(09-29-2021 11:27 AM)chihuskie Wrote:  We seriously can't even plant a news story about the Huskies. STF's marketing department is doing a great job! Google NIU Football and all you get is NIU web page article, or articles about PREVIOUS games and most of those from the opposing side's view point. We get ZERO press. Wonder why no one is particularly interested in going to a game.

Sorry to be negative--- but a fricking 5 year extension with a raise??? Give me a ******* break!

True. NIU football (and all sports in general) is a non-issue. The newspaper articles after our games are a blip from AP - even for home games. NIU football basically exists for the 10K - 11K diehards and no one else. There is nothing to attract a casual fan to the games. Publicity is non-existent or deplorable. Athletics throws a blurb or two on social media and that is supposed to attract new fans? If I lived in Chicago or suburbs and had a passing interest in NIU and would maybe consider attending a game, how would I know if or where there is a game unless I actively searched the Huskies web site? Not everyone is on social media, and you can forget the older fans being on social media. Personally, I am very active on my computer but I am on no social media because I have zero interest in it. So, how is Athletics marketing to old farts like me? Because I am a registered fan and donor with season tickets, I get periodic e-mails. What about the others? How is the casual fan in Naperville being marketed to?? Is there more marketing out there that I just don't know about?