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Message: [QUOTE="ScottVib, post: 5108898, member: 694"] I think in part because when we have the weekly on-campus stadium thread (or other topic that devolves into that) one of the reasons that on-campus stadium enthusiasts promote is it'll help student attendance. Others think that the issue is more of a the students don't care so while making it more convenient for them to show up has a theoretical benefit, it also makes it easier to bail out early. (It also becomes an easy thing to blame, when you know the entire end zone is reserved for students and the entire end zone is empty) Ultimately it's a student engagement issue, they've got to do more to build football into an event a student wants to be and stay at, regardless of location. They have a similar issue with non-students, building the attendance base back up and ultimately getting those fans to make it in at the start, and keep them there to the end of the game. Football (and even basketball) games often feel like a race to leave when people feel like the game has been decided with people wanting to "beat the traffic" to get out of the lot. [/QUOTE]