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That is the key thing with which they are struggle.  It transcends the abbreviated regime of MacIntyre the Magnificent.  Even with a marvelous season,  as far as I can see, their home attendance is pretty weak.  And, they raised prices last year.  Lots of comments on how it's now way too pricey to make taking in a ball game a family event even once a year.  I think the guy who ran the numbers put it at about $120 for a family of four.  Apparently parking (SJSU doesn't have much near the stadium) takes a decent bite in that total.  Hard to see a family shelling out that kind of money for even three games a year, much less a season.

They are caught in a bind.  Strapped for cash in the athletic dept.,  football the only conventionally "revenue producing" sport, so they want attendance high...but their immediate cost pressures dictate raising prices as a way to get to revenue targets...which makes it harder to reach their long term goals.  Compounded by fact that students are not supporting team like they used to.  Function of such a high commuter total in the student mix.  Also, they say, recent changes in the surrounding grounds have somehow limited fraternity tailgates, which cuts down on what should be their core constituency.  Seriously, they said that. Drunk and semi-drunk 19-year-olds are the backbone of successful game attendance.

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That is the key thing with which they are struggle.  It transcends the abbreviated regime of MacIntyre the Magnificent.  Even with a marvelous season,  as far as I can see, their home attendance is pretty weak.  And, they raised prices last year.  Lots of comments on how it's now way too pricey to make taking in a ball game a family event even once a year.  I think the guy who ran the numbers put it at about $120 for a family of four.  Apparently parking (SJSU doesn't have much near the stadium) takes a decent bite in that total.  Hard to see a family shelling out that kind of money for even three games a year, much less a season.

They are caught in a bind.  Strapped for cash in the athletic dept.,  football the only conventionally "revenue producing" sport, so they want attendance high...but their immediate cost pressures dictate raising prices as a way to get to revenue targets...which makes it harder to reach their long term goals.  Compounded by fact that students are not supporting team like they used to.  Function of such a high commuter total in the student mix.  Also, they say, recent changes in the surrounding grounds have somehow limited fraternity tailgates, which cuts down on what should be their core constituency.  Seriously, they said that. Drunk and semi-drunk 19-year-olds are the backbone of successful game attendance.