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re: SEC Baseball Attendance
Posted on 4/17/18 at 10:47 am to Numberwang
Posted on 4/17/18 at 10:47 am to Numberwang
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Our attendance is stagnant right now, mainly due to it being cold this year, and also because development pressure has hurt the parking situation around Baum. The parking crunch needs to be addressed. We have people selling $20 parking for Thursday evening games. It's a PITA to go to Baum unless you block off a couple of hours to get there early and tailgate.
The lot those new condos were built on should have been acquired and to go along with a new center field entrance/ stadium expansion that never happened. Thanks Jeff
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 10:54 am to Farmer1906
I'd like to trade Mizzou for someone else.
Thx
Thx
Posted on 4/17/18 at 10:56 am to SanAntoneAg
I think their current market price is 2 dead flies but so far no takers
Posted on 4/17/18 at 10:59 am to AHM21
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Also I really don't like how they stripped Sewell Thomas in order to save money on the project. I would have much rather they moved the baseball field to out by the amphitheater on the river. They half assed the project for the sake of saving money. I'm afraid Byrne is about to do the same with Coleman.
I would not call it a half assed project. They put nearly $60 million into the updates. It’s a beautiful park. But building down by the river would have been my preferred choice too.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:01 am to Farmer1906
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Care to explain?
Student in right field hit a Tennessee outfielder with a beer can. The AD overreacted and killed the entire thing. It was a great atmosphere.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:08 am to CapstoneGrad06
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They put nearly $60 million into the updates.
It doesn't look like it. It's a nice stadium but it's still middle of the pack in the conference. If they could've put it on the river with the wooden train track bridge as some sort of back drop it would a) look better and b) draw better. It's great we have a family area with a playground and that the interior is upgraded. I appreciate the Rickwood elements.
It's still a boring stadium.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:10 am to AHM21
It’s more than just fan facility updates, though. Much needed indoor hitting facility, locker rooms, etc. were built.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:33 am to CapstoneGrad06
quote:You can't forget player facilities. I think a stadium in the middle of campus, close to classes, dorms, etc., would be preferred by players to an off campus facility just from a logistics standpoint.
It’s more than just fan facility updates, though. Much needed indoor hitting facility, locker rooms, etc. were built.
I can see where people are saying Bama cut some corners, but it's a perfectly adequate park. If they turn it around on the field, no one will complain about the park (unlike, say, UF, where the Gators win despite playing in a dump).
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:38 am to twk
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I can see where people are saying Bama cut some corners, but it's a perfectly adequate park. If they turn it around on the field, no one will complain about the park (unlike, say, UF, where the Gators win despite playing in a dump
The other park could've been less than two miles from campus. It wouldn't have been a big problem for people to get to. Part of the frustration is for years Bama fans heard rumors of a stadium on the river. Instead we gutted the old stadium and build a park that doesn't even put us in the top five in the conference. Is the location in the center of campus? Yes but they could've just as easily used that area for athletic upgrades that included batting cages and other facilities that could have benefited all athletes on campus.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:58 am to CarolinaGamecock99
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Missouri's fanbase is embarrassing, don't support football or baseball
"In the SEC, it just means more....well, except for in Missouri".
Posted on 4/17/18 at 12:27 pm to Farmer1906
That's tickets sold, butts in seats are a different story. LSU actual attendance is way down this year. Probably due to competition faced so far, but disappointing.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 12:39 pm to lowhound
Right, but across all sports at all levels attendance is tracked as tickets sold.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 3:36 pm to Farmer1906
That is the one thing I dislike about the NCAA getting in bed with the ticket scalpers. Some SEC have already sold their tickets to 3rd parties and the fans are unaware part of their "donations" are not actually going to the schools.
Say it is SOLD OUT but they are selling big blocks to scalpers in advance. At least some SEC schools sell blocks before even selling them to the donors. This is just wrong and has done more to erode the real fans than anything else. I know at least 1 SEC football program that sold a block of 10,000 to 20,000 per game before they went to the fans and donors.
It is a big bubble and many fans have gotten wind and the bubble is about to burst.
Say it is SOLD OUT but they are selling big blocks to scalpers in advance. At least some SEC schools sell blocks before even selling them to the donors. This is just wrong and has done more to erode the real fans than anything else. I know at least 1 SEC football program that sold a block of 10,000 to 20,000 per game before they went to the fans and donors.
It is a big bubble and many fans have gotten wind and the bubble is about to burst.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 3:42 pm to AHM21
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If they could've put it on the river with the wooden train track bridge as some sort of back drop it would a) look better and b) draw better.
Move it off campus?
Posted on 4/17/18 at 3:46 pm to Cheese Grits
quote:You are correct. You piss off the diehards and you sink your program. There are many fans who love to support the program - win or lose. All they want in exchange is 1) A fair shot at good seats 2) For their money to support the program to which they designated.
It is a big bubble and many fans have gotten wind and the bubble is about to burst.
Jeff Long pissed off a bunch of donors because he allegedly violated #2. The rumor is that he was pulling money from the baseball fund to give to other programs.
Here is my question. What is stopping fans from creating their own booster club. If somebody wanted to raise money strictly for baseball could they not open a gofundme and then hand the check over to Dave Van Horn or whoever your baseball coach is?
Posted on 4/17/18 at 3:51 pm to Farmer1906
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A&M could be so much higher if they changed the ballpark
yea, your park is small seating wise. but I think the berms are cool and look like fun. it does't look like there is any outfield sitting room as y'all crammed that field in there tight. basically you have a aestetically (sp) appealing ball park. if the concessions are good and you can drink beer I say frick the money. it's college.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 3:53 pm to hilltophog
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Here is my question. What is stopping fans from creating their own booster club. If somebody wanted to raise money strictly for baseball could they not open a gofundme and then hand the check over to Dave Van Horn or whoever your baseball coach is?
Because a coach can't just go out and hire a contractor to start tearing down and building shite without the approval of his Administration. So, that check would just get handed over to the Administration, and they'd do with it as they see fit. Funds being donated for one project and then being routed to other projects happens at every school, unfortunately.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 4:02 pm to Pickle_Weasel
quote:Which sucks. Athletic departments should have project specific crowdfunding where you can donate and get additional perks based on your level of donation. They could have a meter showing the progress towards a certain monetary goal.
Funds being donated for one project and then being routed to other projects happens at every school, unfortunately.
The university does this type of fund raiser all the time. I don't know why the athletic department can't/won't allow it's donors to have more control of where their money goes.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 4:02 pm to hilltophog
Hell.... they should at least let donors vote or certain issues.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 4:06 pm to hilltophog
They say it is an NCAA issue but I have a different view.
One of the SEC schools had a booster club and they had over 100K in it to subsidize fan trip. School took it over, kept all the money, and doubled the trip costs. Said it was the NCAA but I think they just did not want the competition of cheaper trips.
Did the same to the travel agents. Used to be your local travel agents did the away trips but it seems now most of them go through a single travel agency (at much higher cost) not in the local market.
The quest for more money is going to wipe it all out in the end.
One of the SEC schools had a booster club and they had over 100K in it to subsidize fan trip. School took it over, kept all the money, and doubled the trip costs. Said it was the NCAA but I think they just did not want the competition of cheaper trips.
Did the same to the travel agents. Used to be your local travel agents did the away trips but it seems now most of them go through a single travel agency (at much higher cost) not in the local market.
The quest for more money is going to wipe it all out in the end.
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