Week 12 - SBC Attendance

[RaginScotsman]

Well, regardless of it possibly being a ncaa violation, which is ridiculous now, I think it is a very good idea to start creating a long-term relationship between the local schools and UL. It just opens so many doors down the road.

We do the WBB education game each year and invite local schools. It's easily the highest attended game of the year. All WBB games are free, but reading the AI response, that implies that what we are doing is against the rules. Sometimes you need to look deeper than AI. I don't think high schools are invited, but that's not so say that high school students can't walk up to a WBB game and get in for free.

[Turbine]

Im all for looking for ways to increase our attendance..we need it badly and this program deserves it, but lets stop with the "let the HS kids in free" angle PLEASE

I agree. Nothing free.

$100 tuition credit for every Louisiana football game they attend.

Starting in high school and continuing through grad school.

[CAJUNSby90]

I agree. Nothing free.

$100 tuition credit for every Louisiana football game they attend.

Starting in high school and continuing through grad school.

Make em scan in and scan out in 4th quarter to be eligible. Far too many students leave at halftime, even with its a close game.

[zeppelincajun]

I agree. Nothing free.

$100 tuition credit for every Louisiana football game they attend.

Starting in high school and continuing through grad school.

I think you have a point with “nothing free” Turbine. At least a piece of the dip we have seen in attendance since the Hud era is that UL finally started charging for things that were previously free, and the community was used to UL being an almost free to play experience. Now I definitely think we have our current products overvalued, especially tailgating and inside CF gates parking, and we need to have a correction to this pricing based on demand.

To me, the easiest way to address the idea of bringing in high schoolers would be an extension of the Young Ragin Cajun Club age limit to 18 (currently goes to 12). Pending something like this not crossing any NCAA lines. It’s well established that we can’t take the position of “everyone else is doing something outside the lines.” Even if that is true, enforcement is not equal across the board.

Obviously, the big drawback to the way I’ve proposed it is you aren’t making much money short term. At least with the current YRCC (younger kids), the kids get in to all events for $45 per year, but kids that age will come with a parent (full price paying customers). With high schoolers, many more can go on their own and leave the full paying customers at home. At some point though, we have got to make an investment in the future of our fanbase. Games at CF and the CD resemble this website (mainly over 45 crowd). Those folks are amazing, but they can’t prop up the program forever.