02-24-2021, 01:42 PM
I was just looking at the blazer boosters website, and I found the roster of current boosters. Is it true there's only ~1700 or so blazer boosters? I thought the number would be a lot higher.
(02-24-2021 02:37 PM)LairDweller Wrote: [ -> ]I would guess that the single biggest motivator (at most schools) to be a booster is for season ticket access.
While more a follower than a big fan, I used to be an Iowa booster, just bc it was required to get my super crappy season tickets.
One of the benefits of a smaller stadium (hopefully) will be increased season ticket buyers, which will naturally lead to more boosters.
(02-24-2021 08:00 PM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ]UAB sold those seats. People literally showed you their tickets. You don’t want to believe it, I don’t know what more we can do. While I understand the basis of your argument, it wasn’t an issue, and you know that.
(02-24-2021 09:07 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote: [ -> ](02-24-2021 08:00 PM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ]UAB sold those seats. People literally showed you their tickets. You don’t want to believe it, I don’t know what more we can do. While I understand the basis of your argument, it wasn’t an issue, and you know that.
What about those seat certificates tho
(02-24-2021 02:37 PM)LairDweller Wrote: [ -> ]I would guess that the single biggest motivator (at most schools) to be a booster is for season ticket access.
While more a follower than a big fan, I used to be an Iowa booster, just bc it was required to get my super crappy season tickets.
One of the benefits of a smaller stadium (hopefully) will be increased season ticket buyers, which will naturally lead to more boosters.
(02-24-2021 02:02 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote: [ -> ]Lack boosters & fans is probably the single largest barrier to us moving conferences. We are below programs like Southern Miss, ODU, WKU, Charlotte & UTSA in number of boosters and we need that number to explode with the new stadium for us to make the leap to a better conference.
(02-25-2021 12:39 AM)blazr Wrote: [ -> ](02-24-2021 02:02 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote: [ -> ]Lack boosters & fans is probably the single largest barrier to us moving conferences. We are below programs like Southern Miss, ODU, WKU, Charlotte & UTSA in number of boosters and we need that number to explode with the new stadium for us to make the leap to a better conference.
So, given the landscape, 2021 is do or die...
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(02-25-2021 09:00 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote: [ -> ](02-25-2021 12:39 AM)blazr Wrote: [ -> ](02-24-2021 02:02 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote: [ -> ]Lack boosters & fans is probably the single largest barrier to us moving conferences. We are below programs like Southern Miss, ODU, WKU, Charlotte & UTSA in number of boosters and we need that number to explode with the new stadium for us to make the leap to a better conference.
So, given the landscape, 2021 is do or die...
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But, with all these division titles and conference championships, I thought we were on a roll and there was nothing to worry about? Why hasn't the number of boosters exploded with all this success?
There is only one thing that will make our booster and fan bases explode and a new stadium ain't it. We need big wins over P5 programs or elite G5's. So far we don't have a single one of those since The Return.
If we want to increase our number of boosters in football and men's basketball, BEAT SOMEBODY. Nobody outside the die-hard core of UAB fans cares about CSUK division titles and championships. Might as well win the SoCon or OVC.
(02-25-2021 09:00 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote: [ -> ](02-25-2021 12:39 AM)blazr Wrote: [ -> ](02-24-2021 02:02 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote: [ -> ]Lack boosters & fans is probably the single largest barrier to us moving conferences. We are below programs like Southern Miss, ODU, WKU, Charlotte & UTSA in number of boosters and we need that number to explode with the new stadium for us to make the leap to a better conference.
So, given the landscape, 2021 is do or die...
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But, with all these division titles and conference championships, I thought we were on a roll and there was nothing to worry about? Why hasn't the number of boosters exploded with all this success?
There is only one thing that will make our booster and fan bases explode and a new stadium ain't it. We need big wins over P5 programs or elite G5's. So far we don't have a single one of those since The Return.
If we want to increase our number of boosters in football and men's basketball, BEAT SOMEBODY. Nobody outside the die-hard core of UAB fans cares about CSUK division titles and championships. Might as well win the SoCon or OVC.
(02-25-2021 12:39 AM)blazr Wrote: [ -> ](02-24-2021 02:02 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote: [ -> ]Lack boosters & fans is probably the single largest barrier to us moving conferences. We are below programs like Southern Miss, ODU, WKU, Charlotte & UTSA in number of boosters and we need that number to explode with the new stadium for us to make the leap to a better conference.
So, given the landscape, 2021 is do or die...
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(02-25-2021 05:46 PM)blazr Wrote: [ -> ]I think I read on the AAC board that they got their CCG w/ only 11 teams exception extended thru the 2022 season. That doesn’t seem likely to me, but I’m sure it was extended for 2021.
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Quote:As the American Athletic Conference looks toward the future as an 11-member league, the NCAA has granted its permission for the AAC to hold a football championship game in 2020 and 2021.
NCAA rules say that in order to host a championship game, a conference must have either a round-robin format, a round-robin divisional format, or receive special approval. With 11 members and a commitment to four non-conference games, the AAC appears to have taken the latter approach.
The Big 12 Conference famously hosts a championship game, despite lacking the 12 members necessary to establish divisional play. However, with 10 member schools, that league can simply schedule a full-round robin.
(02-25-2021 12:02 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah our conference sucks, but I feel like uab is doing what it can to build a solid long term fan and booster base for the future. Certainly light years ahead of where we were a decade or two ago. Big wins would help, but it’s not going to cause a huge long term increase in the danbaee or boosters overnight.
(02-25-2021 08:21 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote: [ -> ](02-25-2021 12:02 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah our conference sucks, but I feel like uab is doing what it can to build a solid long term fan and booster base for the future. Certainly light years ahead of where we were a decade or two ago. Big wins would help, but it’s not going to cause a huge long term increase in the danbaee or boosters overnight.
Then what will cause a big increase in the fan base in the long term? Winning CSUK championships? All the die hard Blazer fans that graduate from UAB every season?
I am unconvinced that UAB football will ever be able to depend on student and alumni attendance. Most UAB students and UAB grads are not fans of our athletic programs. The ones that aren't fans of other schools just don't care about sports that much (this has always been a large segment of the student body).
We have to become Birmingham's team and this market doesn't care if UAB wins CSUK. They don't and won't take notice if that is our ceiling.
Beat somebody and keep doing it if you want our booster numbers to grow. Same for attendance, football or basketball.