Author Topic: 2012-2020: Future of SBU Football - Conference Affiliation, FBS Football, etc  (Read 25871 times)

sbufan

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Re: 2012-2020: Future of Stony Brook Football
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2012, 06:23:35 pm »
Your assumption that facilities can be simply willed into existence is tough. Even if we had the stadium, our turnout is PALTRY.

If we were members of the CAA, we would be ahead of ONE team in football turnout (Towson). Even URI would attract more than us. Fact of the matter is, we need to learn how to attract/handle 8500 per game before we can bring in the 20-30K we'd need for FBS.

Baby steps gents. If we end up in the CAA or A-10/CAA Football, we'll be fine. Our primary goal should be to escape the black hole that is the AEC, no matter what it takes.

I suppose what I'm really trying to say is that I think the ratings of something like a hypothetical Stony Brook FCS national championship game would be impressive enough that no one would care what our facilities or attendance numbers were like or impressive enough to make investments in those areas seem reasonable. Stony Brook was a trending topic on twitter during our AEC game against BU last year. I have no idea what the ratings were like for that game nor do I know much about twitter, but I would assume Stony Brook being one of the most used phrases during that game speaks volumes about Stony Brook's market potential.
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