WIN
Active Member
The attendance slide in college football has mostly to do with games lasting way too long, and also games being played during the wrong time of the day. Commercial breaks 2 minutes 45 seconds in length and way too many of them. Why is half time 20 minutes long and in the pros it's 12 minutes? Fans are losing interest. Another huge problem especially in the South is playing games at 11 and 2:30 in September and October. It's too hot! Nothing will probably change until the next TV contract, but those should be negotiating points.
TV has definitely changed the attendance. Not only for the problems above but the fact that all games are on TV. Not long ago we were lucky to see the Frogs on tv a few times a year. Also, people have spent thousands on home entertainment systems so game day at home is a more encompassing than in the past.