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Post by Dale on Jan 27, 2005 9:14:26 GMT -6
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Post by Charlie on Jan 27, 2005 13:03:21 GMT -6
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Post by BasBalDad on Jan 27, 2005 14:50:07 GMT -6
This is just about the stupidist thing that I have heard lately. Who is going to go to a minor league park to see 2 out of town teams play?
Super Regional 1: Vanderbilt at Texas
Super Regional 8: Florida St at Arkansas
Super Regional 4: Georgia at Georgia Tech
Super Regional 5: Arizona at Long Bch St
Super Regional 2: E. Carolina at S. Carolina
Super Regional 7: Tulane at CSU,Fullerton
Super Regional 3: Florida at Miami
Super Regional 6: Texas A & M at LSU
Just as a reminder, here are the teams from last year.
I realize that we were the cream of the crop last year, but using the above teams for examples, how likely is it that they can plan a location a year or two in advance that will be able to pull a regional draw of even half of what we did? Keep in mind, that this is not a one day deal either. You have to get most of the same people to come back for 2 or 3 days. I don't think that most people, with just a casual interest in the teams, will come back 2 or 3 days in a row.
I have an idea that there are 2 issues driving this:
1) TV
2) Northern schools
Any thoughts?
Can we start playing yet?
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Post by dwalk on Jan 27, 2005 17:18:26 GMT -6
I can not believe that the NCAA can't find senior marketing majors that are capable of selling a super regional in any town. The Little League World Series is marketed better thatn an NCAA Regional. The NCAA needs to stop making the profit line and get to work on Baseball..
I am curious, baseball dad how do the northern schools benefit?
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Post by Charlie on Jan 27, 2005 18:48:42 GMT -6
I am curious, baseball dad how do the northern schools benefit? Every single year when regional bids and national seeds are handed out, you hear a bunch of crying from the Northern schools because they all have to travel. |
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Post by katocat13 on Jan 27, 2005 19:02:26 GMT -6
and they all have to travel because they look at probable attendance.
The first thought I had was that they were trying to screw Arkansas because we did so well. We put some of those other places to shame I say.
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Post by BasBalDad on Jan 27, 2005 20:52:12 GMT -6
What Charlie said.
They think that they can pull some of the sites their way if they are allocated ahead of time. More time for "work behind the scenes".
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Post by Charlie on Jan 27, 2005 21:09:03 GMT -6
I think everybody can agree that no neutral site will ever pull the kind of attendance that Fayetteville, or Baton Rouge, or Starkville or Austin or Wichita, etc. can.
This is the dumbest idea ever.
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Post by woopig on Jan 28, 2005 10:02:32 GMT -6
I realize that for us, college baseball is as impartant as if not more important than any other college sport. For me, it is most important. But for your average college sports fan, and even baseball fan, college baseball is not that important.
I would think that the NCAA would realize this. You are not going to have the crowds that you get at March Madness for college baseball. I hope they really think this through before they do this.
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Post by Charlie on Jan 28, 2005 11:25:40 GMT -6
It's hard enough getting fans to come out that are FANS of some of these teams. I think Hog fans (or LSU fans, or Wichita fans, etc) would travel in pretty good numbers wherever we were playing, but most teams don't have fans like that.
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Post by Hognoxious™ on Jan 30, 2005 22:42:59 GMT -6
If you think these guys are going to let anyone have success and not think it should be "given" to the Big 10 teams, too - you are living in a dream world. If they move as fast with this as they have with moving the season later, most of probably won't be alive for it, anyway! Posted a new blog, by the way.... uabaumsquad.blogspot.com/ |
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