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re: SEC football Attendance is dropping... how do we stop the bleeding
Posted on 7/6/19 at 9:25 am to Jjdoc
Posted on 7/6/19 at 9:25 am to Jjdoc
VOLS have been the worst team in the conference the past decade, yet during that time I saw my season tix increase by $500.
Until they either lower prices or decide to be good at football again, I will continue tailgating and going elsewhere to watch the games.
Until they either lower prices or decide to be good at football again, I will continue tailgating and going elsewhere to watch the games.
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Posted on 7/6/19 at 9:29 am to meansonny
To lower prices means bringing in less money. Facilities, coaches, cost have escalated. Schools will spend what they take in.
Football will go on forever, but I think we have seen the peak. Paying Gus 49 million did it for me.
Football will go on forever, but I think we have seen the peak. Paying Gus 49 million did it for me.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 9:31 am to Loudog
quote:Bingo! Many fans of other teams must believe the cheating bullshite to have desperately needed validation for not being able to beat them. Those pitiful souls are reaching for anything to use as an excuse, whereas strong minded individuals admit their team's inferiority, BUT support their team in any reasonable endeavor to raise the quality to be able to evenly compete with teams like Alabama...it's just a difference in people's character.
It’s called Bama fatigue! Whether Bama cheats and pays huge $$$’s for players is for another debate.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 9:33 am to Jjdoc
working on those numbers for each position group on your 65 man roster?
Posted on 7/6/19 at 9:35 am to coachcrisp
not every school has a REC at their disposal.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 9:42 am to 167back
" Many fans of other teams must believe the cheating bullshite to have desperately needed validation for not being able to beat them. Those pitiful souls are reaching for anything to use as an excuse."
Posted on 7/6/19 at 10:01 am to meansonny
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Not every game is Note Dame, though.
I took my family of 6 to Vandy (homecoming) last year and the prices were great.
I took my daughter to Tennessee and my son to UMass.
Which means you are buying tickets from a secondary source...ie not paying booster fees etc..
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People act like there is some big mystery to solve. There isn't. Spend what it is worth to you. That's capitalism. If I only feel like taking 1 to a game, then I will.
That is capitalism and it's great. The issue is business. Capitalism is showing the SEC that people are not attending for a reason.
Businesses take action based on that...
That is the topic. It stands to reason that if the trend continues, something will have to change. Do you think the game will benefit from 35 to 50% filled stadiums?
Posted on 7/6/19 at 10:16 am to allin2010
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To lower prices means bringing in less money. Facilities, coaches, cost have escalated. Schools will spend what they take in.
Man.. payouts have increased every year. Each of the Southeastern Conference’s 14 members received an average of slightly over $43.1 million in revenue distribution from the league office during the 2017-18 fiscal year. That's 3 million more than last year.
They will spend themselves out of the game if they continue
Posted on 7/6/19 at 10:16 am to Jjdoc
"That is the topic. It stands to reason that if the trend continues, something will have to change. Do you think the game will benefit from 35 to 50% filled stadiums?"
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Well it'd be tough getting a wave started.
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Well it'd be tough getting a wave started.
This post was edited on 7/6/19 at 10:19 am
Posted on 7/6/19 at 10:19 am to Jjdoc
Crappy out-of-conference schedules is definitely a problem as far as attendance goes. Cost is definitely a factor.
At my age I don't go to any games anymore. I live about 200 miles from Athens now. I am always with you in spirit.
Bowl games will soon be on life support. Other than the BCS games attendance is really sucking, everywhere.
At my age I don't go to any games anymore. I live about 200 miles from Athens now. I am always with you in spirit.
Bowl games will soon be on life support. Other than the BCS games attendance is really sucking, everywhere.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 10:35 am to Jjdoc
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- Students show the biggest drop off. What do you expect in today's everybody deserves a trophy world?
This is trite and inaccurate. Those of us who played youth sports in the era can attest to the fact that participation trophies existed at least as early as the 70’s. But more to the point, we live in a world where parents spend tens of thousands of dollars and countless weekends so little Johnny can play on a world class travel team. They aren’t doing that because no one cares about the score. Just a few weeks back we had parents who got into a brawl at a game of 7 year olds after a 13 year old umpire made a call some questioned.
This is America. Where parents pay upwards of a half a million dollars to fraudulently get their kids into elite schools. It is probably the most competitive society on earth. The same kids who don’t go to the games are back at the dorm trying to beat the crap out of some Swedish guy on *insert name of some damn multiplayer video game that an out of the loop old fart wouldn’t know*.
Suffice it to say, everyone wants to win. Even the entitled ones. Hell, especially the entitled ones.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 10:36 am to Jjdoc
Get the games under 2.5 hours.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 10:43 am to Crimson
quote:It beats the shitty music the marching band has been playing for 60 years.
Surprised no one has mentioned the annoying piped in stadium music. Always rap crap. Every spare second has to have noise.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 10:49 am to Jjdoc
"SEC football Attendance is dropping... how do we stop the bleeding by Jjdoc
You seem to be arguing from a stand point of
"so what".
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Don't you think EVERYWHERE wants traffic infrastructure fixed...not just colleges?
It's not a matter of "EVERYWHERE". "EVERYWHERE" is NOT a college sports fans issue.... Which happens to be the topic. It's even in the title.. "SEC Football Attendance is dropping"
Just like curing cancer is not part of this topic.... neither is "EVERYWHERE"."
The poster talked about traffic infrastructure. I said everybody wants that...including major sports venues (which, btw, have been mentioned on here with rosters, costs of tickets, costs of food, etc.).
You seem to be arguing from a stand point of
"so what".
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Don't you think EVERYWHERE wants traffic infrastructure fixed...not just colleges?
It's not a matter of "EVERYWHERE". "EVERYWHERE" is NOT a college sports fans issue.... Which happens to be the topic. It's even in the title.. "SEC Football Attendance is dropping"
Just like curing cancer is not part of this topic.... neither is "EVERYWHERE"."
The poster talked about traffic infrastructure. I said everybody wants that...including major sports venues (which, btw, have been mentioned on here with rosters, costs of tickets, costs of food, etc.).
Posted on 7/6/19 at 10:53 am to Jjdoc
If you reread my post, I started off saying reasons why people DON'T attend the games.
I finished off with 1 strong reason FOR actually going to the game.
I finished off with 1 strong reason FOR actually going to the game.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 10:55 am to Loudog
May I ask what you're doing/where you're going that a family of 4 costs $1K for a fb game?
Posted on 7/6/19 at 11:13 am to Jjdoc
The games that draw 90k plus that stay and cheer are the rare exception.
The NCAA is way behind. The universities are still thinking having a bigger stadium is better. Stadiums should focus more on smaller more friendly confines.
They should be multi purpose. They should seat no more than 75k. People do not like being treated like cattle when there is a super comfortable option at home.
The experience needs to be better in the stadium. Think Jerry’s world for college. Not Tiger Stadium. Fans want an experience, not just view a game
The NCAA is way behind. The universities are still thinking having a bigger stadium is better. Stadiums should focus more on smaller more friendly confines.
They should be multi purpose. They should seat no more than 75k. People do not like being treated like cattle when there is a super comfortable option at home.
The experience needs to be better in the stadium. Think Jerry’s world for college. Not Tiger Stadium. Fans want an experience, not just view a game
Posted on 7/6/19 at 11:37 am to Jjdoc
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Not every game is Note Dame, though.
I took my family of 6 to Vandy (homecoming) last year and the prices were great.
I took my daughter to Tennessee and my son to UMass.
Which means you are buying tickets from a secondary source...ie not paying booster fees etc..
How many seats do you believe are purchased by season ticket holders? Honestly, you act like 100% of them are season ticket holders.
For the record, I have bought from stubhub or other companies like that. And as I said, the prices for the games I attend were great.
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The issue is business. Capitalism is showing the SEC that people are not attending for a reason.
Businesses take action based on that...
How many seats in conference are going unsold? 5%? What unsold rate should a business take action?
Posted on 7/6/19 at 11:39 am to southernboisb
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I finished off with 1 strong reason FOR actually going to the game.
And that reason has been there the whole time.... that reason is not working
Posted on 7/6/19 at 11:57 am to Jjdoc
Supply and demand. Reduce the supply and the demand for tickets will increase. Stadium expansion has killed the demand for tickets, and the increase cost of season ticket packages have turned a lot of people off. You can now go on Stubhub and buy a ticket 5 mins before a game at a price of your choosing. The way the SEC scheduling is today, only 4 or 5 games are worth seeing. So you can come away cheaper by going thru Stubhub and can actually get better seats.
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