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That's even worse than the 914 announced attendance from yesterday. We sold less than 1,000 season tickets coming off of a NCAA tournament appearance. It'd be interesting to see how many of those season tickets are corporate compared to individual.Quote:
Originally Posted by zeppelincajun
SBC-MAC Attendances
JMU: 6,454
App - 5,437
ORU: 4,569
Troy: 3,912
USM: 3,842
A State: 2,267
GA State - 1,643
USA: 1,539
GA South: 1,524
TXST: 1,407
ULM: 1,102
UL:914
Gross.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Malkinson
Read an article yesterday with the media questioning attendance at MBB at a Big 10 program and the sharp decline the last few years. The program, Iowa. At the same time, their WBB is setting attendance records. There are only X number of fans and Y amount of money. It’s simple math and logic…follow the money. Catlin Clark is marketing gold today. Fans just migrated to WBB.
So stepping away from the forest, UL softball and baseball has grown over the last 30 years. UL has X number of fans with Y money. As those sports grew, MBB attendance has shrunk. It’s been a growing issue for years and nobody apparently bothered to figure out why. The numbers were there every year in the media guide.
SB is always competitive and baseball righted the ship after a lull for a FEW years.
SB is a NCAA tournament regular. Baseball has 18 NCAA appearances since ‘88 (35 years). MBB has 7, WBB 1.
Always follow the money. I am NOT faulting the fans, it’s basic human nature. Throw in the pain the ass attending games at the CD has become, that’s just another reason.
Note to football, same applies. The SBC championship game set an attendance record. Hiring a home town hero looked good on newspaper (media), but hasn’t translated to ledger paper bottom line. Didn’t move the needle at all for WBB.
Growing the fanbase isn’t happening. That’s why the dome has mostly boomers who were around decades ago. And the same will occur with the other sports if the X number of fans remain static. People leave for other sports, age out, or become indifferent and just quit coming. UL needs to figure out how to replace those fans.
I get accused of hating Marlin, but he’s just the HC of my favorite Cajun program. The bottom line is that Louisiana or Ragin Cajun’s across the front of the jersey is the most important part of the program.Quote:
Originally Posted by Million$Mullet
The health of Cajun basketball is floundering. Everyone wants to keep pointing to other excuses, but ultimately it’s on Marlin. He’s not personable and not exciting enough to get the fans interested.
The answer is clear as day.
This is very true. As someone who's kids are now going to college, I've noticed how so many kids don't even consider UL at all when choosing schools. They all want to go and get that experience that apparently here, they just don't see anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoomZoom
I don't think I ever even applied to another school as UL was in my backyard and it was a no brainer and I had a great time but kids today don't see it that way. One way I can tell you for sure that the university has screwed it up is with the greek system. They've neutered it so much that it is laughable. That is one of the main draws for so many of the kids as they all seem to want to rush and what school's have the best atmosphere and feel. We apparently do not.
Our kids were all raised as cajun fans, went to games, tailgated went to bowl games etc.. But as they get older the university just doesn't appeal to so many and its sad. No idea how to fix it but its definitely something I've noticed.
One of our 2 opted for college. Went to LHS/gifted program. The head of that department was the spouse of a LSU football legend. She told her students they could do better than ULL. Was kind of a joke State was referred to East Lafayette High.Quote:
Originally Posted by zephyr
Our child never considered UL even though raised where both parents, UL grads, despised State. Of course, went to State; Centenary was the only other Louisiana school looked at.
ODU still outdrawing us 3-4 times over and they are in last place in the conference. Yikes.
The other media around theQuote:
Originally Posted by ZoomZoom
state think Dez is a glorified high school coach and Marlin is a complete _______. That was the running joke at the NOLA bowl. We wonder why the 2 major sports support is nose diving off a cliff.
A movement for change in MBB coaching should be for the sake of change, not a campaign for one’s homeboy. Got that problem on two fronts already. Creditability is zero going that route, except with one’s inner ring.
Besides that’s not the core problem. UL didn’t respond to change that took place decades ago. The landscape changed, we responded by being deaf to the canary in the coal mine. Few want to admit it, ESPN changed the game, UL stood idly by. We got left behind in MBB and it wasn’t a priority. We could have the second coming of Adolph Rupp and we’d be in the same boat. We’re ready to hang up MBB tickets, but it’s not CBM. It’s the constant noise and the excessive “security”. I get it it’s a generational thing. I understand the SB yesterday had a stadium DJ for timeouts. Not my thing.
Yes, a lot of outside things beyond UL’s control yesterday happened. But statistically this was coming one day.