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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 4787749, member: 173"] This is one of the worst takes I’ve ever seen on the board. Why did fans abandon the program? The university was chronically underfunding the athletic department in the 90s (where did those concession revenues go?), and when the team started to struggle and fans complained they were told Syracuse is a one horse town - ride it and like it. Then the bottom fell out with GRob, and fans had no incentive to stick around since Shaw/Jake had burned through all their goodwill. I’m not one to completely let fans off the hook, there have been many games in the last 5 years where I was really disappointed they didn’t show. But saying fans abandoning the program hurt investment doesn’t align with the actual historical facts - we weren’t investing in football even when we were winning and drawing solid crowds. [/QUOTE]