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[QUOTE="TexanMark, post: 4208623, member: 35"]
Many of us think upgrading the seating and reducing capacity to 44,000 is the right call.  It is only about 5000 reduction but it is enough to drive scarcity for the best games.

A few thoughts going forward:
I think most televised cfb sports events are going to see less attendance across the board in the 20s.  (4K,8K,etc..., ticket inflation, aging country, new immigrants not American Football fans).  The top 25 programs will continue to prosper over the next decade as they are flush with money and fans willing to spend $$. The next 45 teams--> less clear.

Will cfb become a league of 20-30 super teams? Will it become a regional sport? Will radical changes be made rules wise to become more inclusive and bring back parity? Whole league structures will be radically different by 2035. Content delivery will not be free or virtually free anymore.  Will athletes become nothing more than employees?

Even hoops is going through changes.  Many don't remember but Syracuse averaged almost 30,000 for basketball in 1989-90. Going forward I think 20K is our goal now.  The next 5 years are crucial to SU's brand.

What does this mean for Syracuse?  We can't compete with the top programs in Football.   Basketball we still have a chance but it is getting tougher.   I see good ole American greed creating a 24-32 team super league by the mid 30s.  Will we be in that?  No!  A good possibility we could in the next league down. Realistically for a medium/large private university in a medium sized metro that isn't bad.
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