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re: Stadiums were louder early 2000s than now
Posted on 8/26/24 at 7:54 am to JamalMurry27
Posted on 8/26/24 at 7:54 am to JamalMurry27
Gum seems a lot mintier these days according to Nate from the warehouse
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Posted on 8/26/24 at 7:54 am to AuburnTigers
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Men had more testosterone back in the day.
Because they didn't have a cell phone.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 7:58 am to tigerbait2010
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Tiger Stadium still gets loud as frick, but really only when a major opponent is in town.
True for most big schools now . Smaller non competitive games are just not the same anymore
Posted on 8/26/24 at 8:08 am to GatorOnAnIsland
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That’s when the bands played and there were cheers during the breaks. Now it’s loud rap shite music and commercials at every break.
Got to visit an FCS school to get that pure game experience these days
Posted on 8/26/24 at 8:16 am to BigOrangeKen
All that noise from older people in the 2ks is generated from yelling at younger people to sit down.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 8:17 am to JamalMurry27
More trophy travel type fans as opposed to the lifelong passionate fan who lives and dies with every play.
It harder to organize and afford going all in for a team constantly. The experience is premium price, but much of the in stadium experience is not.
Also the aging population has something to do with it. Demographics is destiny. The schools are harder to get into for some of the guys who would really become your passionate donor base. The out of state kid with a high SAT score will most likely not make as many pilgrimages to Auburn, Athens, Tuscaloosa, etc as the decent student with ok scores from Birmingham,Montgomaery or Augusta.
When it’s not worth the time and expense for a family, you lose out on lifetime habit of going to games as the focus.
It harder to organize and afford going all in for a team constantly. The experience is premium price, but much of the in stadium experience is not.
Also the aging population has something to do with it. Demographics is destiny. The schools are harder to get into for some of the guys who would really become your passionate donor base. The out of state kid with a high SAT score will most likely not make as many pilgrimages to Auburn, Athens, Tuscaloosa, etc as the decent student with ok scores from Birmingham,Montgomaery or Augusta.
When it’s not worth the time and expense for a family, you lose out on lifetime habit of going to games as the focus.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 8:29 am to athenslife101
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Probably the way sound is captured I would think
This. And updated press boxes. As stadiums have upgrades the press boxes throughout the years it has been modified for TV announcers.
It’s also the type of microphones used by announcers that doesn’t pick up the crowd sound like old microphones used to. It’s why they have to mix in that extra sound.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 8:33 am to JamalMurry27
They are also really changing the demographic of the students unfortunately. Not nearly as many Southern kids as there used to be. Atmosphere at Neyland has really improved though lately because the team doesn’t actively try to make you kill yourself
Posted on 8/26/24 at 8:34 am to JamalMurry27
I’ve always thought pre-early 90s fans were louder because they were clapping and yelling and not just yelling while using a damn shaker, which had paper strips attached to a wooden stick in the 80s, fell apart by halftime and were generally useless.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 8:45 am to JamalMurry27
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stadiums and atmospheres seem so much louder than they are now
Aggies were louder for damn sure. They had a smaller stadium, only around 40k students, but back before cell phones they were vicious at home. They all did the yells, everyone had a 12th man towel, they were focused and red-assed.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 9:05 am to JamalMurry27
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LSU has priced out a ton of diehards for companies that use the tickets for entertainment
This is the biggest factor, imo. There's way too many empty seats with really good views of the field, even at conference games. Obviously there's 100,000+ people who would be willing to attend every LSU football game, the problem is actually getting them tickets when they're being held hostage by people who don't go to the games.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 9:11 am to JamalMurry27
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Stadiums were louder early 2000s than now
absolutely.
Its a corporate event now, back then stadiums were full of people who would scream their asses off. All of those people have been priced out now.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 9:16 am to BigOrangeKen
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We older fans showed up ready now days everyone is looking at phone screens and not the game.
Spot on Ken. It's hard to clap when there is a cell phone permanently glued to one hand.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 9:59 am to JamalMurry27
you've gotten older and don't hear as well
Posted on 8/26/24 at 10:42 am to JamalMurry27
Two reasons.
1. A lot of stadiums have reduced capacity to accommodate 'premium seating'.
2. The broke arse screaming young drunks who could afford a $20 ticket and $5 parking can no longer afford $150 tickets and $60 parking. Now you have Joe Accountant and his wife instead of Billy Bob and the girl he met at the bar last Tuesday night. Billy Bob and woman yelled to top of their lungs. Joe and wife give a soft golf clap and a high five when a TD is scored.
Seriously, I think the crowd demographic has changed. The same crowd still makes the trek to the stadium, we are just older, more sober, and less rowdy.
The younger generation seems to be more into, "stream it on the big screen".
1. A lot of stadiums have reduced capacity to accommodate 'premium seating'.
2. The broke arse screaming young drunks who could afford a $20 ticket and $5 parking can no longer afford $150 tickets and $60 parking. Now you have Joe Accountant and his wife instead of Billy Bob and the girl he met at the bar last Tuesday night. Billy Bob and woman yelled to top of their lungs. Joe and wife give a soft golf clap and a high five when a TD is scored.
Seriously, I think the crowd demographic has changed. The same crowd still makes the trek to the stadium, we are just older, more sober, and less rowdy.
The younger generation seems to be more into, "stream it on the big screen".
Posted on 8/26/24 at 10:49 am to JamalMurry27
die hards cant go anymore and every game is on TV. so why would a diehard show up to 7 home games a year and pay to tailgate/go in/etc when 70" flatscreens and cable for the year is cheaper than the seat fees for a football season.
Basically in 2000 youd have over capacity games, now they are giving away upper deck tickets for free to military or other orgs (who arent fans of the school) so that the numbers look better.
TLDR: TV and Prices, have killed off diehards as well as made it to where someone doesnt want to sit in the nosebleeds vs watching at home
Basically in 2000 youd have over capacity games, now they are giving away upper deck tickets for free to military or other orgs (who arent fans of the school) so that the numbers look better.
TLDR: TV and Prices, have killed off diehards as well as made it to where someone doesnt want to sit in the nosebleeds vs watching at home
Posted on 8/26/24 at 10:50 am to Nguyening
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The broadcast has a huge effect on how loud the game sounds. It'd so obvious when they mix it up or down based on the game and narrative.
Yep, they manipulate how it sounds constantly.
Also, live atmosphere is changed a lot due to the amount of commercial timeouts.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 12:24 pm to JamalMurry27
All the Boomers that get so much hate here have aged out and stopped going. The rest of the fricks coming after are lame!
Posted on 8/26/24 at 12:27 pm to Bob the Ogre
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2. The broke arse screaming young drunks who could afford a $20 ticket and $5 parking can no longer afford $150 tickets and $60 parking. Now you have Joe Accountant and his wife instead of Billy Bob and the girl he met at the bar last Tuesday night. Billy Bob and woman yelled to top of their lungs. Joe and wife give a soft golf clap and a high five when a TD is scored.
Seriously, I think the crowd demographic has changed. The same crowd still makes the trek to the stadium, we are just older, more sober, and less rowdy.
It's this
It applies to students too. Most big program schools are big state schools that get swamped with demand and less "of the people" than ever before. Alabama is a great example.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 12:39 pm to OlDirtyTiger7
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There's way too many empty seats with really good views of the field, even at conference games.
I'd be more than ok with a policy stating that if your ticket hasn't been scanned in by halfway through the 1st quarter, you forfeit it for that game. Then have a window where people can start getting assigned those tickets for cheap.
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