There are many reasons for this but so many have been priced out of attending.
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It has everything to do with the quality of the teams on the field. Missouri sucks, sPitt sucks, WVU's opponent today sucked, Duke's opponent today sucked. People aren't going to pay 50 or 60 dollars and drive two, three or four hours each way to see a dog of an opponent.
Interest in football has peaked. There's no denying it. Attendance at every level is dipping, ratings are down. Along with being priced out of the realm of reason, the product on the field is going down at the pro level. The new generation (god, I'm only 35) has an attention span of about two heart beats, and can't be bothered to go to a live event of any kind and not check their phone every 7 seconds.
I would go further and say any kind of live event. I went to see Metallica in May, at M&T Bank Stadium. It was a reported attendance of 40k, which was a lie, and fair sized chunks of the stands were empty. This is freaking Metallica I'm talking about! And once again, morons spend the whole show on their phone, either Snap Chatting or attempting to record.A lot of truth there.
I think a lot of those statements are true for every sport and especially at the pro levels. There are just more options.
It has everything to do with the quality of the teams on the field. Missouri sucks, sPitt sucks, WVU's opponent today sucked, Duke's opponent today sucked. People aren't going to pay 50 or 60 dollars and drive two, three or four hours each way to see a dog of an opponent.[/QUOTE
Countryboy, hear me out. Every team (be it high school, college or pro) cannot be a winner. Every game results in both a win and a loss. The teams that win most of the time (Alabama, Clemson, come to mind) are pumping the megabucks into the program. The 'dogs' are pumping untold millions into their program as well but we have another problem to deal with. There ain't enough 'great' players to go around.......and even if there were......somebody got to lose. There it is. All spelled out. Ole, I left out TV. Every college game is on TV. I take my sporting events along with chinese take-out and a big screen HDTV with PIP. More batter that way. Pro sports? Who needs it? Warez
I agree with the frosted glass. I would most often leave my seat around halfway through the first quarter and stand up there out of the sun and watch the rest of the half and use the restroom. Towards the end of the game my wife would go up and use the restroom and watch the rest of the game and wait for me to come up. They screwed that up and I still don't know what the purpose was.I am done with attending multiple games a season. I don't post much on here any more, but the situation is ALL about money. The plastic bag rule for "safety". That was all a way to keep people from bringing outside food in so they would have to buy the outrageous concession food. Today was "family day"...if you had 4 or less in your family. I tried to buy 5 of the discounted tickets and was denied on wvugame.com. The frosting of the glass pissed me off, too. Was that for terrorism or something. I am going to one game this year. That is it. I am not going to line any more greedy pockets with my money.
Just MHO but, sports are no longer a working person's past time. The average family cannot afford to go to a game every week. Every single part of game, from tickets to concessions is geared toward maximum profit.
That's fine, I get it. As a business owner myself, I would LOVE to charge all these unbelievable fees and rates for my services but, I know I can't because if I did, I'd be out of business within a week.
That's the thing though, there's the catch. Once you declare an allegiance or like I was, born into it, that thing, whatever it is that you love, is now a monopoly and you'll pay just about anything to be a part of it. College football teams are no different.
Personally, I think it's ridiculous. A $7 Bud Light is ridiculous, a $100 ticket is ridiculous. It's the price we our loyalty demands. That's crazy if you really think about it.
Just MHO but, sports are no longer a working person's past time. The average family cannot afford to go to a game every week
A bit of an aside, but I started following WVU regularly as an 11-year-old in 1977. From 1977 until 1981, I never saw WVU on TV, with the exception (I think) that in 1980 - somehow the Hawaii game was shown on local channels. But it started at midnight and I didn't see it. First game I saw on TV was 1981 Peach Bowl, which was syndicated. First game I saw on network TV was 1982 game at Pitt. So it took my into my 6th season of following WVU games to see a regular season game on network TV. I listened to Jack and Woody ... and my dad would drive us to Morgantown from Mercer County a couple of home games a year. We went to a few games at Va Tech, too.
Does anyone remember... seemed like in the 1970s, on Sunday morning a 30-minute show would come on showing highlights from the Saturday's game (which was always at 1pm at No-lights Mountaineer Field). -Winter Tim
Hotel prices are worse than tickets. I went to the Delaware State game yesterday and stayed at the Fairfield Marriot - $275. I checked in around 8:30 p.m. and immediately left for a late dinner. I got back around 10:30 p.m., checked out at 7:30 a.m. this morning. All I did was crash into the bed for a few hours.
It's not even convenient. They had no shuttle to the game/downtown and it's unwalkable to the restaurants nearby (no sidewalks, on a steep hill with lots of traffic).
My wife bought the tickets as a gift and probably spent around $200. We had a blast at the game...stayed near the end and went downtown via PRT. When we wanted to get back to our car (which was parked at the Coliseum) the PRT was closed, that was around 8:00 p.m. I had to Uber back to our car. Without Uber, we would have been screwed.
So tickets and hotel put me near $500, and that didn't even give me a convenient spot to park-walk-eat-sleep. I dropped $100 inside the stadium, easily. Canned beers were $8-$9, and we were there to have fun (we didn't tailgate beforehand, no time).
Food and beer prices downtown were reasonable, actually very cheap. I probably plugged another $100 downtown with our group, then $75 for dinner.
Fun day, but not real convenient.
Winter Tim.................I was born and raised in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA. Driving up to Morgantown was an all day trip! I remember driving up one time to sit in the end zone metal bleachers on a cold November Saturday at old Mountaineer Field..........only to watch Penn State run over the Mountaineers starting with the kickoff return! What a way to treat a fan that drove from daylight to dark (midnight) just to be cold, tired and disillusioned! The game was over before I could get seated. Wow, the ride back home was sooooo solemn. Never again! Ole Warez sits in the Dallas area these days watching the game on the big screen HDTV with PIP as he jumps on that Chinese take out served with a little sake! Now, I still drink a little beer these days but...not enough to hurt a man. Warez