Post by Sly Fox on Aug 5, 2005 9:16:15 GMT -5
I ran across this over on the AGS board:
www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2306
Its further evidence that current I-A schools aren't likely to drop down to I-AA because of attendance requirements. It would probably now be becaus eof financial constraints.
It also opens the door a little wider for schools considering stepping up. You still have to have a stadium that seats 30k (Williams Stadium would need a significant increase in size) and maintain 16 NCAA programs.
from a boise news site..not that any of the PAC10 schools have a problem with this
Tuesday, August 2, 2005.
The WAC has certainly not been without its attendance-challenged schools, but the NCAA has left just enough wiggle room to make it clear-sailing for the foreseeable future. The scary line of demarcation, of course, was the requirement that an average of 15,000 actual bodies be in the seats every game at Division I-A games. That caused anxiety attacks in places like San Jose and Moscow, and—shockingly last year—Reno. But the NCAA Board of Directors relaxed the rule, though. Now it’s 15,000 tickets sold per game, which means schools can (for example) sell blocks of tickets to corporations and not worry whether any of them are used. It’s supposed to be a 15,000 average every year. But if a team misses it, that’s just probation, buying another season to get over the hump again.
Of course, each of the aforementioned institutions will tell you things were looking up no matter what the NCAA did, counting on big boosts at the turnstiles—for various reasons. San Jose State, who was last in the nation in attendance last year at 6,479 per game, has thingy Tomey in charge now. The buzz he’s produced, and the subsequent wins expected, should have a dramatic effect at the gate. Idaho has long contended that its fans would respond in a big way to a home in the WAC, and the Vandals get a jump start this season with Kibbie Dome dates against Hawaii and Fresno State.
Then there’s Nevada, which is one of the few schools in the country courageous enough to announce both paid attendance and actual turnstile count last year. The Wolf Pack averaged 17,706 fans a game, but the real number in the stands was less than two-thirds of that—easily in what had been the NCAA danger zone. Who can forget Nevada’s snowbound season finale against Boise State, when the Pack acknowledged that the paid count of 21,799 included only about 10,000 real people (6,000 of which had traveled from Boise). There should be a big turnaround in attendance in Reno, where the first two weeks see Washington State and UNLV coming to Mackay Stadium
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Tuesday, August 2, 2005.
The WAC has certainly not been without its attendance-challenged schools, but the NCAA has left just enough wiggle room to make it clear-sailing for the foreseeable future. The scary line of demarcation, of course, was the requirement that an average of 15,000 actual bodies be in the seats every game at Division I-A games. That caused anxiety attacks in places like San Jose and Moscow, and—shockingly last year—Reno. But the NCAA Board of Directors relaxed the rule, though. Now it’s 15,000 tickets sold per game, which means schools can (for example) sell blocks of tickets to corporations and not worry whether any of them are used. It’s supposed to be a 15,000 average every year. But if a team misses it, that’s just probation, buying another season to get over the hump again.
Of course, each of the aforementioned institutions will tell you things were looking up no matter what the NCAA did, counting on big boosts at the turnstiles—for various reasons. San Jose State, who was last in the nation in attendance last year at 6,479 per game, has thingy Tomey in charge now. The buzz he’s produced, and the subsequent wins expected, should have a dramatic effect at the gate. Idaho has long contended that its fans would respond in a big way to a home in the WAC, and the Vandals get a jump start this season with Kibbie Dome dates against Hawaii and Fresno State.
Then there’s Nevada, which is one of the few schools in the country courageous enough to announce both paid attendance and actual turnstile count last year. The Wolf Pack averaged 17,706 fans a game, but the real number in the stands was less than two-thirds of that—easily in what had been the NCAA danger zone. Who can forget Nevada’s snowbound season finale against Boise State, when the Pack acknowledged that the paid count of 21,799 included only about 10,000 real people (6,000 of which had traveled from Boise). There should be a big turnaround in attendance in Reno, where the first two weeks see Washington State and UNLV coming to Mackay Stadium
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Its further evidence that current I-A schools aren't likely to drop down to I-AA because of attendance requirements. It would probably now be becaus eof financial constraints.
It also opens the door a little wider for schools considering stepping up. You still have to have a stadium that seats 30k (Williams Stadium would need a significant increase in size) and maintain 16 NCAA programs.
