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What Can We Do to Improve Football Attendance?
ysuguins4:
Shaming is being lazy, and will piss people off. Consistent winning is the best draw, although with the increase over the last 20 years in entertainment options I'm not sure YSU will ever average over 16,000 again.
ysubigred:
--- Quote from: ysuguins4 on November 29, 2016, 12:08:54 PM ---Shaming is being lazy, and will piss people off. Consistent winning is the best draw, although with the increase over the last 20 years in entertainment options I'm not sure YSU will ever average over 16,000 again.
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You'd be surprised what a conference change would do for attendance. The closest MVFC foe is 424 miles away (INDY ST) who has 1200 fan at a home game let alone any traveling interest. The only MVFC team that travels well is NDSU and we only see them once every two years at the IC. I like being in the toughest conference for competition but it sure kills the fan base who has an interest in watching a game where they can relate to both teams. YSU in the OVC would be AWESOME for me ;D
Penguin Nation:
2015 NCAA DIVISION I FCS HOME ATTENDANCE TEAM LEADERS
Rank School G Attendance Average
1. Montana 7 168,975 24,139
2. Jacksonville St. 8 164,781 20,598
3. Yale 4 82,189 20,547
4. James Madison 7 136,483 19,498
5. Montana St. 6 115,032 19,172
6. Liberty 5 94,950 18,990
7. North Dakota St. 9 166,472 18,497
8. Southern U. 4 73,239 18,310
9. Delaware 6 94,954 15,826
10. South Carolina St. 5 78,147 15,629
11. Florida A&M 4 60,240 15,060
12. N.C. A&T 5 74,940 14,988
13. Youngstown St. 6 89,125 14,854
14. Tennessee St. 4 58,481 14,620
15. Jackson St. 5 66,258 13,252
We can get big numbers. Jacksonville State has neighboring AL (#1 in FBS attendance) and Auburn, has a smaller population of 12K, a median household income lower than Youngstown, and has a smaller enrollment. There's many reasons why our attendance numbers are lacking, but even in the age of streaming internet broadcasts, and cheap flat screen TVs, some FCS schools are getting big crowds in 2016. You just need the right ppl in the drivers seat.
ytowngirl:
--- Quote from: ysubigred on November 29, 2016, 01:03:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: ysuguins4 on November 29, 2016, 12:08:54 PM ---Shaming is being lazy, and will piss people off. Consistent winning is the best draw, although with the increase over the last 20 years in entertainment options I'm not sure YSU will ever average over 16,000 again.
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You'd be surprised what a conference change would do for attendance. The closest MVFC foe is 424 miles away (INDY ST) who has 1200 fan at a home game let alone any traveling interest. The only MVFC team that travels well is NDSU and we only see them once every two years at the IC. I like being in the toughest conference for competition but it sure kills the fan base who has an interest in watching a game where they can relate to both teams. YSU in the OVC would be AWESOME for me ;D
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I don't think any teams travel well in this conference. Which probably kills it for college kids. Still think changing to a more local conference or moving to the MAC would do this program good.
YSU1:
the fact is the older folks have not been replaced by younger ones, hence the drop in attendance
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