What Happened

[cajundiehard]

I'll give you an example. I did not request tickets to the bowl game as I had prior engagements that day. Did I get a call to see if I wanted tickets or if I wanted to donate tickets? Nope?

If someone doesn't renew season tickets or rcaf, no one calls them to follow up.

And if someone tries to get in touch with RCAF to discuss their pledge (RCAF just assumes we are doing the same thing as the year before) for the year via phone calls and asks questions via e-mail with no answer/reply... well you get the picture. They also adjusted the point system a few years back making it more complex which certainly didn't help.

[cajundiehard]

It’s all pretty simple. The CERN Large Hadron Collider was recently activated setting Earth and all of mankind through a portal into a parallel universe. We are currently living in some type of post Covid, Twilight Zone, simulation that has our fan base stuck in 2002. Hopefully they reengage CERN setting us all back into our normal universe.

Hopefully I'm wrong and this is not prophetic, but I wouldn't be surprised if we end up back in lockdowns and mandatory masks for another stupid virus this coming year or 2024.

[ZoomZoom]

Hopefully I'm wrong and this is not prophetic, but I wouldn't be surprised if we end up back in lockdowns and mandatory masks for another stupid virus this coming year or 2024.

Naw, the powers that be aren’t stupid enough to pull that stunt again. They overkilled something that might have been short term necessary and cried wolf too much.

[cajundiehard]

Hopefully you are right. I also hope most people wouldn't fall in line like sheep so easily, which may be the case because much has been learned and exposed since.

[CajunJeaux]

….I ask this as a real Cajun fan that doesn’t know the answer, but is/was a part of it……How some years back do we have a white out game with ULM and have a huge crowd? how do we have the sea of red at the NO Bowl? How can we now have an embarrassing crowd at home games following 2 -3 years of great teams? What the hell happened? Is it money/ school spirit/ ……..there has to be a huge search for the factors that caused this change….why and how did this come about….as I mentioned, I gave more money, went to the same t-gating, sat in the same seat…….so Tom, Dick, and Harry along with your family….What is wrong?

My take: college sports is officially no longer amateur.

Entitled coaches. Entitled players. Better have a top tier product on the field / court to back up the $$ required from all the people within the athletic complex if you want people to truly care.

[R1Letterman]

Maybe folks had to spend more time in the library and studying and missed sports in order to gain tier R1?

[R1Letterman]

My take: college sports is officially no longer amateur.

Entitled coaches. Entitled players. Better have a top tier product on the field / court to back up the $$ required from all the people within the athletic complex if you want people to truly care.

13-1 was pretty top tier, if espn had allowed it to be

[fanof71]

13-1 was pretty top tier, if espn had allowed it to be

Yep you dufus, 13-1 happened, ESPN had nothing to do with it, and is a top tier accomplishment, regardless of what you or ESPN think...take your meds and off to bed...

[Geaux]

Would love to see increased marketing efforts outside of Lafayette Parish.

[RaginScotsman]

I'll give you an example. I did not request tickets to the bowl game as I had prior engagements that day. Did I get a call to see if I wanted tickets or if I wanted to donate tickets? Nope?

If someone doesn't renew season tickets or rcaf, no one calls them to follow up.

I did get a call once when I didn’t renew my tickets. My answer was I was waiting a couple weeks and eventually renewed.

To Boomer’s question, you’re doing everything you need to be doing. I ask myself the same thing. You want some money? Here’s some. Want me to buy tickets? To donate? To wear the gear and ask friends to come? Okay, I do all that. That’s all we need to do.

At some point it’s out of our hands. People get paid good money to do the job of raising money, getting butts in the seats, managing all things athletics. Do your job. If you need some free advice, Ragin Pagin is a damn good resource. Bring your sifter, though

[CajunJeaux]

13-1 was pretty top tier, if espn had allowed it to be

And our 1 P5 game wasn’t competitive.

Acadiana & rest of LA aren’t impressed with beating Nichols by 3 points.

Sorry.

[60swerethebest]

I’m not sure what is happening. A poster commented on the privileged class now running amateur sports.
That condition in pro sports has caused me to basically ignore pro sports. I don’t even accept free tickets to Saints, Stros, or Pelicans. Zero interest. Wonder if some are feeling that here about amateur sports. I don’t follow sports outside of UL and by extension, the Belt.
Don’t know. It’s sad locally because we’ve had some fun runs in a number of sports. Wish I had an answer that made sense.