re: Has interest in college football peaked? At least one SEC AD thinks so...

To paraphrase an old quote and apply it to what may be diminishing interest in college football...

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"It's the economics, stupid!"

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Crazy-high prices for game tickets for both students and non-student fans make going to games dicey for families and for budget minded people. Add to that the parking hassles. Add to that the obscene high prices for concessions. Add to that the fact that you can watch a lot of these games on your large flat-screen HD tv in the comfort of your living room, or go to a sports bar to watch with other crazy fans. Add to that the annoyance factor of all the television time-outs for commercials that add an hour to every televised home (or away) game. Add to that the low-value but still high priced cupcake home games that NOBODY really wants to watch. Plus, at LSU the tradition was always night games in Tiger Stadium (after a day of heavy tailgating) - which tradition has been usurped and overruled by the networks that want to televise LSU day games. Thus endeth tradition. And then there's the fact that a lot of the great younger players are bolting the team early for the pros, leaving perpetual rebuilding years in their wake. It's just not as economically rewarding or enjoyable to invest so much $$$ and time as it used to be. Plus the questionable new 4 team playoff structure that is just waiting to be abused by the selection committee and/or ESPN.

The football powers that be have brought any diminishing interest on themselves.