Alabama is ruining college football

Shitty thread title is going to stifle conversation.

I do think there's something wrong when people 1) would rather watch "on a cinema-quality screen with drink in hand than stepping out to view the real thing a few feet away" (referencing new state-of-the-art stadiums; 2) cannot afford the cost to attend a game at a stadium.

How lazy and pampered are we that we don't find enjoyment - no matter the age - in being outside on a nice fall afternoon with friends, yelling cheers and watching a good football game? And would instead lay on a couch in ultra-comfort with the a/c on us and a cold drink in hand?

And the economics are getting ridiculous. It's thousands of dollars to be a regular season attender (family of 3) to a football game. It's just too expensive for the average middle class family to support when they have other things to save for (retirement, college funds).

Could it be the teams with the largest stadiums sucked ? UF and UT were not worth driving half a day to go see. Throw in FSU, LSU, A&M and Texas and you can see the decline. I wonder what the % of capacity was for teams in the Top 20 showed.

Isn't Alabama still riding a consecutive home game sellout streak since 1988, or did I miss one?

The neutral site big game, big money financial model to off set 3 x super-doughy, stale icing cupcakes every year is beneficial to the fans and the school at UA.

Yes, salaries, recruiting, marketing etc. have raised the cost of admission, but it hasn't affected UA attendance. Instead, the lessor home games provide greater opportunity for a broader range of fans who can enjoy a reduced rate or free (when gifted/donated to friends, family, other organizations) exhibition game full of highlights reel plays and a glimpse at the future stars as they rotate in to play. A game they may otherwise not have been able to afford.

Missing out on traveling to see some historic, marquee stadiums sucks to a degree, but the juice is obviously not worth the squeeze. Besides, a home and home addition only further degrades the availability to attend for most as the home game tkt price rises on the aftermarket and the travel fans absorb additional costs.

The only change I'd like to see is the addition of another conference game to provide more opportunities to play cross-division teams. Plenty of cupcakes within the conference to make it worth it.

I also think we see the SEC dissolve it’s moratorium on alcohol sales in the next decade as well as a way to entice people back too. From a pure spectator perspective, no reason why they shouldn’t serve beer at games, and then throw in revenue impact as well.

Meh, according to this site LINK, Bama's home attendance has increased since the start of the Saban era to around 712,053 for 7 home games this year.

Bama's ranked #4 in home attendance.

The SEC has 5 teams in the top 10 for home attendance.
4. Bama
5. Texas A&M
6. LSU
7. Tennessee
9. Georgia

11. Florida
13. Auburn
23. Arkansas
26. Ole Miss
27. Mississippi St.

Millennials are what's ruining football, along with everything else.

Is it a surprise that generation has much less interest in football than prior generations?

With demand softening prices should be coming down, but they aren't, if anything they are still going up, it's completely backwards.