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Subject: Re: Ivy League Football Attendance

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Date Posted: 22:07:38 01/16/25 Thu
In reply to: Son of Eli 's message, "Ivy League Football Attendance" on 16:06:36 01/16/25 Thu

The cost of my Yale season tickets for all five home games was approximately equal to the per game cost of my New York Football Giants season tickets. It’s pretty trivial. Students get free admission but the majority of the students at the Yale games this season played on the team. Student attendance has dwindled over the decades I’ve been attending Yale games and is now next to non-existent other than for the Harvard game. If the students don’t attend, those same people won’t start attending as alumni. Yale used to attract a local non-Yale affiliated crowd too and that has also dwindled over the years. Other factors? As wonderful as the Bowl is, it is cavernous and it is depressing while 50,000 plus seats are empty. Yale hires gate attendants who are often rude and Yale imposes rules for those attending that make attendance annoying (they’ve refused admission for people bringing in non-beverage food, for example). Yale does a poor job publicizing the upcoming games. Because I purchased tickets from Harvard for this year’s Harvard game, I was on the Harvard football email distribution list for the entire season and Harvard’s communications put Yale to shame. For years when The Game is in New Haven, the traffic to get into the lots is awful. Some of that is inevitable but Yale exacerbates it by funneling the cars into very few entry points. Maybe that sounds like that old Yogi story that no one goes there anymore because it’s so crowded, but the bad experience people have when they do show up in New Haven for a game has an impact. There’s no one cause for the sorry state of Yale football attendance but I’ve seen nothing that makes it seem likely to turn around.

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Author: Son of Eli [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:00:55 01/17/25 Fri Excellent points. I would also add to the list of factors the ending of the tradition allowing fans onto the field after the game. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

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An Observer
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Date Posted: 14:56:02 01/17/25 Fri

I would love to have an athletic department spokesman explain why fans are no longer allowed onto the field after a game.

To me, this is a small problem, if one at all. But why WOULDN'T you allow fans onto the field?

It costs you nothing, absolutely nothing.

Meanwhile, it was a lot of fun to see the families of the players on the field after the final whistle, talking to their son/brother after a hard fought game, not to mention all the kids running around and throwing footballs back and forth.

I can attest that my kid absolutely loved running around the field. She loves sports. It was a thrill for her to be on the field where the adults were playing.

Allowing fans onto the field is a clear and obvious differentiation between what our schools can offer and what pro teams give their fans. Why not offer it? Families with kids appreciate tiring out their little ones before loading everybody back in the car for the long drive home.

This a benefit which costs nothing to offer. Why would you not do it? You're selling a product here. If you were selling a car and could offer floor mats at no cost, why wouldn't you? Nobody's going to buy the car just for the floor mats, but some fans would appreciate it.

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Author: observer [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:16:46 01/17/25 Fri And one more reason why Tort Reform is necessary. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]