I can't help but scratch my head at all these numbers. I also can't help but scratch my head at all of you who jump up and down excited when you see some "study" or data that supports your inherent biases or agendas. In the science world, this study is the most rediclous thing and isn't even worth toilet paper. I'll admit, it looks flashy and then this guy presents it like a well conducted study done by a big-time firm.

In the science world we look at data and have it peer reviewed. You all are not critiquing the methods. You all are taking the conclusions as absolute.......even when there are HUGE red flags that make NO sense such as the Unconn and Syracuse football numbers.

So, let's delve into the data that went into these studies. Do you all not read the fine print? It's right there in front of you.

Data is collected from fan base surveys from 2011 and 2014 along with a third party ticket vendor vivid seats sales in 2014. Then they factored in population data to adjust it according to the shift in population for the 2020 census.

I mean people......are you serious?

You are using data from MORE THAN A DECADE AGO!

Some of the data used for UCF was from when they were in the CUSA! I would bet a large part of the country didnt even know UCF existed. UCONN was in a BCS conference! Heck, the BCS was still around for these data points. And then 8 year old vivid seat sales gets put into it?........Like what the hell?

This is just a fancy slide show with a decade old data. Let's not pretend this has ANY bearing on current fan base sizes or possible media deals that come to fruition in 2025 which is almost 15 years later from the data in this so called study.