the opposite - more exposure leading fans to check out a live game when they wouldn't have before.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:20 am to Master of Sinanju
Yes, that's a possibility, too. I am viewing it through my increasingly lazy old person paradigm.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:20 am to wmr
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Basketball is the one I wonder about, being a school which actually has good basketball attendance. Lots of games have been available on local broadcasts for a while now.
I doubt it affects basketball much. I know on UK's end all of our games have been televised in some shape or form for awhile now and attendance is consistently good.
Ticket prices, cost of concessions/parking, and cost of travel seem to do more in affecting game attendance for the average joe moreso than the SEC Network itself will.
This post was edited on 8/9/14 at 11:21 am
Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:45 am to wmr
Population growth dictates that both TV and attendance will increase over time, although attendees will always be majority cyclical.
The thing hurting attendance at the moment, for football, is multifaceted.
1 - Weak economy.
2 - Aging fan bases who have followed programs for years.
3 - Price increases and seat licensing.
4 - Less interested student fanbase - typical of the younger generation.
Those are the causes, the causality of the TV effect. TV itself is not the problem.
Winning teams will always pack houses.
The thing hurting attendance at the moment, for football, is multifaceted.
1 - Weak economy.
2 - Aging fan bases who have followed programs for years.
3 - Price increases and seat licensing.
4 - Less interested student fanbase - typical of the younger generation.
Those are the causes, the causality of the TV effect. TV itself is not the problem.
Winning teams will always pack houses.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:51 am to wmr
game day attendance is down across the country.
1. HD t.v. experience has improved watching at home;
2. Ticket prices has skyrocketed while a lot of the new seats in stadiums are really not very good. Who wants to pay $75 to sit in the clouds when you could be at home with a great view?
3. The economy means a lot of the new generation of fans and recent graduates are working low paying jobs making a season ticket out of their reach.
1. HD t.v. experience has improved watching at home;
2. Ticket prices has skyrocketed while a lot of the new seats in stadiums are really not very good. Who wants to pay $75 to sit in the clouds when you could be at home with a great view?
3. The economy means a lot of the new generation of fans and recent graduates are working low paying jobs making a season ticket out of their reach.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 12:46 pm to wmr
will not affect attendance... tv has been around for a few years already... will only promote the league... look on the bright side
Posted on 8/9/14 at 12:47 pm to wmr
It's not like the SECnw is putting new games on TV....every game was and has been on TV already...it's just a new channel with games moving from ESPN/2/U/JP over to the new channel.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 1:15 pm to wmr
Baseball, unlike basketball and football, is infinitely better in person than on tv. I don't think it will affect baseball attendance much. I think football and basketball are more threatened by the growing availability of tv coverage and quality.
This post was edited on 8/9/14 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 8/9/14 at 1:28 pm to Master of Sinanju
I agree with you. I think that The SEC Network will draw a new audience of sports lovers that never had the opportunity before to watch certain collegiate teams play. This could spark a growth in fan base and eventually draw in a larger crowd to games.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 1:34 pm to scrooster
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The thing hurting attendance at the moment, for football, is multifaceted.
1 - Weak economy.
2 - Aging fan bases who have followed programs for years.
3 - Price increases and seat licensing.
4 - Less interested student fanbase - typical of the younger generation.
5. Playing uninteresting teams OOC. Hopefully, future schedules will feature only P5 schools.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 2:26 pm to wmr
All LSU sporting events have had pretty great TV coverage in recent years. Basically all that has changed is the channel that the games will be on. The people that have been going to the games will continue to go to the games.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 2:31 pm to wmr
I'm pumped up about it. I can't wait to actually be able to watch baseball and basketball. I don't think it will affect attendance very much at all. Most people who go to baseball and basketball games are students, or people who live in close proximity to the school. Those people will still go to the game no matter if it's on TV or not.
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