(06-13-2018 09:38 AM)TheCrumbIsHere Wrote: I do think that one important point needs to be made about the “televised” attendance at the EMU football home games. The camera views that you will most frequently see is pointing towards the side with the tarps that say “The Factory.” This is the visitors side of the stadium and is typically where a large segment of the traveling fans from the other universities come in. Not an excuse but a reason for why when you’re watching to see it look more pitiful.
Look Eastern’s attendance has been embarrassing a large chunk of the time. Yes there have been games where local high school games have had more people. However, The reason I say largely is because the last game I attended, the EMU-WMU homecoming game was easily the largest crowd I’ve seen at Rynearson in the 11-12 years I’ve gone. I think there is finally some positive momentum! I don’t think there is a single EMU fan that wouldn’t tell you that it has to get better. However, to consistently bring it up on this board when you are talking to a group of EMU fans, not EMU marketers, or people who are directly responsible for those attendance numbers just seems silly.. I’m just not sure what constantly bringing up that same belabored point is doing to help anything except for to cause trouble. Again you can think whatever you want but I just don’t see why at every turn certain posters feel the need to bash that point in.
The sad part is that a thread on EMU’s success turns into another diatribe on EMU football attendance. If any other school had won the Reese Trophy this board would celebrate that and not rag on the accomplishment or look for ways to diminish their success.
I’ll probably get bashed for this post anyways so I’ll just conclude by saying congratulations to the athletes from EMU who worked hard to earn that trophy!
Good points. And I have made similar many, many times.
MAC FB is not like the NFL with many camera mounted and mobile covering the action from many vantage points.
Typically, a camera will be near the press box which is almost always the home side of the stadium and shows only the away side, not home side of the stadium.
In many MAC FB games, 80 - 90% of the crowd is on the home side of the stadium unless the crowd is very large.
At EMU, it is true for many reasons:
1). The students and band are at one end of the sideline on the home side.
2). The parking lots at Rynearson are close to the home side of the stadium. One would need to go from one side of the stadium to get to the visitor's side. No reason for anyone to do that, unless the fans want more exercise.
3). As some astute butts in seats watchers notice, it is not uncommon to have many visitor fans on the home side of the stadium, typically near the Convo.
Therefore having say 10 - 12K on the west (home) stands and 1K on the east (visitor) side is perfectly understandable and predictable.
It would be helpful if the camera in the end zone would have more shots of the home side crowd but that would be a 'crowd shot', and not a shot of the game action.
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EMU wins fifth Reese Trophy as MAC's top men's program
