New Data On Plummeting Attendance

[Brad]

 

Usually pull that out when I'm breaking up with a chick.

 

Had to try it in a new scenario.

 

So instead of breaking up with a chick, you're breaking up with slick ... ?

 

 

Just going our own ways for a day or two.

[slick1ru2]

Yes the title is deceptive, bu-u-u-u-u-u-t falls in line with slick's desire to see the sport shut down.

Oh please. Sharpen your comprehension skills. I've never said I wanted the demise of CF. And while this article does say much about STUDENT attendance, it also includes statements such as "Schools must cater to both 18-year-old undergraduates and 81-year-old donors" and "One of the shocking things that schools have learned is that football fans, including students, currently care more about clean restrooms than fast Internet.". Its hardly just a student issue as evidenced by many articles such as this one, http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24891415/college-football-attendance-home-crowds-drop-to-lowest-in-14-years. Or this one http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/college_football_2013-14_bowl.html

Tap dance all you want but the only new data on plummeting attendance in the article pertained strictly to students ... the thread title is misleading.

Oh so, only student attendance is plummeting?

Hell, I didn't see any data in that article that backed up that student attendance was "plummeting" ... just some possible reasons why it supposedly was "plummeting". And as far as overall attendance "plummeting", 1A avg attendance in 2003 was 44,877 ... in 2008, 46,971 ... in 2014, 44,603 (a little bit skewed because of new, smaller FBS schools that moved up). Maybe you, and the grandstanding media, should look up what the definition of plummet is. It's down but hardly "plummeting" at this point ...

http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-football-attendance

Does one of your triple Bs stand for bickering or badgering?

[Triple B]

 

 

 

 

 

Yes the title is deceptive, bu-u-u-u-u-u-t falls in line with slick's desire to see the sport shut down.

Oh please. Sharpen your comprehension skills. I've never said I wanted the demise of CF. And while this article does say much about STUDENT attendance, it also includes statements such as "Schools must cater to both 18-year-old undergraduates and 81-year-old donors" and "One of the shocking things that schools have learned is that football fans, including students, currently care more about clean restrooms than fast Internet.". Its hardly just a student issue as evidenced by many articles such as this one, http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24891415/college-football-attendance-home-crowds-drop-to-lowest-in-14-years. Or this one http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/college_football_2013-14_bowl.html

Tap dance all you want but the only new data on plummeting attendance in the article pertained strictly to students ... the thread title is misleading.

Oh so, only student attendance is plummeting?

Hell, I didn't see any data in that article that backed up that student attendance was "plummeting" ... just some possible reasons why it supposedly was "plummeting". And as far as overall attendance "plummeting", 1A avg attendance in 2003 was 44,877 ... in 2008, 46,971 ... in 2014, 44,603 (a little bit skewed because of new, smaller FBS schools that moved up). Maybe you, and the grandstanding media, should look up what the definition of plummet is. It's down but hardly "plummeting" at this point ...

http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-football-attendance

Does one of your triple Bs stand for bickering or badgering?

 

 

Actually, both .... Third one is "brilliant".

[Triple B]

 

 

Usually pull that out when I'm breaking up with a chick.

 

Had to try it in a new scenario.

 

So instead of breaking up with a chick, you're breaking up with slick ... ?

 

 

Just going our own ways for a day or two.

 

 

I was more hoping for a comment on my Dave Mason like lyric line ...

[Brad]

Cuz you rhymed, brah?

[Buller64]

 

 

 

 

Yes the title is deceptive, bu-u-u-u-u-u-t falls in line with slick's desire to see the sport shut down.

 

 

Oh please. Sharpen your comprehension skills. I've never said I wanted the demise of CF. And while this article does say much about STUDENT attendance, it also includes statements such as "Schools must cater to both 18-year-old undergraduates and 81-year-old donors" and "One of the shocking things that schools have learned is that football fans, including students, currently care more about clean restrooms than fast Internet.". Its hardly just a student issue as evidenced by many articles such as this one, http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24891415/college-football-attendance-home-crowds-drop-to-lowest-in-14-years. Or this one http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/college_football_2013-14_bowl.html

 

 

Tap dance all you want but the only new data on plummeting attendance in the article pertained strictly to students ... the thread title is misleading.

 

 

Oh so, only student attendance is plummeting?

 

 

Hell, I didn't see any data in that article that backed up that student attendance was "plummeting" ... just some possible reasons why it supposedly was "plummeting". And as far as overall attendance "plummeting", 1A avg attendance in 2003 was 44,877 ... in 2008, 46,971 ... in 2014, 44,603 (a little bit skewed because of new, smaller FBS schools that moved up). Maybe you, and the grandstanding media, should look up what the definition of plummet is. It's down but hardly "plummeting" at this point ...

 

http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-football-attendance

 

The fall in real median income can also explain the fall in attendance. People just can't afford it anymore. Sports is entertainment and there are less expensive forms of entertainment.  

[Triple B]

 

 

 

 

 

Yes the title is deceptive, bu-u-u-u-u-u-t falls in line with slick's desire to see the sport shut down.

 

 

Oh please. Sharpen your comprehension skills. I've never said I wanted the demise of CF. And while this article does say much about STUDENT attendance, it also includes statements such as "Schools must cater to both 18-year-old undergraduates and 81-year-old donors" and "One of the shocking things that schools have learned is that football fans, including students, currently care more about clean restrooms than fast Internet.". Its hardly just a student issue as evidenced by many articles such as this one, http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24891415/college-football-attendance-home-crowds-drop-to-lowest-in-14-years. Or this one http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/college_football_2013-14_bowl.html

 

 

Tap dance all you want but the only new data on plummeting attendance in the article pertained strictly to students ... the thread title is misleading.

 

 

Oh so, only student attendance is plummeting?

 

 

Hell, I didn't see any data in that article that backed up that student attendance was "plummeting" ... just some possible reasons why it supposedly was "plummeting". And as far as overall attendance "plummeting", 1A avg attendance in 2003 was 44,877 ... in 2008, 46,971 ... in 2014, 44,603 (a little bit skewed because of new, smaller FBS schools that moved up). Maybe you, and the grandstanding media, should look up what the definition of plummet is. It's down but hardly "plummeting" at this point ...

 

http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-football-attendance

 

The fall in real median income can also explain the fall in attendance. People just can't afford it anymore. Sports is entertainment and there are less expensive forms of entertainment.  

 

 

The fall in income can definitely explain some, as can the aforementioned rise in the quality of the home watching experience with bigger, higher quality viewing options ..... the bottom line, though, is that there was only a drop of around 2% from the previous year, with no precipitous drops before that, so there's no way college football attendance can be classified as "plummeting" at this point in time unless you have some sort of agenda.

[Brad]

Does anybody use the scientific method anymore? God **** it.

[JTrue]

If Mad Cow is any indication, science is a dead subject.

[Who'sYourData?]

 

 

 

 

Yes the title is deceptive, bu-u-u-u-u-u-t falls in line with slick's desire to see the sport shut down.

 

 

Oh please. Sharpen your comprehension skills. I've never said I wanted the demise of CF. And while this article does say much about STUDENT attendance, it also includes statements such as "Schools must cater to both 18-year-old undergraduates and 81-year-old donors" and "One of the shocking things that schools have learned is that football fans, including students, currently care more about clean restrooms than fast Internet.". Its hardly just a student issue as evidenced by many articles such as this one, http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24891415/college-football-attendance-home-crowds-drop-to-lowest-in-14-years. Or this one http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/college_football_2013-14_bowl.html

 

 

Tap dance all you want but the only new data on plummeting attendance in the article pertained strictly to students ... the thread title is misleading.

 

 

Oh so, only student attendance is plummeting?

 

 

Hell, I didn't see any data in that article that backed up that student attendance was "plummeting" ... just some possible reasons why it supposedly was "plummeting". And as far as overall attendance "plummeting", 1A avg attendance in 2003 was 44,877 ... in 2008, 46,971 ... in 2014, 44,603 (a little bit skewed because of new, smaller FBS schools that moved up). Maybe you, and the grandstanding media, should look up what the definition of plummet is. It's down but hardly "plummeting" at this point ...

 

http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-football-attendance

 

 

Down 7% over 14 years.  I would call that plummeting.  Maybe it just a slight variation to you, I dunno.

 

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24891415/college-football-attendance-home-crowds-drop-to-lowest-in-14-years