Ticket Sales - what is it going to take??

[PK]

Also, why the "no leave and comeback" rule?

Good question....no answer available.

[mrydel]

Also, why the "no leave and comeback" rule?

Good question....no answer available.

Sure there is. Most of the people at the game are supporting the opposition. We figure if they go out and we do not let them back in we might gain a crowd advantage.

[PK]

Also, why the "no leave and comeback" rule?

Good question....no answer available.

Sure there is. Most of the people at the game are supporting the opposition. We figure if they go out and we do not let them back in we might gain a crowd advantage.

Well there you go.

[DFW HOYA]

Attendance starts with students, because if you support a team as student, you are far more likely to support them as an alumnus.

Obviously, you see it at A&M, but even at Baylor and TCU, students show up and it's a big deal. When there are more SMU kids at the bars along Yale than at the game, you are losing a generation of paying customers down the road.

[SMU 86]

Attendance starts with students, because if you support a team as student, you are far more likely to support them as an alumnus.

Obviously, you see it at A&M, but even at Baylor and TCU, students show up and it's a big deal. When there are more SMU kids at the bars along Yale than at the game, you are losing a generation of paying customers down the road.

We only have about 6000 or so undergrads. If all showed up we would still need 24,000 others to show up. It may take a while locally since a good portion of the students are not from Texas and may not stay here after graduating. We have to reach the Dallas community, which I think Hart is trying to do. Basketball can actually lead the way since it is a smaller arena.

[BigT3x]

The no reentry thing drives me INSANE.

[lwjr]

Slightly differnt view. I am shopping up here in Arkyland a week or so ago. Some random guy says to me,You did good last year. I don't think he is talking to me at first then I realize I have a SMU t-shirt on. I make a comment about we are doing better and he goes on to say that we have won 2 bowls in a row and kicked some team in a bowl this last year. He ends the conversation by saying we are finally back. This guy knows about SMU and our recent success which is very unusual up here in Arkyland.

We that are close to the program may not realize that we are starting to catch other fans' attention. It may not mean more fans in the stands but it might mean better ratings which is important as well. And maybe just maybe we could start getting more casual fans to show up.

On an equally relevant note, A couple weeks ago I was in the smu bookstore and heard one college aged kid (male) ask the other if we had a football team. He then asked incredulously if we were in division 1...

They had to be holding hands.

[Bergermeister]

The no reentry thing drives me INSANE.

Are you sure it isn't something else?

[BigT3x]

Are you sure it isn't something else?

Also our Luby's early bird special fan base, but I wasn't going to mention that to your face.

[smudubs]

Last year I had 15 season tickets and couldn't give them away. This year we downgraded to 5 since my kids rarely come to games. I fully intended to be at every home game but my wife is scheduled for back surgery August 22. To my surprise, I've not been able to give tickets away for any game. That tells me all I need to know about casual fans.

[sbsmith]

Last year I had 15 season tickets and couldn't give them away. This year we downgraded to 5 since my kids rarely come to games. I fully intended to be at every home game but my wife is scheduled for back surgery August 22. To my surprise, I've not been able to give tickets away for any game. That tells me all I need to know about casual fans.

You can't even give away tickets to the Tech game?

[StallionsModelT]

This is such a tired-head topic. It all boils down to this:

1. Win games against teams that people in Dallas have heard of
2. Put a quality and fun product on the field
3. Promote the hell out of said product


Do those things and attendance will be fine. Currently, we do none of these.

[PonySnob]

This is such a tired-head topic. It all boils down to this:

1. Win games against teams that people in Dallas have heard of
2. Put a quality and fun product on the field
3. Promote the hell out of said product


Do those things and attendance will be fine. Currently, we do none of these.

Sell beer!!!!!!

[lwjr]

This is such a tired-head topic

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AMEN! Then again we can always discuss uniforms

[BigT3x]

The product on the field can't be easily changed.

What's a problem we can fix at SMU games? Hmmm. How about we address the fact that the games are not fun to go to. There is no alcohol. The food is terrible. The seats hurt your [deleted]. The presentation stuff is awkward. You can't come and go as you please.

Other than the seats, all this stuff could be fixed by the first home game. People like to have fun. How about we make the games fun? It's not hard.