Good for the Gophers, but overall, not so good. None of it effected by virus fears either.
FBS attendance is at a 24-year low. A decline for 8th time in 9 years.
@SEC attendance is lowest since 2000.
@pac12 is lowest since NCAA started keeping stats (1978). My annual deep dive into cfb attendance.
The numbers are critical when you consider that, after media rights revenue, football ticket revenue is typically the second-biggest source of athletic income.
"I don't want to say this the wrong way," BYU AD Tom Holmoe said. "You can't just put on a game. They come [to the stadium] for entertainment. They come for the amenities. Most people don't come for the game right now."
That from an AD whose program had the fifth-biggest attendance increase in the country (7,071 more fans per game).
Marketing 101 says it is not necessary to count on winning solely to sell tickets. BYU enjoyed that increase completing its second consecutive 7-6 season. Holmoe said BYU was helped by a home schedule that included Utah, USC, Washington, Boise State and food trucks. Hey, you haven't lived until you've tried a Cougar Tail, a 16-inch slab of maple bar.
That's another example that the attendance discussion is layered, complicated, depressing and inspiring. But in the second decade of the 21st century, there is one certainty: Just going to games can be damn difficult..
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...for-sixth-straight-year-to-lowest-since-1996/
FBS attendance is at a 24-year low. A decline for 8th time in 9 years.
@SEC attendance is lowest since 2000.
@pac12 is lowest since NCAA started keeping stats (1978). My annual deep dive into cfb attendance.
The numbers are critical when you consider that, after media rights revenue, football ticket revenue is typically the second-biggest source of athletic income.
"I don't want to say this the wrong way," BYU AD Tom Holmoe said. "You can't just put on a game. They come [to the stadium] for entertainment. They come for the amenities. Most people don't come for the game right now."
That from an AD whose program had the fifth-biggest attendance increase in the country (7,071 more fans per game).
Marketing 101 says it is not necessary to count on winning solely to sell tickets. BYU enjoyed that increase completing its second consecutive 7-6 season. Holmoe said BYU was helped by a home schedule that included Utah, USC, Washington, Boise State and food trucks. Hey, you haven't lived until you've tried a Cougar Tail, a 16-inch slab of maple bar.
That's another example that the attendance discussion is layered, complicated, depressing and inspiring. But in the second decade of the 21st century, there is one certainty: Just going to games can be damn difficult..
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...for-sixth-straight-year-to-lowest-since-1996/
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