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New Data On Plummeting Attendance

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But it's up from 20 years ago, maybe it's skyrocketing.

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Not just the kids that would rather stay home. Same thing is happening in every sport, every demographic.  When every game is on your high def TV, it's a whole lot easier (and cheaper) to stay home an

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That specific article did.  But we've been inundate with articles about overall attendence declines across the sport for years.    I'm not sure why you have decided to beat on slick for that.

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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

Per that article, it's UP 2% over 14 years ... skyrocketing it is.

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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

Per that article, it's UP 2% over 14 years ... skyrocketing it is.

 

 

Um, lowest in 14 years is up 2%?  That is some strange math.

 

My bad, though.  It is actually down 7% since 2009.  I'm sure it is still skyrocketing using your math.

 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-college-football-games-student-sections-likely-to-have-empty-seats-1409188244

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It is not HD TV keeping fans away. Ratings per conference for last season were flat for everybody except the SEC, who's ratings numbers actually went down. 

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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

Per that article, it's UP 2% over 14 years ... skyrocketing it is.

 

 

Um, lowest in 14 years is up 2%?  That is some strange math.

 

2000 Attendance = 42,631

2014 Attendance = 43,483

 

You do the math ...

 

 

My bad, though.  It is actually down 7% since 2009.  I'm sure it is still skyrocketing using your math.

 

2008 Attendance = 46,456

2014 Attendance = 43,483

 

It's down 6.4% since 2008, 6 years, which comes out to a drop of a little over 1% a year ..... again, down but hardly plummeting.

 

One can play with numbers and usually make them say want you want them to.

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It is not HD TV keeping fans away. Ratings per conference for last season were flat for everybody except the SEC, who's ratings numbers actually went down. 

 

Which makes sense because the SEC attendance went up about 2K per game ...

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I don't get why folks are so argumentative. The overall consensus according to reports and studies is CFB attendence is trending down. Are there exceptions and people who find loopholes? Yes.

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It is not HD TV keeping fans away. Ratings per conference for last season were flat for everybody except the SEC, who's ratings numbers actually went down.

 

Which makes sense because the SEC attendance went up about 2K per game ...

 

How does that makes sense? Unless you're implying that the drop in ratings were the extra 2000 people per game which wouldn't actually affect ratings in any noticeable way.  There isn't a correlation between attendance and ratings.  

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I thought this was a global warming argument, until I read closer.

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Clean bathrooms are pretty important.  The bathrooms at RJS have fallen off in the past seasons.  Hot and smelly, and the stench is a side effect of it being too hot in the batrooms.  Does it cost the TSA that much to run the A/C in those bathrooms?

 

The public WiFi at RJS is pretty pathetic.  It is next to impossible to establish a connection, and when you do, you get zero throughput.

 

If "world class" NFL stadium cannot get its act together, how can anyone expect the college stadiums to do it?

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