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Jul 8, 2024
10:03:27am

First-n-10 Contributor

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First-n-10

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Joined: Dec 1, 2010
Last login: Oct 5, 2024
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Messages

Author

Time

Will there be major long-term consequences to the general decline in in-person

shoganai

Jul 8, 8:29am

The whole NCAA will become Stanford, lots of money, but nobody in the seats

travelcoug

Jul 8, 8:36am

What’s happening with sports in California

DataMouth

Jul 8, 8:47am

Only if we price ourselves out of dads taking their boys to games. We are

travelcoug

Jul 8, 9:13am

Pretty much already there.

BYUCPA

Jul 8, 9:18am

we haven’t gotten to the point where college stadiums rip out bleacher seats

travelcoug

Jul 8, 9:22am

The future of Sports in America is soccer

DataMouth

Jul 8, 8:37am

The future of sports also depends on pricing. Copa America didn’t have a ton of fans because seats were so expensive

TADOW

Jul 8, 8:39am

Yeah. But not really.

shoganai

Jul 8, 8:43am

Barf.

acadian8

Jul 8, 8:48am

luckily I'll be long dead before this change comes to pass

byujag

Jul 8, 8:48am

For clarity, my Thumb Up is not me cheering for your death … just agreeing with

BlueDiver

Jul 8, 1:26pm

Another contributing factor will be lawsuits involving CTE, and rising insurance

Jul 8, 8:55am

Soccer is not immune to that. Especially women's soccer and youth soccer.

fbguru

Jul 8, 10:57am

Never!

First-n-10

Jul 8, 10:03am

I was obsessed with soccer growing up. I played it all day, everyday until

Traveshamockery

Jul 8, 10:23am

I love to hear this from someone who played. I can’t stand to watch it, in person or on tv.

Real G Man

Jul 8, 11:42am

I played baseball from age 3 and into college. It’s hard for me to watch unless

Lefty24

Jul 8, 2:05pm

I played soccer for years as a kid, but it's absolutely horrible to watch.

2FarGone

Jul 8, 10:29am

In 100 yrs from now soccer will still be the sport of the future. It’s always

kotacoug

Jul 8, 10:49am

As is the metric system America’s future system of measurement

UMWolverine

Jul 8, 12:12pm

future is soccer? Hope I am gone by then. Boring to watch yeesh

Jul 8, 12:59pm

Seems to be a trend in all of business. There is a big enough group that can and

Jul 8, 8:39am

I've often wondered if this is a consequence of increasing wealth and income

NumbersGuy

Jul 8, 8:52am

Not everything can be a premium product.

shoganai

Jul 8, 8:54am

True. That’s why there is Burger King and McDonald’s. But college football and

Jul 8, 9:49am

Attendance has gone up over the past 2 years ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

TheLost

Jul 8, 8:41am

Marginal post-pandemic recovery. Still down significantly since the early 10s.

shoganai

Jul 8, 8:45am

After many years in decline this is true. And it went up 27 fans per game last year

krindorr

Jul 8, 8:47am

The simple fact is.. Stadiums have been too big for a long time.

TheLost

Jul 8, 9:00am

Yep. I found another "sold out" Rice Eccles game. It's despicable:

byuTX

Jul 8, 10:53am

Negative ones? Or just "consequences" in general? I'm pretty sure there will be

russkiejedi

Jul 8, 9:54am

I'd be surprised if data showed an overall decline in in-person attendance

MaxxPower

Jul 8, 11:39am

It's been showing it for 10+ years.

shoganai

Jul 8, 11:44am

Correct. My assumption is that it continues to rebound like it has

MaxxPower

Jul 8, 12:07pm

Is this in person decrease across all Sports or just College Football? How

SnickSnack

Jul 8, 1:58pm

Specifically college football. Not sure what other sports show.

shoganai

Jul 8, 2:55pm

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