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Message: [QUOTE="CU44SE, post: 1080753, member: 2196"] People say winners bring fans, thats of course true for every team in America. If you win they will come, a winning team will never have empty seats. I get that, but were talking about 6 games a year with 50,000 seat capacity and over 3,000,000 people in your close vicinity. Were not asking to sell out a 100,000 seat stadium. Basketball sells itself because of their record, whereas the football team obviously doesn't. That doesnt mean things can't be done to increase participation. Increased marketing in this area that I have discussed will put the idea of Syracuse university events in their head. Think about billy fucillo, everyone thinks of him when they hear the word huge even if it has no correlation to cars or anything he does because its always on the radio, always playing. If Syracsue did this it would get people to say, oh lets take a trip to syracuse this weekend. Catch Destiny and watch the football team. After several experiences maybe this fan becomes less of a casual fan and more of a diehard. The more fun they have at the games, the more people will come back. They just need to promote as a whole. They promote the heck out of NYC, which I get and although some people don't like it i think its a great idea. But they also need to do this in the surrounding areas because this will get people that wouldn't usually root for syracuse to come out. Make an activity out of it, a bonding experience. People always comment how Syracuse lost a lot of fans when Shaw told them to get a life, but marketing would help to repair this situation. I just think people are always looking for something to do, and if you continue to inform them on Syracuse events then they will think and eventually come which will then spread. These people will tell there friends what a good time they had at the games, to which these people may make a trip up to experience what the friends experienced. I just think people need to be educated in a way. Yes winning helps, but it doesn't all have to be about winning. Its about creating a culture, and if everyone in these areas sees or hears about syracuse on a daily basis like people see in the city then I think it would help. It would create some kind of interest within people. [/QUOTE]

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