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CFB Attendance Waning Yet Nobody Knows Why
Meek
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because they don't fucking know... they aren't sociologists, you know!! It's baffling how the attendance is declining!
Here is a very long and thorough article by @JohnCanzanoHasHotAsianWifeDawg
https://oregonlive.com/sports/2019/12/canzano-college-footballs-troubles-will-be-punctuated-with-more-empty-seats-in-pac-12-title-game.html
me, on the other hand... well, I am not a sociologist, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night... and while there, this is what I learned.
The media has allowed blowhards like Paul Finebaum and ESPN's College Football Live TV show to incessantly promote the same 5-6 teams every fucking year such that all the fans of other teams just don't think the upper echelon of CFB is either relevant to them nor is it even attainable... Look at what Finebaum said yesterday when discussing, on ESPN, whether Oklahoma or Utah should be in.. "nobody wants to see Utah play, therefore pick Oklahoma (because they're of interest to Finebaum and David Pollock and Boogie or whatever his name is). The media polling has intentionally made 112 of 119 teams irrelevant and they wonder why nobody watches anymore.
Here is a very long and thorough article by @JohnCanzanoHasHotAsianWifeDawg
https://oregonlive.com/sports/2019/12/canzano-college-footballs-troubles-will-be-punctuated-with-more-empty-seats-in-pac-12-title-game.html
me, on the other hand... well, I am not a sociologist, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night... and while there, this is what I learned.
The media has allowed blowhards like Paul Finebaum and ESPN's College Football Live TV show to incessantly promote the same 5-6 teams every fucking year such that all the fans of other teams just don't think the upper echelon of CFB is either relevant to them nor is it even attainable... Look at what Finebaum said yesterday when discussing, on ESPN, whether Oklahoma or Utah should be in.. "nobody wants to see Utah play, therefore pick Oklahoma (because they're of interest to Finebaum and David Pollock and Boogie or whatever his name is). The media polling has intentionally made 112 of 119 teams irrelevant and they wonder why nobody watches anymore.
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Stop watching ESPN instead
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i don't watch it anymore, but the influence the media poll has for the first 9 weeks of the season and the off-season is undeniable. The media members rank teams they "want to see" and really don't know anything about most teams and then the playoff committee falls into that sphere of influence... I happen to think it does affect general interest in the sport since the playoffs were introduced.RaceBannon said:Stop watching ESPN instead
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Didn't read the article but college football is still popular where it matters, i.e. college towns and the South. In big cities like Seattle there's too much else to do if the team is mediocre. Get an elite team here with decent start times and good opponents and the stadium is full. Same as it ever was.
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I hear youMeek said:
i don't watch it anymore, but the influence the media poll has for the first 9 weeks of the season and the off-season is undeniable. The media members rank teams they "want to see" and really don't know anything about most teams and then the playoff committee falls into that sphere of influence... I happen to think it does affect general interest in the sport since the playoffs were introduced.RaceBannon said:Stop watching ESPN instead
but you're right...whatever.gif
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I’m actually with @Meek here...as much as I now loathe ESPN, they do still have influence (as to how much is debatable). I stopped watching because of their paint-by-the-numbers approach to reporting.
Here was the typical recipe for *any* of their shows:
NFL: Patriots (either Brady or GRONK!); Kaepernick
College Football: How will Alabama/Ohio State make the playoff?; is Jim Harbaugh on the hot seat at Michigan?
Golf: Tiger Woods
NBA: LeBron
College Basketball: Final Four Predictions (even in July)
Baseball: ???? (OK, I usually turned the TV off for that)
Obviously ESPN is not the only reason behind plummeting attendance at college football games (we’ve talked about other contributors here in other threads), but they are part of the problem. -
i can watch any game i want to on tv. why spend $800 on oregon tickets when i can sit on my ass and watch our? dwags lose from my couch?
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Tickets were like $60 for decent seats. This is a dumb narrativerodmansrage said:i can watch any game i want to on tv. why spend $800 on oregon tickets when i can sit on my ass and watch our? dwags lose from my couch?
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Being at the game is way more fun.rodmansrage said:i can watch any game i want to on tv. why spend $800 on oregon tickets when i can sit on my ass and watch our? dwags lose from my couch?
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Yes, cal game was root canal level funUWhuskytskeet said:
Being at the game is way more fun.rodmansrage said:i can watch any game i want to on tv. why spend $800 on oregon tickets when i can sit on my ass and watch our? dwags lose from my couch?
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And this attitude is why west coast attendance continues to plummet. For better or worse, those in the Midwest and southeast regions still value the experience of going to the game and being there in person. It's a running gag here, but it does mean more.rodmansrage said:i can watch any game i want to on tv. why spend $800 on oregon tickets when i can sit on my ass and watch our? dwags lose from my couch?
