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Post by lions09 on Jan 9, 2018 18:56:31 GMT -6
Just saw where UNA ranked 10th in D2 Attendance this year with an average of 7498. That would have been 51st in FCS. Sorted by average to match the previous post. Rank - Institution - Conference - Accum Attendance - Avg Attendance - Stadium Capacity - Pct Capacity - Games 1 Tuskegee SIAC 44,994 14,998 10,000 149.98 3 2 Grand Valley St. GLIAC 67,159 13,432 10,620 126.48 5 3 Morehouse SIAC 40,400 10,100 9,000 112.22 4 4 Fort Valley St. SIAC 47,859 9,572 10,000 95.72 5 5 Tex. A&M-Commerce Lone Star 51,482 8,580 10,000 85.80 6 6 Central Mo. MIAA 33,700 8,425 12,000 70.21 4 7 Midwestern St. Lone Star 56,261 8,037 14,362 55.96 7 8 Pittsburg St. MIAA 47,770 7,962 7,950 100.15 6 9 Northwest Mo. St. MIAA 39,420 7,884 6,500 121.29 5 10 North Ala. Gulf South 37,489 7,498 14,215 52.75 5 Jax State was 6th in FCS with 16,388 and NDSU right after them with 18,333. What will it take for UNA to fill Braly with 14K? stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div
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Post by 1949lions on Jan 9, 2018 20:14:24 GMT -6
UNA attendance has declined over the past decade or so. Alabama winning that fifth title in 9 years has had something to do with it.
I think new teams coming to Braly might be the spark needed to reverse the trend and grow attendance in all sports.
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Post by northalaspectator on Jan 10, 2018 0:07:14 GMT -6
The university needs to market to people between the ages of 17 to 24 and then people over the age of 50. Reach in high school before they start to college and as college students. Around the age of 25 they start getting married and raising a family, usually have to hire a babysitter and in just a few short years they will start watching their children play in school or other school activities. Then around the age of 50 their children has usually left home or in college with the parents very little to do except being a couch potato. In my personal opinion if you can’t get them to come as college students how do you expect them to show up when they leave college.
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Post by kperk1959 on Jan 10, 2018 0:26:09 GMT -6
I've always thought there should be massive ticket give aways at schools across the Tennessee valley. Kids would drive their families nuts if they didn't get to use the tickets. So the parents buy tickets and perhaps a program. They will all need cokes and popcorn and at the same time they will become Lions fans and making noise. It's a win-win. I was told the ticket stooge said we couldn't afford to "give away" that many tickets. What a dumb bell. We have about 6,000 empty seats almost every game yet he had rather leave them collecting dust than have them in there buying extra tickets, cokes and popcorn.
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Post by brandon on Jan 10, 2018 7:40:50 GMT -6
I noticed a decline of attendance last year when they were tearing down Coffee. This year the new construction kept it down.
That's just one reason, (note, I have no statistics backing this, just pure speculation) but I would have to say a combo of the construction, nobody caring about the schools we have been playing, and there is a lot of people I have talked to saying they no longer want to go to Braly. The game against Commerce, on a Friday night didn't help, lots of people had to be at high school games that night or (like me) had to work. The other reason was, we were struggling. It's no secret, at any level at any school, if you aren't doing as good as the "fans" think you should be doing, attendance falters, I think it's a testament that we were still in the top 10.
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Post by unafied on Jan 10, 2018 13:11:34 GMT -6
UNA attendance has declined over the past decade or so. Alabama winning that fifth title in 9 years has had something to do with it. I think new teams coming to Braly might be the spark needed to reverse the trend and grow attendance in all sports. I think this is a factor. I don't know how it works exactly, how much flexibility the school truly has with game times... but I've always thought they should keep an eye on when big Alabama or Auburn games are being played, and make sure to schedule around that. Alabama has a big game at 7:00? Schedule our game at 1 or 2:00. Auburn is playing in the 2:30 CBS game? Schedule ours for 7:00. You can get mad at folks for staying home to watch an SEC game and call them a "casual" fan or whatever, or you can try to accommodate them and put more butts in the seats. Now, moving to FCS and playing more games on TV (even if it's just WatchESPN) might certainly play a factor in whether we even have the flexibility. But I know SEC schedules are usually locked in almost 2 weeks in advance of most games. Seems like that would be enough time to make plans and give the heads-up to the other team.
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Post by brandon on Jan 10, 2018 15:21:07 GMT -6
UNA attendance has declined over the past decade or so. Alabama winning that fifth title in 9 years has had something to do with it. I think new teams coming to Braly might be the spark needed to reverse the trend and grow attendance in all sports. I think this is a factor. I don't know how it works exactly, how much flexibility the school truly has with game times... but I've always thought they should keep an eye on when big Alabama or Auburn games are being played, and make sure to schedule around that. Alabama has a big game at 7:00? Schedule our game at 1 or 2:00. Auburn is playing in the 2:30 CBS game? Schedule ours for 7:00. You can get mad at folks for staying home to watch an SEC game and call them a "casual" fan or whatever, or you can try to accommodate them and put more butts in the seats. Now, moving to FCS and playing more games on TV (even if it's just WatchESPN) might certainly play a factor in whether we even have the flexibility. But I know SEC schedules are usually locked in almost 2 weeks in advance of most games. Seems like that would be enough time to make plans and give the heads-up to the other team. I don't have a problem with the "casual fan". Unless they are the ones talking about why UNA games don't matter or complaining about the attendance or atmosphere when they will not do anything to help themselves. The other problem I have is UNA alum giving crap tons of money to UA or AU when they didn't even go there, and you ask them to donate to UNA and they give you the "Are you stupid look." Or the people that complain about money not coming into the Shoals and they spend every weekend in football season at Tuscaloosa or Auburn and spend thousands a trip. If that's not you, good, if it is, Shame.......
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Post by unalions on Jan 10, 2018 19:23:09 GMT -6
Last year's attendance wasn't much different. Here are a few years with the national ranking.
2016: 7670 (12th) 2015: 7970 (5th) 2014: 9065 (4th) 2013: 9908 (4th) 2012: 9798 (7th) 2011: 9834 (5th) 2010: 10113 (5th) 2009: 9389 (5th) 2008: 9639 (5th)
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Post by brandon on Jan 10, 2018 19:59:49 GMT -6
Last year's attendance wasn't much different. Here are a few years with the national ranking. 2016: 7670 (12th) 2015: 7970 (5th) 2014: 9065 (4th) 2013: 9908 (4th) 2012: 9798 (7th) 2011: 9834 (5th) 2010: 10113 (5th) 2009: 9389 (5th) 2008: 9639 (5th) Kinda a good decline the past 2 years, same time as the demolition and construction of the school.
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Post by lions09 on Jan 11, 2018 11:47:58 GMT -6
It's been 3 seasons of decline. The lowest averages since the Hyde years. Hud's first few years were in the 8K's.
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Post by brandon on Jan 11, 2018 12:50:07 GMT -6
It's been 3 seasons of decline. The lowest averages since the Hyde years. Hud's first few years were in the 8K's. Yes it has been 3 seasons, I was just refering to the past 2 on the list presented. My proposal to the solution is- Create a buzz Schedule good home games with schools our fans know Later, build a new stadium, fans, Alum and current students are asking for it, and, from all I have talked to, 80% don't care if it's on campus or not.
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Post by unalions on Jan 12, 2018 15:35:45 GMT -6
It will take having more games (home and away) within a three-hour or so radius of Florence and I think that's coming down the road. Need teams that interest locals more and that might actually have fans travel with them. I think you'd see a larger contingent of UNA fans traveling within that distance, also.
We need these teams on the schedule:
Alabama A&M Jacksonville State UT-Chattanooga UT-Martin Samford
Wish list:
MTSU UAB Memphis Ole Miss Vanderbilt
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Post by catscratchfever4 on Jan 13, 2018 19:58:59 GMT -6
It will take having more games (home and away) within a three-hour or so radius of Florence and I think that's coming down the road. Need teams that interest locals more and that might actually have fans travel with them. I think you'd see a larger contingent of UNA fans traveling within that distance, also. We need these teams on the schedule: Alabama A&M Jacksonville State UT-Chattanooga UT-Martin Samford Wish list: MTSU UAB Memphis Ole Miss Vanderbilt Depending on how quickly they could tear ECM down,that would be the best location. Close to campus and multi-lane streets, has a parking deck and many other parking areas nearby.
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Post by unafied on Jan 14, 2018 5:53:34 GMT -6
It will take having more games (home and away) within a three-hour or so radius of Florence and I think that's coming down the road. Need teams that interest locals more and that might actually have fans travel with them. I think you'd see a larger contingent of UNA fans traveling within that distance, also. We need these teams on the schedule: Alabama A&M Jacksonville State UT-Chattanooga UT-Martin Samford Wish list: MTSU UAB Memphis Ole Miss Vanderbilt Depending on how quickly they could tear ECM down,that would be the best location. Close to campus and multi-lane streets, has a parking deck and many other parking areas nearby. I think “Nursing Home Hill” (the Mitchell Hollingsworth property) is the holy grail as far as locations for a new stadium go. But you’re right, that property would work well. If the city of Florence ever got off their butts and extended College Street out to Savannah Highway, that would create easy access. Maybe some sort of deal can be worked out to where M-H can have the hospital property, and we can have Nursing Home Hill? And while I know this is a sports board, I’ve said it before. I really wish the University could acquire the hospital property and turn it into a medical school. That would raise both enrollment and prestige of our school greatly. It would really balance out the state, since I believe that would make for med schools at USA in Mobile, Birmingham obviously, and then UNA. And yes, I realize this would have to be approved by the state and probably isn’t even on the radar. But it should be.
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Post by 1949lions on Jan 14, 2018 18:36:51 GMT -6
It'll be curious to see attendance this season. Very eager to see the schedule.
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