(06-21-2022 04:02 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  

(06-21-2022 09:52 AM)TigerFan38134 Wrote:  

(06-20-2022 06:39 PM)Keeper Wrote:  

(06-20-2022 07:12 AM)TigerFan38134 Wrote:  

(06-18-2022 10:18 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  Spring break does not seem to be suffering due to students not wanting to travel.

you'll never appeal to a casual student-fan by making football/mbb inconvenient. with the horrific rise in inflation, I would think student participation will be even less this season.

Why? Going to a game will be free! For cash strapped students that is a cheap date.

how do they get there? drive and park? there's a cost associated with that. ride the shuttle? now you can't bring all of your tailgate beer/food/etc. so now you have to buy beer/food. We could go back and forth all day. I truly believe student involvement is higher with OC facilities. I'm sure there is likely statistics to go along with that. Every Memphis away game I have ever attended on an OC facility has been an awesome experience, with PACKED student sections, but in contrast, away games against schools with non OC facilities have similar student involvement as Memphis does. Would an OC facility guarantee anything different? Of course not. I did see in a thread on the AAC Conference page awhile back someone threw some stats out comparing Alumni giving with OC facilities compared to non OC facilities, and there was a substantial difference in the two, which would lead me to believe that getting alumni and students together OC for games is beneficial for everyone involved. Someone in the University has to be getting there pockets filled from the city over the $200 million renovations to the LBMS.

What if there was a designated student tailgate area? With bands and other entertainment? How many more students would show up for that?

I definitely think that would help increase student participation, but then you'll have people that pay for tailgate/parking complaining that they have to pay. I think the students should have their own parking lot/tailgate area that's free. they pay the athletic fees in their tuition, so why are we charging them extra for basically a similar experience that students at schools with OC facilities get for free?