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re: Wall Street Journal: Schools have no idea what students want at CFB games
Posted on 7/17/15 at 9:50 am to Bench McElroy
Posted on 7/17/15 at 9:50 am to Bench McElroy
It's what we have all been thinking . . . this young generation is shite.
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Posted on 7/17/15 at 9:51 am to Bench McElroy
Stop scheduling garbage games, sell alcohol, and make it easier/cheaper for students to transfer tickets between themselves.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 10:21 am to Bench McElroy
Is it really that hard to figure out? For most teams, 3-4 of the games on the schedule are a complete joke. More and more powerhouse schools are moving towards these stupid neutral site games, which, unless you're playing in Jerry World, likely has less seats than the team's home stadium.
Couple that with the fact that depending on the year, your conference opponents might be complete trash. Alabama and Ole Miss were the only games worth going to at LSU last year, and the Wisconsin game was at NRG Stadium. Athletic director's are really f*cking stupid if they can't figure this out.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 11:08 am to Bench McElroy
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Schools have no idea what students want at CFB games
Some schools do.
Those who seem to struggle are the ones filled with insecure students who try their hardest to play dress up, be chill and dope, and impress a bunch of dorks
I wouldn't enjoy that atmosphere either.
Come hang out with us in Aggieland--the beer's always cold, the Howdys are plentiful, and no one will give you shite.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 11:25 am to Bench McElroy
Football is not a sport well suited to live entertainment when compared to it's TV counterpart.
The product and experience of watching the game on TV in the comfort of your own home is far superior. You have your own food, beer, and air conditioning, as well as the ability to hear immediate analysis from network analysts and see instant replays in HD. The view you get on TV is typically better than in the stadium. You have the freedom to do anything you want during commercial breaks.
In contrast, in the stadium you pay for grossly overpriced food, they don't sell beer, the weather can be miserably hot, miserably cold, rainy, etc. Instant replays are limited to one mediocre angle on the jumbotron. TV timeouts are excruciatingly boring. The amount of dead time between plays, timeouts, and quarters is exponential.
The Wall Street Journal states that there are only 11 minutes of real action during a roughly 3 hour football event LINK. The question if you want people to attend the games live, is how are you entertaining the crowd for the other 2 hours and 49 minutes?
The product and experience of watching the game on TV in the comfort of your own home is far superior. You have your own food, beer, and air conditioning, as well as the ability to hear immediate analysis from network analysts and see instant replays in HD. The view you get on TV is typically better than in the stadium. You have the freedom to do anything you want during commercial breaks.
In contrast, in the stadium you pay for grossly overpriced food, they don't sell beer, the weather can be miserably hot, miserably cold, rainy, etc. Instant replays are limited to one mediocre angle on the jumbotron. TV timeouts are excruciatingly boring. The amount of dead time between plays, timeouts, and quarters is exponential.
The Wall Street Journal states that there are only 11 minutes of real action during a roughly 3 hour football event LINK. The question if you want people to attend the games live, is how are you entertaining the crowd for the other 2 hours and 49 minutes?
Posted on 7/17/15 at 11:50 am to Bench McElroy
Students want alcohol sales, as comfortable of a setting as possible for most (especially sororities 
), team strength, competitive pricing, etc. Pricing is probably important for a lot of schools. My friends at Texas pay like $250 bucks for an "all-access" pass to UT athletic events. All of LSU's programs outside of football are free, and football tickets are $85.
I was surprised to hear UT nickels and dimes its student body for such a shitty product, but not exactly shocked
), team strength, competitive pricing, etc. Pricing is probably important for a lot of schools. My friends at Texas pay like $250 bucks for an "all-access" pass to UT athletic events. All of LSU's programs outside of football are free, and football tickets are $85. I was surprised to hear UT nickels and dimes its student body for such a shitty product, but not exactly shocked
Posted on 7/17/15 at 11:57 am to Bench McElroy
Play less shite teams. I don't want to see LSU play some no name school I've never heard of
Posted on 7/17/15 at 12:16 pm to Bench McElroy
Good thing they did a study to figure out what everyone already knew. I guess they're not fans, so they're still learning.
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