Our parking was between SSAH and Memorial Stadium. We got there 30 minutes before the walk and parked in the second row and up against the sidewalk for the walk. Nobody was there. We saw Fred Glass and he thanked us for coming. He looked like he was n a mission. I think he was rounding up people to show up for the BTN show.
Did you turn on the Florida State game against Louisville? A lot of empty seats in Tallahassee.
I was there, and concur.
I’ve been on this board for 20 years. The only board I’ve ever been on. Get a clue.
This topic has come up several times recently in conversation with my friends about the future of Indiana High School football. Will, and if so, when will flag football take over?
The insurance companies are going to pull out and there is NO WAY that schools are going to take on that liability. Additionally, one of the two or three companies that covered the NFL pulled out this year.
I haven't been tracking the insurance side. Very good point. I have been keeping an eye on various sites and articles about participation in youth tackle football. Seems to be dropping Nationwide at about 2 percent per year. Kind of all over the place depending on the articles though. Some places are down 40 percent since 2014. Flag football has on average over the last couple years has seen a 6 percent increase in their areas. This also lines up with baseball numbers going up too as you said. Don't put too much trust in my numbers. They are from various articles. They all did say the same thing though, tackle football is heading for some major changes.
Attendance is down everywhere. Also, what exactly should they do? Tickets are cheap, they sell beer, the team is 3-1. What do you want? If people are boycotting or something because we lost to a top 10 team that just won 76-5, then I might suggest that our fans are idiots.
I am a retiree living on a fixed income and they have priced me out of the ticket market. or my wife and I to attend a game, park, buy a program and get something to eat at halftime would cost somewhere around $175. That's simply not in our budget.
Exactly. Winning, plus beating some of the power teams from time to time (think Iowa and Wisconsin). There were 30k in there yesterday, and there were only about 30k IU fans last Saturday, the other 15k being OSU. Lots of schools are seeing dips, IU is dropping more, and from a lower starting point. That’s not good. The atmosphere around the program has to change.
Well you can get very cheap tickets on stub hub, you can park on 19th for free, skip the program (names are on the jerseys now), and they have pass outs at half time so pack a lunch. Obviously there are some inconveniences, but the pricing excuse does not fly.
I can't believe the stuff I hear at games from people around me.
Yes to a top 10 team. They weren’t playing UCONN. Do you remember how we did the last time we played a good team?
