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Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:14 am to SEC. 593
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:14 am to SEC. 593
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SEC. 593
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So... To be southern I must enjoy the lesser quality option more?
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You can get tickets for as low as $11, and are allowed to bring in your own food
Looks like you got it. Congrats?
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Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:14 am to SEC. 593
So do you only watch the NFL and NBA?
Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:18 am to CNB
I don't see the equivalency.
College Basketball & Football are natural feeders into the professional ranks. The quality is comparable of drafted college players in those sports. The same cannot be said about college baseball where as a whole is somewhere around Single A minor league ball. Yes, you get the few kids who make the jump immediately, but a super-majority spend multiple years working there way up the ranks.
College FB & BB are the equivalent to AAA Professional Baseball.
College Basketball & Football are natural feeders into the professional ranks. The quality is comparable of drafted college players in those sports. The same cannot be said about college baseball where as a whole is somewhere around Single A minor league ball. Yes, you get the few kids who make the jump immediately, but a super-majority spend multiple years working there way up the ranks.
College FB & BB are the equivalent to AAA Professional Baseball.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:23 am to Roll on Tigers
TLDR... RE: No and don't care
Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:28 am to SEC. 593
Exactly. I like watching college baseball for what it is but the level is not very high. Comparing NFL/NBA relationships with their college sports counterparts isn't really applicable. College baseball nationally trails NCAA womens basketball in attendance. Its a niche thing in parts of the south. Just like NCAA hockey is in the north and north east. Nothing wrong with that but not many Missouri types are going to feel some kind of shame because of Mizzou baseball attendance.
There is probably a reason that college baseball has taken root so much in the south. There were no MLB teams in the south for a long while. Minor leagues were not set up like they are now back in the day. Baseball fans in the south naturally latched onto the college game.
It is what it is.
There is probably a reason that college baseball has taken root so much in the south. There were no MLB teams in the south for a long while. Minor leagues were not set up like they are now back in the day. Baseball fans in the south naturally latched onto the college game.
It is what it is.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:30 am to kilo
Meh. I don't argue with any of that. His main point was that it was an inferior product.
Which is what all college athletics is compared to professional.
I'm being a Technical Tony.
Which is what all college athletics is compared to professional.
I'm being a Technical Tony.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:35 am to CNB
Hey, I enjoy all baseball. Baseball is baseball to me personally but I get the larger things at play in regards to the big picture.
I had a blast watching Mizzou run off their win streak. I even told you we were gonna struggle in SEC play. Nothing wrong with having fun with that streak though. WIll things change over time for Mizzou baseball? Possibly. The SEC can rub off on Mizzou but its going to take some time.
I had a blast watching Mizzou run off their win streak. I even told you we were gonna struggle in SEC play. Nothing wrong with having fun with that streak though. WIll things change over time for Mizzou baseball? Possibly. The SEC can rub off on Mizzou but its going to take some time.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:49 am to CNB
I get what you are saying, and its true to a point. Its just that college BB is at such a low level compared to the other collefe sports. I'm not (when I lived there) driving 2 hours to watch Rookie ball when i have a professional team 20 minutes away. And this is true for 80% of the population.
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Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:53 am to SEC. 593
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I'm not (when I loved there) driving 2 hours to watch Rookie ball when i have a professional team 20 minutes away. And this is true for 80% of the population.
I agree with this however, Columbia and Jeff City could show up to support the program a little more. Maybe that will change in time.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:56 am to SEC. 593
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I'm not (when I loved there) driving 2 hours to watch Rookie ball when i have a professional team 20 minutes away.
I get this, but that may be the difference in the south.
More college less pro options
Cost is much less
Family vs corporate
Identity to state trumps identity to private owner
Posted on 5/10/17 at 12:08 pm to Cheese Grits
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Identity to state trumps identity to private owner
More like an identity to city/metro. No one says "Man Im a loyal Bill Dewitt follower." instead of a st louis cardinals fan. That's silly.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 1:06 pm to kilo
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More like an identity to city/metro.
No I was referring more to how the taxpayers get pinched
State via taxpayer's
Rich guy via taxpayer's
In the state version you at least have the comfort of knowing they are not leaving the city or state.
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