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It is when you support shit teams (Niners fan here)
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****en hell mate, I'm talking about it being more localised than the West Coast Eagles which fans range for the whole of the biggest (area) state in the country, which I'm certain is bigger than any US state.
You're not always the smartest person in the room.
Tedious.
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Again, I'm talking about a localised area, not the size of the crowd or how popular it is.
I’m not trying to be the smartest in the room. I’m trying to tell you how college football “works” for fans.
People literally drive and fly from all over the country to get back and football games at the college they graduated from, on weekends.
It’s not like everyone attending the game is from the local city or town.
The States are far more open about moving to attend college. Colleges recruit kids from all over country. Their fans live all over the country. They travel.
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No shit.
Thanks for not only mansplaining how college works in the US, but how college sports fans also work. You're a treasure.
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I'll do you the courtesy of going through my point with you:
1: I know you think everyone in WA is a brain-dead hick, but I am fully aware of how small potatoes the AFL and the West Coast Eagles are in the world of sport. I am aware of how huge college sports are in the US and how it dwarfs the AFL in terms of crowds, funds and every other statistic. I am also aware how going to college in another state is basically standard practise.
2: My point was, if you compared the attendees at an Eagles games vs a college football game (both home), it would be fair to say the attendees at the college game would have a higher proportion of people coming from one area, ie: students. And coordinating these students to attend in a certain attire would be far easier than someone driving down from Geraldton and another person driving up from Pemberton to watch the Eagles play.
3: The point is ****en moot as the footage is of an NFL game anyway. The problem with the internet is there's always someone who wants to give advice or be condescending to others to make themselves feel smarter or just plain are a bit spectrumy. Regardless, the basis for my comments would be how great it'd be for an Eagles match to be coordinated with the same thing and the issues they may have with our aging supporter base. I'm sure it wouldn't be as hard with crowds at the Lions when its a big deal when they pull in 30k for a final.
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The kids aren’t from Melbourne is what you are saying…..
Believe it.
College athletic departments pay 6 figure salaries to the coaching and medical/physio staff. The athletic departments have budgets that make our soft cap look ammature. 100mill+
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It's basically three years of slave labour for the players with the hope that someone else will then pay them millions.
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I've been to a few games in Houston over the years when doing courses for work but pretty sure I've never paid more than US $200.
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Before today I didn't know there were other countries, and other sports, and that these other countries played these other sports.
That's for non-students though. Students pay a fraction of that (like $10-30) and make up nearly half the crowd. The tickets are still like half the cost of the average NFL game.Yeah, that doesn't seem right, especially when you consider the players aren't even professional.
Edit: Never mind, average cost is $175 USD, costing up to $640 USD, depending on the game/matchup...
Playoff tickets cost an average of $3k.
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College football is ingrained in American history and culture, but the price to attend a game can be cringingly expensive at times.gamedayculture.com
So nowhere close to $50m at the gate.
Like what? Maybe crowd sizes? I know college football is massive, but the NFL absolutely dwarfs it in terms of revenue, viewership etc.
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Are there semi-pro leagues below the NFL, or does it just go from college straight to the NFL and you got nowhere to play inbetween?
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Captain Aspergers in 3...2...1...
One of the biggest drawbacks with gridiron is how many players and how much equipment are required to field a team. Most people never play past high school as they don't really have amateur/social clubs like we do with footy and other field sports.
I think there are a few semi pro leagues you can get to if you don't make NFL (Canada has a league).
Never a truer word written.
Crowds are huge. And because they are university/college based the fans grow with the team and remain loyal. They know the team isn't going to move anywhere on the whim of an owner or for more dollars.
The biggest problem is the corruption within the system. You think the AFL is bad. In college football you have standard gates that run in the 10s of millions and playoff gates that blow $100mill out of the water. Then there are broadcast rights etc.
And the team budgets are mammoth. Yes the gridiron program subsidies the college and other sports teams but at the end of the day a big team has an income that runs into hundreds of millions of dollars, all while the players are supposedly amateur.
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Guessing it was the Red River Rivalry game between Texas and Oklahoma, always played in Dallas? Jealous if it was, that game is nuts every year.
I went to game in Dallas not overly long ago and it was around 200 US as well. But that was for an absolute trash seat
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Yeah that’s the one just texted him he said it was played at the Dallas Cotton bowl. Texas Longhorns vs the Oakahoma Sooners. Like I said before he’s never experienced anything like that in Australia and he’s nearly 50 and loves his sport, been to most big sporting events over here.
The US is an amazing sporting nation, and weirdly similar to Australia.
They play mostly indigenous sports that nobody else really plays but they are massive and they still dominate internationally at individual sports/Olympics etc.
I can't think of any other country like that.
It would be so over if they suddenly transitioned to soccer. Even Australia would dominate. Our national teams are comprised of like 5th string local athletes and we still generally qualify.
They play mostly indigenous sports that nobody else really plays but they are massive and they still dominate internationally at individual sports/Olympics etc.
I can't think of any other country like that.
It would be so over if they suddenly transitioned to soccer. Even Australia would dominate. Our national teams are comprised of like 5th string local athletes and we still generally qualify.
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