Given our time in Boulder we are still on the email list for CU athletics and I received an update today from Rick George, the AD at Colorado. One of the topics was night games due to TV. Sounds like he is hearing from his fans about it. I wondered if the MWC was also discussing the impact of night games at the AD level.
I go back-and-forth on this. The downer is I can't enjoy the game with the kids and fewer kids at a game mean fewer fans later in their life, but it can be a fun tailgate if the weather holds out.
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From George's update:
Night Games
There has been a lot of discussion lately and some dissatisfaction expressed by some of the league’s coaches about the number of night games in football. We have played four night games in a row for the first time in our history and have at least one more coming up in November for a school record minimum of seven this year.
The athletic directors have discussed this at our Pac-12 Council meetings; the welfare of our student-athletes has to be front and center, and returning home from a road game at 5 a.m. has to be the exception and not the norm. And while many fans are okay with night games, others are not, as it can be tough for families and our older fans and those wanting to watch us in the eastern and central time zones. That said, I am very proud of our student turnout and enthusiasm at the Oregon and Arizona games, your support and their support truly does help the team.
I go back-and-forth on this. The downer is I can't enjoy the game with the kids and fewer kids at a game mean fewer fans later in their life, but it can be a fun tailgate if the weather holds out.
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From George's update:
Night Games
There has been a lot of discussion lately and some dissatisfaction expressed by some of the league’s coaches about the number of night games in football. We have played four night games in a row for the first time in our history and have at least one more coming up in November for a school record minimum of seven this year.
The athletic directors have discussed this at our Pac-12 Council meetings; the welfare of our student-athletes has to be front and center, and returning home from a road game at 5 a.m. has to be the exception and not the norm. And while many fans are okay with night games, others are not, as it can be tough for families and our older fans and those wanting to watch us in the eastern and central time zones. That said, I am very proud of our student turnout and enthusiasm at the Oregon and Arizona games, your support and their support truly does help the team.
