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Message: [QUOTE="rrlbees, post: 753904, member: 96"] Your ding ding ding is one thing and one thing only amongst a vast array of things I mentioned. So don't hang your hat on that only. Today is vastly different than the 90's besides winning. Yes, I advocate for opening with a patsy to get our feet wet. That doesn't mean I advocate for moving USC and a dozen other games there. As to donation structure. In the 90's the little guy meant something. Did you know that if I have donated $4,999k a year for 20 years ($99,980) that you could donate $5,001 this year and be a higher level than me? Did you know tailgating is a big part of college football? Every year they take away more and more parking. Did you know a large segment of the lack fan base is now either too old to go games, passed away or moved someplace for retirement? It's not the same fan base. The people you would expect to have replaced them have seen a dozen years of blah football. They don't have the same perspective. So MetLife was a grab for money at the expense of local fans. Marketing has targeted NYC which is a search for money over actual fans in the Dome. Donation structures have changed which is a money grab for Johnny come latelies at the expense of the long time little guy. Smoking parking lots for academic buildings was in the interest of the school, not the fan. So yea, whether you agree or not with any or all decisions made by SU over the past decade are good or bad, it's a fact that they have all been to the detriment of the local fan. A LOT of locals have stopped donating or getting seasons for one or more of the above or any number of reasons not listed, Thus not having a huge alumni or student following, in the 90s or now, puts it all on he shoulders of the locals even with these many choices SU made. Not a one is an excuse. They are all valid reasons. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]

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