Tournament game

[footballguy51]

Lower ticket prices, lower parking ($10 is way too much), and schedule more evening weekend games (when hockey games are not present). Stop with the 2pm tip offs. 7pm tip off would be a better draw. Do you think the hockey attendance would be good with a 2pm dropping of the puck. Wins can only do so much.

Crazy idea but for those whom have classes from 6 to 9, on a Tuesday night, maybe a professor would host the first part of his class at the Stroh Center. Maybe getting those 100 students to attend a game would get them hooked where they could attend a weekend game. And when the go to the game bring a friend. Just a crazy idea

I HATE the idea of bringing your class to the game. From an educator's standpoint, you cannot advocate going to the game over going to class. You have a responsibility to the student to provide the best education possible, and by holding class at the Stroh and then having them attend the game you are doing a huge disservice to the students (especially the ones that hate basketball or sports in general). If the class were Sports Management, Exercise Science, Kinesiology, or some other sports or physical movement related course, I could see attending the game being considered part of the class because the game would be academically appropriate for the content of the course. But, if you class was about Greek literature, there is nothing at the basketball game that has anything to do with Greek literature and the students paid for the class to learn Greek literature, not basketball. Remember, BGSU exists for academics first. I love sports just as much as anybody else, and as a student I would have loved to have class canceled so I could go to a game, but you must also realize that the purpose of BGSU is not athletics and that the majority of students on campus could not care less about the athletic teams.

[Hdog]

Lower ticket prices, lower parking ($10 is way too much), and schedule more evening weekend games (when hockey games are not present). Stop with the 2pm tip offs. 7pm tip off would be a better draw. Do you think the hockey attendance would be good with a 2pm dropping of the puck. Wins can only do so much.

I may be in the minority but I have a much better track record (and prefer) the Saturday afternoon games. I love the noon-2 tipoffs. Get up get some breakfast/lunch and hit the game, then go about your Saturday. For Saturday evenings I always end up having a billion other things going one with friend get togethers, family obligations, etc.

But I could very well be in the minority. I'll get my season tickets regardless and I go to all the games I can. It felt like we had more Saturday evening games this year than in year's past, and as a result I missed more games this year than I typically do.

Here's another idea to boost attendance in the short term, "borrowed" from Kent State, to throw out there:

Check this out: https://www.flashperks.kent.edu/" target="_blank

My understanding is that for every KSU event [i.e. athletics], students get "points" on their FlashPerks account to attend the event. This sounds like an overplayed marketing concept, but maybe not. Students who earn points are entered in a drawing for prizes, including the year end grand prize, a year's free tuition. So, the more points you accumulate, the better your chances.

Has BG ever done something like this? I could see weighing the point value more heavily to an event you want attendance at - if basketball is struggling, then give away a bunch of points to attend. Another version is to do big prize giveaways at each game. Big dollar items, the latest tech stuff, etc.

Of course winning is the best way to build and keep attendance, people will more likely be invested in a winning program. But, in the short term, may need to get really creative to get people out to see the team. Once people attend and see how hard the team competes, you may get some fans/students to start to follow them on a regular basis.

[footballguy51]

BGSU does Ziggy points. The students get points for doing a wide range of different things. I'm pretty sure attending athletic events is included in that.

Athletics also did a contest on the triple-header night. If you attended all three events, you were entered into a drawing for some type of scholarship.

[mscarn]

But, if you class was about Greek literature, there is nothing at the basketball game that has anything to do with Greek literature and the students paid for the class to learn Greek literature, not basketball.

There may be some Homeric parallels to compare:

-Courting by suitors (teams trying to hire Jans)
-Siren temptation (stay in dorms to watch Ohio State)
-Zeus forbidding Gods to intervene and help (administration not funding the program)
-Trip to Hades (road game against Toledo)
-Bravery and valor (play of Richaun Holmes)
-Battling an enemy who is "nobody" (D-II games that don't count in the RPI)
-Mysterious plague (NCAA tournament drought)
-the Trojan Horse (ESPN TV deal)

[footballguy51]

But, if you class was about Greek literature, there is nothing at the basketball game that has anything to do with Greek literature and the students paid for the class to learn Greek literature, not basketball.

There may be some Homeric parallels to compare:

-Courting by suitors (teams trying to hire Jans)
-Siren temptation (stay in dorms to watch Ohio State)
-Zeus forbidding Gods to intervene and help (administration not funding the program)
-Trip to Hades (road game against Toledo)
-Bravery and valor (play of Richaun Holmes)
-Battling an enemy who is "nobody" (D-II games that don't count in the RPI)
-Mysterious plague (NCAA tournament drought)
-the Trojan Horse (ESPN TV deal)

Well played. I enjoyed reading that.

[zete]

But, if you class was about Greek literature, there is nothing at the basketball game that has anything to do with Greek literature and the students paid for the class to learn Greek literature, not basketball.

There may be some Homeric parallels to compare:

-Courting by suitors (teams trying to hire Jans)
-Siren temptation (stay in dorms to watch Ohio State)
-Zeus forbidding Gods to intervene and help (administration not funding the program)
-Trip to Hades (road game against Toledo)
-Bravery and valor (play of Richaun Holmes)
-Battling an enemy who is "nobody" (D-II games that don't count in the RPI)
-Mysterious plague (NCAA tournament drought)
-the Trojan Horse (ESPN TV deal)

Well played. I enjoyed reading that.

One of the better post I have seen in recent memory.