First, John Dugas has nothing to do with Football Ops. He might be able to help with the TVs during tailgating (which I agree is absolutely ridiculous) but that's it.
The other testimonials are pretty interesting...
Administrators and local Media blame ESPN+ for our attendance problems. They keep talking about "competing" with streaming services. If you read these stories, there is no competition. Why would anyone willfully put themselves in position to be ignored and inconvenienced? No wonder we have "fair weather fans." The only time they'll go to the field is when the weather is perfected they don't want to stay in the house. No wonder they're not there to watch the game.. Half the time spent inside of CF is spent disconnected from play on the field. Instead, its spent standing in lines and dealing with BS.
It's not the customer's fault for not wanting to patronize. It's incumbent upon the business to provide a space and a product that consumers want to buy. We're already facing an uphill battle with that school 60 miles east, G5 lot in life, lots to do on Saturday's in the fall around Acadiana, and no history. They killed tailgating for several years, covid years followed and now we lost the best coach in history in gut wrenching fashion. On top of all of that, we've been talking about a new stadium for 20 years...
If you really stop and think about it, the fans should be commended for showing up in the numbers they do..