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Jul 8, 2024
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Real G Man
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I love to hear this from someone who played. I can’t stand to watch it, in person or on tv.
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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
Bandersnatch
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
Swishfromdeep3
Jul 8, 12:59pm
Seems to be a trend in all of business. There is a big enough group that can and
blackandblue
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
blackandblue
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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