Re: Northwest @ Grand Valley
Millennials, get used to it folks. Also I wonder since the games are all on TV now if that doesn't take away a lot of people. Sit in your house at 72 degrees for free or pay 30 bucks a ticket and freeze? Casual fan? no brainer. Our admin better come up with a plan.
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Re: Northwest @ Grand Valley
Originally posted by Brandon View PostOf course.
My point was that being D2 is not the reason. If level of competition was the reason, people would only go to NFL games.
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Grand Valley is a great program. One of the best. But there is nothing that they could show Northwest that they're "missing." Both have great crowds. Both have great fans. Both have great facilities. Sure, GV can have some great crowds, but Northwest has played in front of large crowds as well. Northwest had already played at a nicer stadium this year.
When you're comparing programs like Grand Valley, Northwest, Pitt State, etc., you're talking about programs so similar there really aren't that many differences to compare, especially compared to Division II as a whole.
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I was shocked at how empty it was. For years I've heard about how electric the atmosphere was. It's a great facility on a nice campus with a big enrollment. I got some pics of the mostly empty stadium and video of fans leaving before the game was over. I don't think they were going to a party. We let people on the field and tear down our own goalposts to encourage people to stay. Maybe you guys should try that.
Plenty of signs saying "Football game this week." Great marketing video about the rivalry. I don't know what advice to give to boost attendance. Maybe get more support from the locals, but I didn't see much of a town around there. I'd get it if the school was closed for Thanksgiving. We've reopened on Sat. after Thanksgiving in the past to get students back, but again, that wasn't the issue. There couldn't have been that many people hunting.
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Originally posted by bankslaker View PostProbably. Couldn't go get plastered in mom and dad's basement haha. A bit different once they're off at college.
My point was that being D2 is not the reason. If level of competition was the reason, people would only go to NFL games.
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Originally posted by GVLakerFan24 View Postwhere they just dominated weaker opponents. Our most recent deep playoff runs have seemed almost surprising, as our seasons usually start out strong and then we struggle to beat even lesser quality teams down the stretch. This season was a perfect example, but even during the undefeated season a few years ago (2016?) we barely got by a weak Saginaw team in overtime and struggled against Wayne state late in the year. Now, credit to MM for rallying that team and pushing them as far as they went that season, but is the pattern of starting strong and finishing the season on a bit of a grind just natural for football (injuries take their toll, opponents find weaknesses in your schemes, etc) or is that an indictment of MM and his staff?
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Originally posted by champgymusa View PostThe NCAA does set the prices and GVSU had tickets for any student that wanted to for free...
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Originally posted by libertybearcat View PostDon't the students have to pay for tickets in the playoffs? At NW boosters will buy several hundred tickets for the students to try and attract more attendance.
Doesn't the NCAA dictate ticket prices for playoff games? That may be why they're priced the way they are.
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Don't the students have to pay for tickets in the playoffs? At NW boosters will buy several hundred tickets for the students to try and attract more attendance.
Doesn't the NCAA dictate ticket prices for playoff games? That may be why they're priced the way they are.
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Originally posted by blakeadkins View PostStudents have never shown up for playoff games. I went from 2001 - 2005, the drop-off from regular season to playoffs was always huge. I believe part of it is that "all" (say for last of season) games are at night. Middle of the day Saturday is not a normal time for a Grand Valley football game and the NCAA isn't going to let GV push the game to the evening. I'm currently taking Master's classes at GV and I was shocked that I didn't see a sign or anything on the Grand Rapids campus advertising this game. Maybe I'm blind...
As an alumni (not a mega donor, nor a season ticket holder), I found the retail price of tickets to be flat out ridiculous. I took my oldest 2 kids (ages 9 and 8) and paid $15 per ticket. That's just stupid in my opinion. Obviously ticket prices don't have anything to do with students attending. I've been wondering for 17 years why they don't make a bigger effort to address the drop off from regular season attendance to playoff attendance. There were less than 3,000 people there on Saturday. That is just embarrassing.
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Originally posted by blakeadkins View PostStudents have never shown up for playoff games. I went from 2001 - 2005, the drop-off from regular season to playoffs was always huge. I believe part of it is that "all" (say for last of season) games are at night. Middle of the day Saturday is not a normal time for a Grand Valley football game and the NCAA isn't going to let GV push the game to the evening. I'm currently taking Master's classes at GV and I was shocked that I didn't see a sign or anything on the Grand Rapids campus advertising this game. Maybe I'm blind...
As an alumni (not a mega donor, nor a season ticket holder), I found the retail price of tickets to be flat out ridiculous. I took my oldest 2 kids (ages 9 and 8) and paid $15 per ticket. That's just stupid in my opinion. Obviously ticket prices don't have anything to do with students attending. I've been wondering for 17 years why they don't make a bigger effort to address the drop off from regular season attendance to playoff attendance. There were less than 3,000 people there on Saturday. That is just embarrassing.
Additionally, I don't know what the numbers are, but I'm guessing there's not very many Allendale residents showing up for games just for the fun of it. I'm fairly certain the vast majority of people at the games have a connection. Whether it is family of players, GV alumni, family of GV alumni, etc. The residents don't view it as an entertainment option. Hell, based on the Allendale facebook pages, the majority of Allendale residents wish the school would go away entirely. They hate the school being in their "quaint, quiet village" of Allendale and infesting the town with college students who cause too much traffic, make too much noise, and drink too much. So you're not going to get many walk-ins who are just going to up and decide that day to go to a game. Outside of Allendale residents, I doubt there's very many non-affiliated people who are showing up to games, regardless of where they're from. And they certainly aren't committed enough to show up in bad weather to a not-previously-scheduled game.
The same thing happens to the West Michigan Whitecaps. They will get 4,500 fans at their final home game of the season, and then three days later when they host a playoff game, there will be 1,000 people there. It wasn't on the schedule, nobody plans for it, there's not enough time to get corporate groups together, etc.
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Originally posted by IH8SVSU View PostFirst off douche bag you might want to check yourself before you run your mouth. Irish 1916 is a GV alum and mega donor to GV. Second, the name Irish 1916 has zero to do with Notre Dame. Go back to school and read some history books old timer.
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