re: Student attendance at games

In the 50s and 60s my grandparents went to every home basketball(mens and woman's) and football game played in Knoxville. In the 70s and 80s it was most but not all of them. By the 90s it became rare for them to go but they still had season tickets to all 3. When my grandfather passed the tickets went to my Aunt and her husband, my uncle had tickets through the News Sentinel and my folks were rarely in Tennessee. Now my aunt has basketball season tickets (no kids) and my uncle gets tickets whenever he wants but his kid doesn’t care about sports anymore.

I take my daughter to the occasional game and buy tickets for her youth group to smaller games but I don’t really care about going to more than a handful of games (baseball more so than basketball) anymore.

Between the traffic, the people, and the hassle it’s just not that enjoyable anymore. I would rather my daughter (12) and her friends go enjoy themselves than go myself. I would rather just pay for kids to go and build memories and attachment.