ETSU Football

#52
#52
NewToVolCountry said:
ETSU is also a lot different now than it was four years ago. We will have another 1,000 new students coming in next semester. The student body is growing exponentially.

Neither of us said anything about fans showing out. I do think more will come with the increased numbers.

Weekends are still quiet, but an event on Saturday would keep some around. More and more out of state kids are enrolling. ETSU is becoming less of a regional school.
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The point is East Tennessee is a play that loves football and its not a bad idea to market it. IF they could somehow raise the level of success with the football team like the success they've had with basketball team is def couldn't hurt. I mean most schools in the lower divisons don't get a huge fan draw out. They have the teams because they are a tradition and a lot of schools like them. I still own the last NCAA game the Buc's were on just for that reason.:yes:
 
#54
#54
CameronGrizzy said:
The point is East Tennessee is a play that loves football and its not a bad idea to market it. IF they could somehow raise the level of success with the football team like the success they've had with basketball team is def couldn't hurt. I mean most schools in the lower divisons don't get a huge fan draw out. They have the teams because they are a tradition and a lot of schools like them. I still own the last NCAA game the Buc's were on just for that reason.:yes:
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ETSU beat Georgia Southern, at the time the #1 team in the I-AA and only about ten people that didn't play for the Bucs ever knew because everyone else was too concerned with the team 100 miles west playing USCe that same night.
 
#55
#55
volfanbill said:
ETSU beat Georgia Southern, at the time the #1 team in the I-AA and only about ten people that didn't play for the Bucs ever knew because everyone else was too concerned with the team 100 miles west playing USCe that same night.
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I'm not saying there will be a following but I think it would still be nice. They had had a team a lot throughout their history and I'm sure there are people who actually do care about the program even if its a few. I used to play at Union College and our fan base wasn't amazing but we still had a team and its nice for the kids bc it gives some a chance to play that otherwise would of ended up not being able to get into other school... bc lets be honest ETSU isn't exactly hard to get into. But ultimately its up to the kids. If a big chunk of the students end up wanting it then yes they should but if not then it is what it is.
 
#56
#56
if it makes an already financially starved athletic program that much more in the red (which it definitely will), there's no need for it. No need for ETSU to suffer that much more financially. Espcially if it's growing by a thousand next year. There's no way to look at it that will justify going that far in the red.
 
#57
#57
volfanbill said:
if it makes an already financially starved athletic program that much more in the red (which it definitely will), there's no need for it. No need for ETSU to suffer that much more financially. Espcially if it's growing by a thousand next year. There's no way to look at it that will justify going that far in the red.
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If they are growing and pulling in more revenue tho would it really hurt? Gran-it they don't charge much for tuition.
 
#58
#58
CameronGrizzy said:
If they are growing and pulling in more revenue tho would it really hurt? Gran-it they don't charge much for tuition.
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they won't be pulling in more revenue with a football team though, that's the problem. They'll be losing money. And lots of it.
 
#59
#59
CameronGrizzy said:
If they are growing and pulling in more revenue tho would it really hurt? Gran-it they don't charge much for tuition.
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Their tuition may not be overly high, but their per semester student fee is already $500 a semester; scholarships do not cover this fee.
To bring back football, they would have to at least double that; the students have voted it down every time it has been up for vote and will continue to do so.

IMO, football will never return to ETSU.
 
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