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Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
« Reply #45 on: October 16, 2018, 10:10:54 am »
a few more astute thoughts: https://www.basketballforum.com/america-east-conference/442130-conference-expansion-explosion-coming-263.html

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I didn't say the CAA wasn't a good conference for FCS football, it is. But it will not draw fans on Long Island or in Albany. It just won't when you are so close to the Giants and Jets. It won't. Fans in those 2 areas just won't turn out for anything less than the top level. It is what it is.

Sports snobs all around. Actually it's not just sports, it's everything. Get a mid level band and you can get tickets at show time. Get a major band and it sells out in 20 minutes. It's not like other areas that have nothing else going on.

UA and even Siena struggle for attendance. A NBA preseason game sells out the TUC quickly. UA football averages what 4k fans? The Giants preseason camp got more than that every day of the week.

Long Island is worse. Bring top level or no one cares.


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Syracuse may have lower attendance than other schools, but they can get 30k per game in market that is smaller than both Albany and Long Island.

UMBC last year and UVM in 2005 both got more exposure in their tournament wins than JMU got for winning an FCS national title. That pretty much says it all.
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