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Message: [QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 753123, member: 127"] I work in Oswego and the people I work with who used to be season ticket holders for basketball and the ones who used to attend a few football games a year, no longer do it. I'm constantly trying to get them to attend games. I don't know how many constantly ask me why should they travel 7o miles (that I do daily for work) when they can sit on their couch in the comfort of their homes or a bar and watch all the better games. Bars no longer sponsor bus rides to the dome but now advertise specials to watch the games in the bar on multiple huge widescreen TV's. I also know a number of SU alums who have moved to NYC, DC, Charlotte, Boston etc who denigrate the locals while they rake their own leaves and are fans via telecommunication. Many locals believe there is a real issue with a perceived snobbery against them by the students and their graduates. Was Jake talking to the locals or the alums living in DC, NC or NYC when he told them to "get a life"? I also have stayed out of this locals vs alums undercurrent on even this board but it does get really old. Where are the 20 to 45 year old fans - alums or locals - because most aren't at the games. Heck SU has to give away tickets to their own students to watch their own team. Maybe I'm crazy but wouldn't that be a great place to start on analyzing the "whys" of low attendance? One just has to look to see the demographics of who actually attend games but oddly it's that same group who tend to be the target of most of the criticism. I'm an Oswego state grad yet the people I sit around in the section who give donations to sit where they do- are locals and not SU grads. I do see one of my high school teachers who I know is an SU grad as the lone alumni in my section. Doesn't that seem strange to anyone? SU needs at the very least CNY to support SU teams because the alumni simply aren't around to do it. Let's start with the students. They are the engine for this program. [/QUOTE]

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