(07-24-2022 08:51 PM)Keeper Wrote:  

(07-24-2022 08:52 AM)Original Sabretooth Wrote:  

(07-24-2022 06:26 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(07-23-2022 09:49 PM)CRM114 Wrote:  

(07-23-2022 08:54 PM)Keeper Wrote:  Not sure about your opinion that OCS is automatically a better environment. But one thing I can guarantee would enhance the environment and experience is 10,000 or 15,000 additional butts in the seats at Liberty Stadium. That would also demonstrate to all the commitment to Tiger football.

Seeing that everything is driven by TV revenue, I don’t buy into the fan atmosphere or OCS arguments. If our games drew 2-3 million viewers per game, we could play home games in Whitehaven HS stadium and still get into a P5 conference.

Main problems we face are TV market size and economics, school size, low growth rates, and size/affluence of alumni base.

School size, growth rates & size/affluence of the alumni base could all be positively affected by an OCS. Take in some games where schools play OC. There is a tremendous difference in the atmosphere & experience - and an OCS gets alumni back on campus, causing them to stay connected & give more. The only thing Memphis can do about market size is win more consistently year to year & play an exciting brand of FB that viewers enjoy watching.

We have so many fans of the football program who are not alumni, which is wonderful, but they see Tiger football only through the lens of football; where most alumni support the OCS for the reasons outlined in the post above. I think a large part of the university’s problem is most of its large benefactors are not alumni of the school. They support the school out of civic obligation but there is not the irrational attachment to the school that an Ole Miss, LSU or Arkansas enjoy. The alumni of those schools enjoy an attachment to their schools that Memphis alumni, unfortunately, envy.

Don't know where you get that most support an OCS. Most of the Tiger fans on this board dont believe that an OCS is the answer. Those of you who believe this are entitled to your belief, but none of your reasons for that belief are merely opinions. I have been to many OCS games that disprove your argument. But like I said you can believe anything you want. In this nation we have freedom of religion.

I don't think I have been to a game at on OCS that wasn't a better "experience" than what LBMS offers. It also gets people on campus, which is likely a huge benefit when it comes to alumni interest, which would likely impact giving. It also creates a bridge to the college for those who give out of "civic obligation." Those living on campus get an easily accessible, and affordable form of entertainment that's literally at their front door. I've posted before, that the only thing that ties a MBB or football game to the University is the school name on the front of the jersey. The MBB games and Grizzlies games are a very similar atmosphere, the only obvious difference is the presence of the band. Had we been investing in football during the early 2000's, I think we could have been included with UCF and Cincinnati's invitation to the B12. We may be at a too little, too late position for the foreseeable future. Our likely path to moving "up," likely revolves around the ACC getting poached, and us backfilling one of those spots. I doubt that would be announced in the next 10 years as their GOR is good until 2036. We may get a call up around 2034ish if there's movement made public by then. Hopefully our conference brethren haven't passed us in facilities, leaving us on the "outside looking in" once more.