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(02-23-2013 09:00 AM)pandorazboxx Wrote:  They always count the student section as sold out whether it is our not. Those numbers don't help either way.

Where did you get this information from?

(02-23-2013 08:08 AM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote:  

(02-22-2013 10:38 PM)Dominion Wrote:  College basketball attendance has been declining for several years, including student attendance. The Cameron Crazies don't even fill their allotment anymore. This was covered pretty extensively last year... Here's one of the stories:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/co...53424996/1

Those numbers are rather insignificant to point to any real, quantifiable decline. I think that the total number barely decreased at all and I promise you most of that decline was based around the downturn in the economy, people just flat out cannot afford to pay for season tickets, especially when they continue to raise the price, while most average people's budgets are tightening.

Yes, extra teams were added to college basketball, but most of those teams bring next to no one too their home games and have no real effect other than to pull the "per game average" down drastically! But again I think the cost of tickets going up while entertainment options and viewing options increase and people's budgets decrease plays a much bigger factor than any real "loss of interest".



Now the downturn in number of people attending the NCAA tourney probably has more to do with the availability of every game online or on tv, every single game is available for viewing during the entire tourney online or on tv. Combine that with the downturn in the economy coinciding with an uptick in the prices of the tickets and you have the same problem. The NCAA is pricing the average fan out of being able to attend the NCAA tourney especially when they end up moving teams like odu to New Orleans or buffalo (our trip to DC not withstanding) to watch their team play.

Average fans can't afford that cross country trip on a 1 week notice from selection Sunday until when the game is played anymore for a multitude of reasons and especially not with it available on tv or online for free. Expect to see that trend continue but not because of any perceived loss of interest from the fans.

This article isn't very well written.

Hey, I'm not making it up. There was a lot of reporting on the issue, and the NCAA has a group looking at the issue of declining attendance and real concern in some folks that the whole product is in need of some reform.

Here's some more on it:
http://www.athleticbusiness.com/articles...&zoneid=34
http://thesportdigest.com/2012/03/colleg...er-attack/
http://m.wsj.com/articles/a/SB1000142405...reno64-wsj

(02-23-2013 04:15 AM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote:  Bingo, you nailed it.

Sorry, that's ALL on the game promotions people. And who hires the game promotions people? Wood Selig. He's completely let our game day atmosphere collapse around him, the people he hired are clearly incompetent and deserve the blame.

The "mustache night" was the dumbest promotion in odu history and it isn't even remotely close. Our basketball program hasn't just collapsed on the court, it's collapsed off it as well. That is all on Wood.

And if he brings in yet another Western Kentucky retread, it's time to examine this schools relationship with Mr. Selig the same way we had to with Blaine.

Talk about laying down a marker. But in this case I would be 100% with Razor. I am significantly unimpressed with Camden Wood Selig.

(02-23-2013 09:45 PM)TheDancinMonarch Wrote:  Talk about laying down a marker. But in this case I would be 100% with Razor. I am significantly unimpressed with Camden Wood Selig.

The Fire Blaine thread worked. Maybe we should start a Razor for AD Thread.

Talk about game day promotions, our halftime shows use to be awesome. Now I have memorized the dynasty dance teams routine for the past 3 years.

(02-23-2013 10:17 PM)ODU-FAN Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 09:45 PM)TheDancinMonarch Wrote:  Talk about laying down a marker. But in this case I would be 100% with Razor. I am significantly unimpressed with Camden Wood Selig.

The Fire Blaine thread worked. Maybe we should start a Razor for AD Thread.

I certainly hire someone better than Dennis Felton, that is absolutely certain.

Yep, PLEASE don't bring in a retread! If we are getting all the coaching attention that was claimed when Selig was on the radio, surely we can do better then an ex Western Kentucky coach who was fired at his last coaching stop.

(02-24-2013 11:44 AM)mac Wrote:  Yep, PLEASE don't bring in a retread! If we are getting all the coaching attention that was claimed when Selig was on the radio, surely we can do better then an ex Western Kentucky coach who was fired at his last coaching stop.

Selig, fortunately, does not have a history of hiring retreads.

Yeah, I'm really not worried. Selig has done a great job thus far and I will continue to trust him.