(02-20-2019 10:31 AM)PojoaquePosse Wrote:  

(02-19-2019 11:32 PM)MidWestMidMajor Wrote:  [Is there something that could be done to improve attendance?

This has been discussed ad nauseam on the Aggie board. All of your questions have been dissected to the nth degree. Our marketing team and AD have done a commendable job trying to pump up attendance. We have seen slight increases year over year across the past 3 seasons.

In my humble opinion, I think the biggest issue, and it is affecting all levels of college and pro sports, is people have a lot of choices for their entertainment and get most of it via their phone/computer/xbox/TV.

I apologize for the side trip to scenic Amarillo. Here is something related to the topic. The question was raised regarding attendance at basketball games as a benchmark for potential new additions to the WAC. I found a link at EmptySeatsPic to this interesting article.

Bowling Green is tied for 1st place in the MAC; they are 13-1 at home this year. They play in a beautiful new (2011) on campus arena. And their attendance is bad. The reporter counted only 48 students at a game from a campus with 20,000 students. In 1984 they averaged 8300 in total attendance. In 2008, they were concerned that they only averaged 4600. In 2017, only 1800 (admittedly, not a great record that year). This year they have a winning team...and are still drawing badly.

The point: Using basketball attendance as a metric for viability as a future WAC school will need to be taken with a few grains of salt. The culture is changing and seems to be drawing people away from attending live sporting events.

https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/colle...0190219187