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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4068763, member: 1969"]
I think Syracuse is at risk of losing people's peak attention and peak spare time -- or in many cases already has.  The relationship will remain, but the interest and devotion could wane.   It won't for all -- and it will for same, and both are totally understandable.   That is the real risk here for existing fans.   (I am not even going to bother to discuss the impact our recent run has had on the next generation of fans ... that is a separate topic)

I'm not going to stop cheering or following Syracuse, but I can certainly understand how interest dwindles or loses out to competing items as that happens to me at times.

There are other sports or teams (Raptors, Canadiens, PGA Tour specific to me), work + family, other forms of entertainment (Travelling, a night out, walking, biking) that will start to garner a piece of my peak attention away from Syracuse at times especially when things are not going well here.   I'm not jumping from Syracuse to Duke/Kansas, but just re-allocating my time / entertainment resources to those that may be delivering the best for me at the time.

The other thing that hurts Syracuse, and its not their fault either, is that NCAA Basketball in itself is just not as entertaining a product for me and I prefer the old times.   I no longer devote that much energy to NCAA basketball.

I also know many of you travel to games, bowls and tournaments.   While that is not of interest to me, I could see why people may start changing their travel habits.   People may decide they will invest that travel time and $ into other annual trips (sports or non sports) and that is understandable.
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