(11-03-2016 12:11 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote: (11-03-2016 12:01 PM)adcorbett Wrote: (11-03-2016 11:45 AM)RutgersGuy Wrote: I disagree, since OSU is one of the most profitable football teams in the country. I also guarantee not every high school game is friday night and even when they have games on saturday afternoons those fans are taking OSU tickets when given the chance.
Hyperbole isn't fact.
I am curious, do you know this for a fact, or are you just assuming? I ask because, for example, in Indiana, IU is one the biggest BB bluebloods in the country. But it plays second fiddle to HS basketball in its own state. I know that one for fact.
Are you sure you're not assuming that? Do IU games ticket sales take a hit when they play the same night as the local high school games? Is OSU not going to sell out if they play a Friday night game because the local high schools are going to siphon off a large enough chunk of people? I highly doubt that and just the argument that "High school football/basketball is too big" isn't a factual statement. There is a reason the sports high archy is high school < college < pro because thats actually how it is in the real world.
So you just answered my question. You are guessing.
I say that because I live in the area and I know it from personal experience in regards to HS basketball. Thus I am including to agree with Lance99, since you are showing you are using pure speculation, with no factual basis, to argue against someone who has seen it for themselves, and has experience in the matter.
As an outsider looking in, when you consider that OSU draws a large percentage of their home gate from outside of Columbus, I could see how going up on Friday night against local HS teams who are very popular (and with OSU likely playing a dog opponent), would make it hard for them to fill the stands. Likewise I can see how it would be hard for them to get strong ratings in their home market, because again, many people might be out at HS football games, as they traditionally are. Now I don't live in Ohio (But I do live about an hour away, so I am somewhat familiar with what he is talking about, but not enough to definitively say), but based on what I do know, I would be very much inclined to believe him, unless someone shows me proof otherwise.
I live in KY, and we do not have a major HS football culture, and even here Friday games do lose a bit, because of HS football. We actually have a fairly different crowd for weeknight games, where I'd say close to 10k people who come on the weeknight games, are not the people who are normally here on weekdays. But as most of our fans live within 25 minutes of the stadium, it is not a big deal. If you are dealing with people who drive in for 2+ hours, I can see how that is a problem: especially when they have something else they typically do at that time, which may be a higher priority to them.