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Message: [QUOTE="Towney007, post: 2569244, member: 5832"] It's an all over problem. It's def. not exclusive to UConn. I got razzed a bit the other day - but the UMass tailgate for their football is legit. Really legit, actually (yeah, I actually enjoy it more than UConn) - but they can't give away tickets to those games. Literally they can't get the kids from the lot *into* the stadium. Of all the people there - a quarter of them actually go inside to watch the game. The rest of them just venture back to their houses, etc. It's legitimately the zillion dollar question there - how to get them to literally just put a beer down and walk into the stadium and stay - even if it's for the first half. They don't even charge students anymore. And you go to other schools? The same thing is happening. College football has completely oversaturated itself. You can watch any game at home. Or on the internet legally or illegally. There's just no incentive to go. No reason a cash strapped college kid would or should go. I mean they're spending a zillion on their education alone, it's not like there's loads of spending money left over for $30 football tickets to watch them get pounded into splinters by East Carolina. I think the DRIVING issue with UConn hoops is that the team is just terrible. It's not fun to watch, the opponents have no real historical or emotional connection with fans, the team's bad... And on top of it they're married to the conference not because of their own program, but because of the football team. And even at that, there's just no one worth caring about. It's just a heartless conference altogether. Tickets are WILDLY overpriced and no one has interest in going to see the games as-is, never mind getting up for a 'rivalry' with Tulane. We're basically in the spot we're in for the football team's sake. [/QUOTE]

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