Tailgating Discussion

[John Cocktolstoy]

The casual fan was able to drive up to the stadium with the wife and kids. Buy tickets at the ticket booth and walk into the gate. That simple concept no longer exists with the advent of the RCAF.
I think the university should rethink its position with the RCAF in regards to the casual fan. The casual fan doesn’t need the university nor the RCAF. The university does need the casual fan.
Do you think the large stadiums that are full on any given weekend are filled because of die hard fans? Not hardly.

You really don’t know what you are talking about. Have you ever been to a game lately? The casual fan can drive up and literally park directly across the street from the stadium for free and walk right up and buy a ticket to the game. If that fan gets there 30 minutes early there is probably no ticket line. No where else in America can a casual fan do that.

Now lets compare that to App st who has a packed stadium every weekend. If you park any where on the campus you have to be their equivalent to a RCAF member and you pay to park. If you are not you can’t even park any where on campus and you go find some private lot where the owner charges what ever he wants. That is proof that attendance has nothing to do with cost of parking.

The poor attendance here is all about an apathy for the program. Not the parking and tailgating situation. If it were free people still wouldn’t come at this point because they just don’t care.

[JMV JustMyView]

can you walk in for free after halftime or near the end of the third quarter?

No clue. I stay until the end win or lose.

[JMV JustMyView]

probably most people paying for espn+ are at cajun field anyway, and are paying for road games and/or other sports

I agree.

[JMV JustMyView]

You really don’t know what you are talking about. Have you ever been to a game lately? The casual fan can drive up and literally park directly across the street from the stadium for free and walk right up and buy a ticket to the game. If that fan gets there 30 minutes early there is probably no ticket line. No where else in America can a casual fan do that.

Now lets compare that to App st who has a packed stadium every weekend. If you park any where on the campus you have to be their equivalent to a RCAF member and you pay to park. If you are not you can’t even park any where on campus and you go find some private lot where the owner charges what ever he wants. That is proof that attendance has nothing to do with cost of parking.

The poor attendance here is all about an apathy for the program. Not the parking and tailgating situation. If it were free people still wouldn’t come at this point because they just don’t care.

Lafman1 has changed his stance 4 or 5 times in this thread. He needs to go back and read what he is posting (talking out of both sides of his mouth with a different story, reason or excuse each time) this guy isn't worth debating when he doesn't know the definition of staying consistent.

[lafman1]

You really don’t know what you are talking about. Have you ever been to a game lately? The casual fan can drive up and literally park directly across the street from the stadium for free and walk right up and buy a ticket to the game. If that fan gets there 30 minutes early there is probably no ticket line. No where else in America can a casual fan do that.

Now lets compare that to App st who has a packed stadium every weekend. If you park any where on the campus you have to be their equivalent to a RCAF member and you pay to park. If you are not you can’t even park any where on campus and you go find some private lot where the owner charges what ever he wants. That is proof that attendance has nothing to do with cost of parking.

The poor attendance here is all about an apathy for the program. Not the parking and tailgating situation. If it were free people still wouldn’t come at this point because they just don’t care.

The casual fan doesn’t want to park across the street when literally hundreds of parking space are available in the stadium. The casual fan doesn’t care what goes in at other universities. You are correct. They don’t care. They have witnessed getting kicked to the curb over a money grab. Again, the casual fan doesn’t need the university.

[John Cocktolstoy]

The casual fan doesn’t want to park across the street when literally hundreds of parking space are available in the stadium. The casual fan doesn’t care what goes in at other universities. You are correct. They don’t care. They have witnessed getting kicked to the curb over a money grab. Again, the casual fan doesn’t need the university.

If you can’t park across the street to walk to a football game then you are not even a casual fan. You are just not a fan at all with no interest at all and you probably wouldn't go if they let you park right on side the ticket both on the concrete apron leading up to the stadium. Get lost pal you are just arguing just for the sake of it.

[JMV JustMyView]

The casual fan doesn’t want to park across the street when literally hundreds of parking space are available in the stadium. The casual fan doesn’t care what goes in at other universities. You are correct. They don’t care. They have witnessed getting kicked to the curb over a money grab. Again, the casual fan doesn’t need the university.

Ok I get it. You are a casual fan. You want to go to a game once every year or so and have the university cater to you with free stadium parking next to the ticket booth and you want to get in free and sit where you want. College football is a business and they must make money.

[CrazyCajun]

There is no “one answer”. It’s a lot of different reasons and everyone has their own. We just haven’t built a fan base over the years. We don’t have a big enough fan base it’s that simple. The lsu’s, Alabama’s of the world all have people that miss games for the same exact reasons our fans do, they just have hundreds of thousands of people that will take that persons spot on any given game/weekend. If there is any one major reason, it’s lack of consistent success for almost a 100 years.

[Turbine]

If you can’t park across the street to walk to a football game then you are not even a casual fan.

In the old days, that was called disabled.

[lafman1]

Ok I get it. You are a casual fan. You want to go to a game once every year or so and have the university cater to you with free stadium parking next to the ticket booth and you want to get in free and sit where you want. College football is a business and they must make money.

Actually I’d go to every home game. Never did I say anyone should be allowed in free. Again, your words. Yes, it’s all a business. Both academically and athletically. The athletic side of the business is failing. Horribly.