re: WSJ article on CFB's empty seat problem

Can you list all the schools?
No Georgia for the SEC?

We really need a streaming service to get the rights to the games and end commercials altogether. Would speed the games up a ton and help the in-person atmosphere.

Schools won’t be able to compete with TV. It is what it is, with every game on TV, and that’s not changing.

IMO, schools need to incentivize and reward fans who make sure their tickets gets used, either by themself or someone else. In LSU’s case, a couple ideas would be... if your tickets get used for 100% of the games, maybe you get extra TAF points or a discounted or free postseason ticket.

Obviously, overall fan experience has to improve, but if there’s no one in the seat to recognize the improvements what have you accomplished?

I know in my case, when I can’t make a home game, if one of my closest friends doesn’t need the ticket, I don’t make much effort to find someone who wants to use it. Now if I had something riding on ensuring that ticket gets used, I’d certainly be more proactive in making sure it ends up in the hands of someone that is going to use it. I wouldn’t “eat tickets” as casually as I do now.

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IMO, schools need to incentivize and reward fans who make sure their tickets gets used, either by themself or someone else. In LSU’s case, a couple ideas would be... if your tickets get used for 100% of the games, maybe you get extra TAF points or a discounted or free postseason ticket.

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The Astros incentivize use of tickets by stating if you sell more than 50% of your season ticket package thru something like StubHub you're considered a broker and postseason eligibility is cut. But the problem for LSU is that they'd possibly be shutting out big donors that may have season tickets but only make 1 or 2 games and taking a loss on selling their extras.

TAF points are probably the least disruptive way which in turn rewards those that not only donate via the tradition fund it helps those who actually show up to games.