This is my #1 reason.

Sep 16, 2014
3:45:43pm

PolarisPrime

Years ago the games in all sports used to be blacked out in the local market so that people would go to the stadium. It has not been common the past 20 years but I can see it coming back if the attendance problem becomes big.

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PolarisPrime

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Why attendance is down and it's not the students

cougarblue

9/16/14 9:02am

It's because BYU refuses to fill in the corners

Indy Coug

9/16/14 9:03am

Wouldn't that just cause more empty seats? We can't fill the ones we have now.

Tank's Dad

9/16/14 9:06am

You're totally not catching the vision. Fill in the corners, and they will come.

spoxjox

9/16/14 10:47am

I don't see how increasing capacity will increase demand. Maybe just me.

Tank's Dad

9/16/14 10:57am

Check your TICmeter.

spoxjox

9/16/14 11:07am

Ha. I was thinking this. Guess it needs calibration.

Tank's Dad

9/16/14 1:26pm

Attendance is down across the country.

kccougar

9/16/14 9:03am

Most of the national decline in attendance is in student sections

cougarblue

9/16/14 9:06am

Some major programs sell over 25k student season tickets annually

Bonoman

9/16/14 2:18pm

Not according to our fans in the south and Wisconsin... they have zero

Zach Morris

9/16/14 9:06am

So are you telling me there's not one house to rent in all of Tuscany?

Sea Chicken

9/16/14 9:09am

Illini offering 4 ticket, 4 hot dogs, 4 drinks for $49

cu-coug

9/16/14 11:40am

If Illinois can get that kind of money...

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 3:36pm

I'm not sure they can. I didn't bite

cu-coug

9/16/14 7:56pm

Sugar Bowl in 01

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 9:15pm

Rose 2008 lost to USC 49-17

cu-coug

9/17/14 6:04am

I was looking at the list of years they won the BIG

PolarisPrime

9/17/14 11:41am

Tradition = Dick Butkus and Red Grange

cu-coug

9/17/14 6:09am

I don't believe for one minute

Sea Chicken

9/16/14 9:05am

How dare you Indy!

TNT

9/16/14 9:07am

What's your theory?

messi

9/16/14 5:49pm

And ticket prices didn't just go up, seems like they've doubled over the course

frontrowcougar

9/16/14 9:05am

Change the order...

Downtown

9/16/14 9:06am

The Utes and other critics in the media

Downtown

9/16/14 9:14am

Which would be worse for these fair weather fans: playing on the national stage

byusage

9/16/14 9:08am

Having OU, UT, OKst, Baylor would fill the stadium. No question.

Zach Morris

9/16/14 9:10am

Was the stadium even completely full against Texas last year?

byusage

9/16/14 9:13am

Yes, 63,197... LINK

Zach Morris

9/16/14 9:18am

I dropped my season tickets when TCU & WVU got into the Big 12 instead of BYU.

jedvik

9/16/14 9:23am

You decided to punish BYU because they didn't get into a P5 conference?

Sactown Cougar

9/16/14 10:20am

Yes, he and several other large donors

Zach Morris

9/16/14 10:27am

Exactly. I personally believe that if BYU had acted properly motivated

jedvik

9/16/14 10:43am

Guess what...

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 3:39pm

I think you need a hug.

Zach Morris

9/16/14 4:00pm

Wow. Thats a lot a fantasy you have going there.

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 5:34pm

You okay man? You seem a little edgy lately. No need to get so upset at

Conan O'Fresno

9/16/14 5:38pm

Why do you think I'm upset?

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 5:44pm

I think you could use a good cry...

Zach Morris

9/16/14 5:51pm

Amen brother. The reason some of us get upset at the way BYU handles things

UNLVcougar

9/16/14 7:08pm

Not renewing your season tickets

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 7:15pm

Polaris, the issue for me is BYU's PR. They handled the Big 12

Zach Morris

9/16/14 7:20pm

That is all based on the Big East lawyer pitching a fit

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 7:29pm

You go after anyone that even offers slight criticism

messi

9/16/14 7:44pm

No I don't

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 7:49pm

Link?

UNLVcougar

9/16/14 4:15pm

Is this good enough for you?

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 5:36pm

RE: Guess what...

southernfriedcougar

9/16/14 4:55pm

You can't say that....

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 5:31pm

Um, have you seen me comment on this topic anywhere?

southernfriedcougar

9/16/14 5:58pm

Isn't calling someone stupid against the rules?

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 6:32pm

Lol I didn't call you stupid.

southernfriedcougar

9/16/14 6:44pm

Plus when your games are on ESPN and not the MTN......

Twin Roots

9/16/14 9:09am

"Son, we didn't get tickets for this Top 25 team because they don't play CSU."

Art Director

9/16/14 9:09am

In the end it has to be cost.

mudpupper

9/16/14 9:15am

for me it is the distance and price

newbie

9/16/14 9:15am

I think season ticket sales are down because less of the games are at good times

Ssebo

9/16/14 9:15am

That's a good point. We rarely sold out Thursday games.

cougarblue

9/16/14 9:19am

They're not in the afternoon anymore!!!

John Doe

9/16/14 10:15am

That was a good moment in Cougar Football you are referencing.

Ssebo

9/16/14 4:50pm

I think that's the main reason there was low attendance last Thursday.

eddog

9/16/14 5:18pm

I can't see how opponent familiarity has anything to do with it.

SpiffCoug

9/16/14 9:17am

It is a small factor.

CosmoK

9/16/14 9:29am

So the problem is really that we don't have common opponents with the Utes?

El Jefe

9/16/14 9:34am

Its a factor. Common opponents, a way to measure our progress/success.

CosmoK

9/16/14 9:39am

+1, I totally agree with this. Granted, it's not a huge thing, but it is a

BerkeleyCoug

9/16/14 2:06pm

All of these things add up and water down enthusiasm.....

Bonoman

9/16/14 2:26pm

There is a little truth in this post.

OptimisTIC

9/16/14 10:00am

Winning solves the problem! Just win and the stadium will be packed.

Chazz Reinhold

9/16/14 12:06pm

Only really in the 2nd half of the current year and the following year.

whirl

9/16/14 12:11pm

If BYU had beaten Utah I would have renewed my tickets.

The Lone Wolf

9/16/14 11:02am

Also, Bronco has not been exactly a fans' coach. He's said some incredibly dumb

Real Men Wear Blue

9/16/14 11:42am

It's just no cool to be a BYU fan anymore since the Utes hit Pac-12 status.

CougarWildcat

9/16/14 12:12pm

I went to buy a jacket from the bookstore...of the two I like, no L size

cu-coug

9/16/14 1:35pm

Apparently BYU is so unpopular right now that they are not

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 3:43pm

Do you think it just could possibly be that more and more

Cyclogist

9/16/14 1:08pm

I know BYU needs the advertising dollars, but it is pretty sweet to sit through

LV Mike

9/16/14 7:02pm

Too many conflicts with BYU Women's Soccer which is much more enjoyable to watch

Bobby McMahon

9/16/14 1:54pm

#1 reason is

Coug Dude

9/16/14 2:02pm

This is my #1 reason.

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 3:45pm

BYU needs to blackout games in Utah unless they sell out...

Cyclogist

9/16/14 7:53pm

And then do the rebroadcast on BYUtv.

CougarPilot

9/16/14 8:04pm

48 hours later...

Cyclogist

9/16/14 8:52pm

I think they used to say that if 75% (or something)

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 9:16pm

And I'm saying they need to say 100% 2 days before.

Cyclogist

9/16/14 9:30pm

I wonder if that is even possible anymore?

PolarisPrime

9/16/14 9:54pm

Last I remember, they still black out Braves games

Cyclogist

9/17/14 7:13am

I can see them eventually reducing the number of seats in the stadium

PolarisPrime

9/17/14 11:42am

Really? Why would they do that?

crazY

9/17/14 3:50pm

It has been somwhat of a trend in college sports

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