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RE: College Football’s Growing Problem: Empty Seats
(09-02-2018 10:46 PM)doss2 Wrote: (09-02-2018 04:27 PM)ucbandguy Wrote: The other part of the empty seat problem is the mystery (TBD) game times.
I get it, TV money drives most everything. But for most games, kickoff times should be rather easy to schedule, at least through mid-season. (November, at least for contenders, I understand.)
I ask you, is there any good reason that the Ohio U, UCONN, and Tulane games don't have a scheduled start time? Do TV execs have some reason to think that holding us in suspense will drive up their ratings?
I mean, Tulane is our Homecoming. Why can't we get that game time set, and if TV wants a different start time - let them "buy" the time change from the University?
This is part of the reason I don't get season tickets anymore. It is difficult to make plans. I don't know if I will be available to do something that Saturday morning or evening.
If I am thinking about traveling to an away game, how should I plan my driving, flights, or hotel rooms? For some games it won't matter much. For others, it will - big time.
I think it may negatively affect TV ratings on some away games also. If I know a game I want to watch is on in the evening, I won't let my wife schedule anything over that (usually). But if I don't know, I can't block out that time slot.
I think it hurts also that for some conferences geography means nothing. ACC has UL, how close to the Atlantic is UL? WVU in B12.
The worst is our AAC. Distance from Tulsa or SMU to UConn or USF.
But, at least for the AAC, we're all located in America.
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College Football’s Growing Problem: Empty Seats
