College football heads in wrong direction with largest attendance drop in 34 years

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Excerpt from CBS Sports:

Major-college football experienced its largest per-game attendance drop in 34 years and second-largest ever, according to recently released NCAA figures.

Attendance among the 129 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams in 2017 was down an average of 1,409 fans per game from 2016. That marked the largest drop since 1983 when average attendance declined 1,527 fans per game from 1982.

The 2017 FBS average of 42,203 fans per game is the lowest since 1997.

That average attendance drop marked the second-sharpest decline since the NCAA began keeping track of college football attendance in 1948. For the first time in history, average attendance declined nationally for four consecutive seasons.


The 2017 numbers include FBS home games, neutral-site games, bowl games and the College Football Playoff.

Since establishing an all-time high average attendance in 2008 (46,971), FBS attendance has slipped a record 10.1 percent over the last nine years.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... -34-years/

A working man's family is priced out of an Ohio State game considering tickets, parking and concessions. Through over saturation of TV coverage the obvious decision is to stay home and watch games from the couch. I even think OSU's attendance is suspect. The cameras showed many fans disguised as empty seats.