Student Attendance

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One correction, it os a scheduling problem but its not a problem of playing patsies, the problem is when you play patsies at 11 AM.

Unfortunately bigTV contracts will cause more early games because ESPN wants to fill the whole day with football. Its not wifi, its not the ticket cost, and its not booze. Surprisingly, people like football at night!
 
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rocky top buzz said:
One correction, it os a scheduling problem but its not a problem of playing patsies, the problem is when you play patsies at 11 AM.

Unfortunately bigTV contracts will cause more early games because ESPN wants to fill the whole day with football. Its not wifi, its not the ticket cost, and its not booze. Surprisingly, people like football at night!
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Common sense makes no sense
To common senseless censors.
 
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jtlhotspot said:
Bad economy=poor ticket sales /thread
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Well that and the improvements of technology when it comes to home theatres. I can watch a game at home and save a lot of hassles and still feel like I am getting the good parts of the gameday experience.
 
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jtlhotspot said:
Bad economy=poor ticket sales /thread
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That's a notable part of the problem, but doesn't sum it up. TV broadcasters and other visual media services have made access to events of all types easy due to technology advances.

The decline in quality service at restaurants encountered on the way, hotels, travel hassles all combine to discourage attendance. Then you're there and it is sort unnerving to see swat units and bomb squad vessels on site. Suddenly that 55" or greater TV with its sport packages, lazyboy chair, climate controlled room, and "honey bring me another beer" setting seems awfully attractive.

My belief is that conferences are entering the era of selling tickets to stay home fans. You buy a digitally enabled card that allows you to view games of your favorite college, conference, or whatever. This will take the place of stadium attendance which bit by bit will become perhaps only a local and student centered phenomenon. Especially so when room sized holographic transmissions become a reality. You'd be able to stand right next to a QB or any player via virtual reality display and watch plays unfold as if you were standing on the field itself. More than anything, technology is the driving force behind attendance.

Now, for students, I do foresee revenue from broadcasts becoming high enough to reduce student ticket prices. Unless greed and stupidity once again wins out. if they're smart they will either make the tickets free or ultra low cost. Using students at games to lend an air of fandom. But how this will affect players, remains to be seen. Perhaps theywill have two way transmission of at home fans being shown on 360 degree stadium screens, even allowing interactions between student and home fans, maybe players as well.
 
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SDV said:
They need to make them free again like when I was there
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This.

I never paid a dime for a student ticket while at school. You paid for the Student Activity card each quarter and that card got one ticket at the window in the student center the week before the game. Same for basketball games. But cash strapped universities lost all that revenue and wanted more money so they reduced or eliminated the free student tickets.
 
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1982Alum said:
This.

I never paid a dime for a student ticket while at school. You paid for the Student Activity card each quarter and that card got one ticket at the window in the student center the week before the game. Same for basketball games. But cash strapped universities lost all that revenue and wanted more money so they reduced or eliminated the free student tickets.
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So you're saying when the price went from 0 to a cost the demand decreased? Damn economics. Tony Spiva was right again.
 
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Student attendance was up by an average of 2,300 per game at Tennessee during this past season.

Positive energy does wonders.

Just imagine attendance numbers had there been more night games. There's nothing comparable to a game under the lights in Neyland...
 
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utvolpj said:
I've taken a couple and can't find the issue
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because you fail to see the difference between UT athletics being an actual business and it being a hobby for you. Its nothing more than Econ 101 supply and demand where the demand decrease as the price increases.
 
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I think the $10 per game fee is psychological. When I was a student, it was actually paid for with your tuition called an activities fee. I went to almost every single football and basketball game while there because I didn't have to think about the financial aspect of it.

If I had to shell out $10 per game at a time, I might have considered skipping some of them, especially the cupcake games.

Remember back when you were in school and how much you could buy with $10. I spent all my cash on beer, fast food, etc.
 
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GreveHaller said:
because you fail to see the difference between UT athletics being an actual business and it being a hobby for you. Its nothing more than Econ 101 supply and demand where the demand decrease as the price increases.
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I fail to see the difference? Not really true but ok

the fact is the price is simply a token for the students to prove they want their seats. If the demand for students seats is not there they will move them to a different market. The price is not the issue and any college student claiming that should be expelled from school
 
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Everyone knows the cost of attending games, fans across the nation are watching games at home. But there's nothing like being in the stadium on game day. :no:
 
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GreveHaller said:
because you fail to see the difference between UT athletics being an actual business and it being a hobby for you. Its nothing more than Econ 101 supply and demand where the demand decrease as the price increases.
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Yes, supply and demand were part of the reason for the charge. I have been in the student section, many years ago, when students would get tickets and not show up. You had people that did not get tickets having to buy them. I'm sorry but when I was in school and wanted to do something I saved up for that, concerts, games or anything else I wanted to do. Oh, I was still able to eat, drink and have fun.
 
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utvolpj said:
I fail to see the difference? Not really true but ok

the fact is the price is simply a token for the students to prove they want their seats. If the demand for students seats is not there they will move them to a different market. The price is not the issue and any college student claiming that should be expelled from school
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This
 
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GreveHaller said:
because you fail to see the difference between UT athletics being an actual business and it being a hobby for you. Its nothing more than Econ 101 supply and demand where the demand decrease as the price increases.
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you must of dropped out after that econ class, before you learned that a state university is a state university because it is not designed to be a money maker. Government entities were designed because they are not generally self sufficient and need government funding.
 
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