College Football’s Financial Woes (Bloomberg)

[History Geek]

College Football Has an Income Inequality Problem

Yes. Yes it does.

 

[Exit 4]

I think our attendance tanked because we lose and we are extremely boring and conservative. Trips to the DMV are more exhilarating.

NMSU is New Mexico State? Not following along what they have to do with anything, last I knew they got kicked out the Sun Belt.

I think it has more to do with the UConn alumni base being smaller % of the state population vs most others. The state has a 200 year history of private universities dominating higher ed (either within state or private ed in adjacent states), particularly when compared to southern and western states where the large state schools have been king for longer.

 

[John]

This is it right here. They need to go back to regional conferences. The average fan and even more committed fan wants to watch their team play rivals they know and teams they know. They wanna be able to go to away games without needing to fly half way across the country. They want to recognize the school they are playing. The P5 ruined this and will pay in the long run through what they did with CR.

also it's beneficial to have a regional conference because then it's plausible to drive to away games and create a traveling fan base (like we used to see at Big East games at The Rent - Thinking Cuse and Rutgers fans primarily, but others too)

 

[J187Money]

The true revolt will be when the students finally turn on the subsidy. I can't believe they haven't already.

It's insane that they are borrowing money guaranteed by the feds to enrich coaches and athletic directors. Insane.

At roughly $500/student/year it is peanuts. But agree with the point.

 

[rich1122]

On too late; too many commercials; games too long. Stopped watching football for the most part. Soccer has replaced NFL, College Football, NBA, MLB for many of us.

2. More Americans watched the Women's World Cup final than the NBA Final or Stanley Cup