Bison Fatigue

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are porn poms even legal?

Porn pons are both legal AND encouraged.

[BISONBRI53]

OMG!!!!! Not this again!!!!!

[Mr Meaty]

are porn poms even legal?

Yes, but not streamers..

[17>1]

Yes, but not streamers..

Man, that was just the worst. Not only did they come in and beat us, they threw those stupid streamers all over the place and just left them there for us to pick up.

How fortunate are we that we can pretty much look back at this entire decade and count on one hand the amount of times we've truly been disappointed as a fanbase. What a time to be a Bison fan!! (said in the fatigue thread too lol)

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OMG!!!!! Not this again!!!!!

Trust me, my tongue was firmly in my cheek when I started this thread drift.

[Mr Meaty]

Trust me, my tongue was firmly in my cheek when I started this thread drift.

It only takes a spark to start a fire....

[ByeSonBusiness]

Got me some free corporate tixs to the first round so I'll be there in seats better than I'm typically accustomed to. I want to witness me some revenge.

Revenge for what?

[BigLakeBison]

So what else should they do? I'd say social media is the best and cheapest way to get the word out. I guess you can say they could buy ads on Twitter/Facebook/TV/Radio but that seems like a low return investment. With them only getting 25% of net ticket revenue selling 1000 more tickets for $40 each would be $10k (assuming those extra thousand tickets sold have minimal additional expenses attached to them). Is that worth it to them to dump money into marketing playoff tickets?

Not probably worth it to them in the short term. Long term, the constant trickle of lost fan interest should damn well be concerning to the Athletic Department. I know, I know sports overall is experiencing reduced attendance. The reality is that when we have 12K fans at the dome for a game that's 65% of capacity. The equivalent at Alabama would be that they have 65,000 in a stadium that holds 100K. They aren't seeing attendance 35% under capacity. I'm not sure if additional advertising is the solution or if different types of marketing/advertising would work better. But I don't see much change in how games are promoted from 5 years ago. To my layperson's eyes it would seem that trying some new and expanded approaches should be warranted. It's been mentioned before by others, this is entertainment. Find ways to up the entertainment value. If the competition at the FCS level isn't going to continue to do it on it's own, the Athletic Department needs to find other ways to create excitement around gameday. FBS is not fully in the athletic departments control. They have much more control over gameday atmosphere and I don't see them trying new things in that regard. ML should be criticized for that.

[BISONBRI53]

As long as they keep playing Cotton Eye Joe I'm good with whatever changes they make.

[NDSU92]

Not probably worth it to them in the short term. Long term, the constant trickle of lost fan interest should damn well be concerning to the Athletic Department. I know, I know sports overall is experiencing reduced attendance. The reality is that when we have 12K fans at the dome for a game that's 65% of capacity. The equivalent at Alabama would be that they have 65,000 in a stadium that holds 100K. They aren't seeing attendance 35% under capacity. I'm not sure if additional advertising is the solution or if different types of marketing/advertising would work better. But I don't see much change in how games are promoted from 5 years ago. To my layperson's eyes it would seem that trying some new and expanded approaches should be warranted. It's been mentioned before by others, this is entertainment. Find ways to up the entertainment value. If the competition at the FCS level isn't going to continue to do it on it's own, the Athletic Department needs to find other ways to create excitement around gameday. FBS is not fully in the athletic departments control. They have much more control over gameday atmosphere and I don't see them trying new things in that regard. ML should be criticized for that.

Yep, preserving the brand is most important.

There are a lot of season ticket holders who keep their tix for the rights to the playoff seats. Imagine what they'll be thinking on Saturday when there are empty blue seats in front of them for $50 a pop. No season tickets, no TM dues, nothing