WSJ: Declining Student Attendance Hits CFB

[Harry0569]

The game the reporters were at was vs. UNT at noon, and it was POURING down rain.

My friend was at the game and had this to say "was packed at kick off, given the opponent and especially the weather."

The entire stadium will be packed for the LSU game this weekend, I can assure you of that.

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But yes I agree, this problem spreads to every campus across the country. College kids want to be connected (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram), and not having access in the stadium really turns them off (my sister is a junior at ole miss, and she complains about it at the games).

Also, the games take well over 3.5 hours to complete with all of the TV timeouts, half-time, etc. A lot of kids just don't have the attention span for that, especially if it is against a lesser/uninteresting foe.

The fact that most every game is on TV (in crystal clear HD) has for better or for worse completely changed the way people watch games. Why sit out in the 90 sun / 40 snow, when you can watch from the comfort of your couch...?

[Harry0569]

sure wish we had Georgia's problem; pretty frightening to have 2-3,000 empty seats in an 85,000 seat venue

The majority of the seating is for boosters/season ticket holders. Maybe 10-15k for students.

[JoeKidd]

Is there a way to tie student attendance to class credit or extra credit or some way to in fact make attendance mandatory?

Orientation for frosh at SMU is mandatory if I'm not mistaken. Sexual assault class was mandatory as a male frosh at SMU when I was there (1995).

You get dropped from many classes at SMU if you are not on the roll sheet after the first few classes- even at the law school.

Could we in fact penalize students for not attending a football game (even if only for the first game)??

May be a stupid question - but I'd like to know for a fact that we can't

Really? Should students be penalized for not attending other sporting events too, or just football? If just football, how do you defend the distinction? How about other school sponsored events such as theater or orchestra, would you support penalizing students for not attending those events? If not, how do you defend the distinction?


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No, no, no just football. No one cares about artsy fartsy crap like soccer.

[ponyinNC]

Is there a way to tie student attendance to class credit or extra credit or some way to in fact make attendance mandatory?

Orientation for frosh at SMU is mandatory if I'm not mistaken. Sexual assault class was mandatory as a male frosh at SMU when I was there (1995).

You get dropped from many classes at SMU if you are not on the roll sheet after the first few classes- even at the law school.

Could we in fact penalize students for not attending a football game (even if only for the first game)??

May be a stupid question - but I'd like to know for a fact that we can't

Really? Should students be penalized for not attending other sporting events too, or just football? If just football, how do you defend the distinction? How about other school sponsored events such as theater or orchestra, would you support penalizing students for not attending those events? If not, how do you defend the distinction?


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No, no, no just football. No one cares about artsy fartsy crap like soccer.

Hey Grant it was just an idea - if you have something better please let me know.

I'm sure it can't be done, but I was just spitballing. Jeez - lighten up Francis!

[Grant Carter]

Really? Should students be penalized for not attending other sporting events too, or just football? If just football, how do you defend the distinction? How about other school sponsored events such as theater or orchestra, would you support penalizing students for not attending those events? If not, how do you defend the distinction?


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No, no, no just football. No one cares about artsy fartsy crap like soccer.

Hey Grant it was just an idea - if you have something better please let me know.

I'm sure it can't be done, but I was just spitballing. Jeez - lighten up Francis!

I was just interested to see how you would answer those questions. You said yourself it might be a stupid question so I did not think you would take offense.


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