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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 9:00:52 GMT -6
Post by 00hmh on Oct 12, 2024 9:00:52 GMT -6
2008 put 19200 butts in the seats vs. our published average of 10,800 last year. That’s 50,000 extra folks over 6 games of which maybe a third would be students. So that is 34,000 extra folks/year. I agree. That would certainly equal a financial windfall. 2008 you think can be the norm?
You are right that much of that attendance was student attendance, especially those last home games.
But, assuming we did match that, and still charged the same amount for tickets, that would not dent the deficit we have in FB operations.
Assuming we doubled ticket prices at that level of attendance, without losing customers, a little bigger dent, but not close to breaking even.
20,000 average, 15,000 paid attendance, for 6 games is 90,000 fans, let's say at $50 a ticket, that would be $4.5 mil. ticket revenue. Now we're talking! But still not breaking even...
$50 tickets is a fantasy.
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 9:11:16 GMT -6
Post by 00hmh on Oct 12, 2024 9:11:16 GMT -6
How much more money should we spend and how many more paying fans will we attract? To pay coaches and other expenses that are escalating as interest in MAC FB declines? We can't pay for what we have. As I have stated repeatedly responding to the consistent boring lack of dreamers (bean counters) on this site (y'all know who they are), make good hires and win and the finances will take care of themselves. Buzzkill is the deficit we are running. I am perfectly willing to run a deficit, BTW. What bothers me is the size of it, and that costs of winning are not a constant but are escalating. We are seeing FB coaching salaries and other expenses growing larger fueled by the need to compete with the big conferences with big TV contracts producing revenue to cover their costs.
CFB attendance at our level is not increasing. (It's a tough sell. Especially if you expect parents with kids to pay higher ticket prices.)
Projecting attendance of 20K in late Fall for midweek night games on school nights in Muncie, based on a great tail gate experience, is a fantasy. The MAC TV contract will not make that up.
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 10:01:42 GMT -6
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Post by williamtsherman on Oct 12, 2024 10:01:42 GMT -6
As I have stated repeatedly responding to the consistent boring lack of dreamers (bean counters) on this site (y'all know who they are), make good hires and win and the finances will take care of themselves. Unfortunately across almost all of our sports our incompetent sports admin continues to be fools, show a lack of commitment, and half ass everything..They have no clue what a successful sports program can bring financially to a university. Completely wrong. It's not that difficult to calculate what a winning MAC program would revenue in a year because every year there are some MAC programs that meet various definitions of "success". And when they do, they still don't come within a million miles of covering their costs. There is no light at the end of the tunnel. There is just an endless dark money-losing tunnel that BSU will keep trudging into as long as the students foot the bill. |
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 10:41:58 GMT -6
Post by redbirdman on Oct 12, 2024 10:41:58 GMT -6
If we stick with the run this game would be over after a quarter.Coach wants to pass so do we win?
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 11:38:21 GMT -6
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Post by rmcalhoun on Oct 12, 2024 11:38:21 GMT -6
Weve really kinda dumped the bench today lots of new names getting called.. Might as well see what we have
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 11:45:03 GMT -6
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Post by rmcalhoun on Oct 12, 2024 11:45:03 GMT -6
Robinson appears to be made of glass injured again
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 12:44:31 GMT -6
Post by cardfan on Oct 12, 2024 12:44:31 GMT -6
Two really bad teams bad teamin away….
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 13:12:12 GMT -6
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Post by chupacabra on Oct 12, 2024 13:12:12 GMT -6
Why is our defensive coordinator still employed???
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 13:25:09 GMT -6
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Post by cardfan on Oct 12, 2024 13:25:09 GMT -6
We aren’t smart enough to not score a td when we just need to Tim out the clock. Our d is an abomination
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 13:27:00 GMT -6
Post by universityjim on Oct 12, 2024 13:27:00 GMT -6
We want Bama!
No... we want Vandy!
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Post by comet on Oct 12, 2024 13:27:24 GMT -6
Somehow, it's a WIN !!!!!!!!!
We gave it a shot at losing, but couldn't pull it off.
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Post by chirprising on Oct 12, 2024 13:32:09 GMT -6
We aren’t smart enough to not score a td when we just need to Tim out the clock. Our d is an abomination Old football coach here. Pemberton being sure to score on that play was absolutely the smart thing to do. They might gotten a stop and got the ball back in a one score team against a tiring defense. |
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 13:32:46 GMT -6
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Post by david75bsu on Oct 12, 2024 13:32:46 GMT -6
We need a whole new coaching staff!
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 13:34:31 GMT -6
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Post by coastalcard on Oct 12, 2024 13:34:31 GMT -6
If Kent State is 134, we have a legitimate claim for 133
Not sure if we covered the spread 😂
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 13:36:12 GMT -6
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Post by universityjim on Oct 12, 2024 13:36:12 GMT -6
The last spread I saw was us by 4.5. So no.
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