A Real Head Scratcher (Student attendance tonight)

[zeppelincajun]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzUjg...VjNjZkNmFjNg==

The football game is mentioned but no mention of a half day.

[RaisingCajun08]

What kind of fan are they looking for?

Ones with a lot of money.

[zeppelincajun]

Check of the football and main athletics Twitter accounts shows no mention of a half day for the game tonight.

[Esqueleto]

Check of the football and main athletics Twitter accounts shows no mention of a half day for the game tonight.

Don't worry they'll send out the 4pm tweet and Instagram post. That should pack em in. If they don't care, then why should the community?

[jaxmc1023]

I would not expect faculty/professors to provide any help with promoting athletics..

Twenty years ago I had one or two professors that would actively shame people for not going to the games, or give out bonus points for providing proof that you went. But for every one of those teachers, I had 4 or 5 that thought athletics were a waste of money and were beneath their supreme intellect.

I can only imagine how much worse that sentiment is these days

[Ragin9221]

Face it guys we are bush league! To the game day atmosphere to the tailgate pre-game activities, from parkimg, to concessions, to marketing for football games .

Face it guys the truth hurts! I hate to say it because I love this University, and what it could become.

[ZoomZoom]

To clarify, we did not cancel classes for the game. We cancelled classes for mental health. It may have actually been for football but the messaging was Mental Health. We are terrified of admitting to any importance of athletics.

This right here. Own it Martin Hall.

One with a lot of money.

FIFY. More than one requires forethought, planning and effort.

I’m one of many but slightly significant numbers in the RCAF file.

They’re losing me, that might be the plan.

[zeppelincajun]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyOu4...VjNjZkNmFjNg==

This is the original video announcing the half day. Mental health week is the focus. “The game” is mentioned. Nothing more. The game is not stated as a reason for the half day. Like someone else here posted I’m thinking the half day was more just to clear out the parking lot for the volleyball tournament. We are TERRIFIED of athletics and the attention that an emphasis on athletics brings. What if our pristine academic reputation is smudged?

[jaxmc1023]

You know what emphasis on athletics brings in south Louisiana?.... Money.

You think anyone walking into Academy to spend $100s on LSU gear this Christmas stops to think -- "hey wait... is LSU an R1 Academic University!?"

If it's true that we cancelled classes in order to clear out the CF parking lot, then Martin Hall actually made an effort to HIDE that reason, and make up some horse s*** about mental health.

As MAT said -- every game that goes by proves to me that these people have no interest in bringing back the fans that used to pack the tailgate every Saturday. They want the Audubon Plantation / E'Lan crowd that throws money at the school as a tax write off and doesn't ask any questions

[ULvictory]

You know what emphasis on athletics brings in south Louisiana?.... Money.

You think anyone walking into Academy to spend $100s on LSU gear this Christmas stops to think -- "hey wait... is LSU an R1 Academic University!?"

If it's true that we cancelled classes in order to clear out the CF parking lot, then Martin Hall actually made an effort to HIDE that reason, and make up some horse s*** about mental health.

As MAT said -- every game that goes by proves to me that these people have no interest in bringing back the fans that used to pack the tailgate every Saturday. They want the Audubon Plantation / E'Lan crowd that throws money at the school as a tax write off and doesn't ask any questions

If that is the case, then they're taking the Rice University approach: make money but have no one in the stands to show for it.

[R1Letterman]

Why can't other students tell other students about games?
Any organization I was in, nobody from administration ever announced our meeting times for us, we put up flyers, we spoke to people, we had tables on corner of rex, etc, etc

[R1Letterman]

I even recall, and this might boggle the mind of many, actually sitting next to players in class. Are they allowed to tell their classmates they have a game?

[R1Letterman]

I also don't recall anyone ever being confirmed in the late fall/winter timeframe

[facelessjonmoon]

They want the Audubon Plantation / E'Lan crowd that throws money at the school as a tax write off and doesn't ask any questions

Lol. What?

[R1Letterman]

How are posts about how bad martin hall decisions are and leading to expected poor attendance is expected supposed to increase attendance?