Maybe you didn't understand. I'm saying if more kids are already accustomed to showing up and cheering for their hs team, they will also come out while in college. For some of our student body, coming to a bball game is a foreign concept and probably why they just sit there.
Stop complaining about this when you don’t go yourself. It’s getting tiring. Just root for the team man
As a student in ‘01-‘05 I almost never saw games advertised on campus and didn’t really know where to go to claim my tickets. Nothing was prominently displayed or promoted so none of this shocks me. Driving attendance was never a priority it seemed.
Not really. I've sat in HS gyms where people were standing all the way around the court, kids incessantly banging on the risers, pep bands playing. It was so loud you couldn't talk to your neighbor without yelling, and even then....
It's not sad THAT they drink, it's sad WHAT/HOW they drink.
So that's what those gallon jugs everyone was carrying around at the tailgate. Honestly just sounds like personalized jungle juice.
My daughter is a student at Virginia Tech, and I couldn't get over the number of students walking around with those gallon jugs at the football tailgate we attended last September.
I mean, it’s great for fans but it’s also in our own best interest with their consistently high NET. I suspect with UMass gone we’ll end up replacing them as vcu’s last home/away. The A10 would be crazy not to.
Hey man he posts on r/GMU, cut him some slack.
That's a good point about UMass leaving. I hope you're right.
I was on campus from 03-08 and I remember from day 1:
I've noticed that the last couple games. They've also started bringing the t-shirt gun out in the timeouts toward the end of the game to keep the crowd on their feet. All of these things are helping to shape the culture. The folks remaining seated were definitely in the minority. The wine and cheese crowd, or whatever we're calling them have been put on notice. Either join in on the fun or get beer spilled on you while we cheer on our team.
Well, there used to be a portion of the cheer squad that would be on the bleachers next to the green machine that could coordinate cheers via hand signals. Once they decimated the funding for cheer a few years ago and went down to one cheer team (used to be a coed and an all-girls team), they didn't have enough bodies to have cheer leaders over there.
I was wondering too. Thinking he may be trying for a medical redshirt or something given the timeframe since he has played.
The students Mason attracts now are those who don’t care about athletics. If athletics were a priority, they wouldn’t have applied to Mason.
It is also possible/likely that as the most (one of the most) culturally diverse student populations in the country, our students come from countries where soccer, cricket, etc. are far more popular, or from countries where sports are not as important a part of their culture.
