CFB Attendance Down

Jun 10, 2019 16:26:07 GMT tigercpa said:

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According to initial attendance numbers from the NCAA, average attendance among the 129 FBS teams during the 2018 season was 41,856 fans per game. As reported by CBS Sports, that’s the lowest mark since 1996, and it’s the seventh time in the last eight years that attendance has declined.

For a few years, now, I have had a fear that the "sports bubble" is bursting... younger kids don't follow them the way we did. E-Sports are rising, and soccer. 

The financial crash in 2008 forced a lot of companies to scale back on sports advertising.  Tax law changes have negatively affected the cost of entertaining at sporting events, or donating to schools.

Meanwhile, there's been a SPENDING BOOM on new stadiums, and coaches salaries, etc which has driven up the cost of being a fan.   

The two macro forces are diametrically opposed, and... at some point? One has to win.