(10-09-2013 05:33 PM)mistabinks Wrote:  UTEP would be much more secure financially if every El Paso family attended just one game together. This is a UTEP specific fan board though. The expectations are a little higher of the fans. We do expect other die hards to attend most games. I don't have those same expectations at other non UTEP boards. Context is everything.

That is a fair statement. It's a cart before the horse kind of thing I guess.

Where as you and others like you hold fans to a higher standard, I hold the school to a higher standard.

You might say that if there was more fan support, athletics would be better.

I say however that if there was better athletics, there would be more fan support.

El Paso is a financially strapped town. Most families of four cannot afford to go out every weekend. Therefore, they aren't going to spend their money on a UTEP game if there is a likelyhood that they are going to lose.