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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 631454" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I think I'm the one responsible for this. However, I was responding another thing in the original thread. The poster said that he was worried about replacing the present generation of Tech fans as the oldsters (I'm 73) drop off the stage. </p><p></p><p>I am too and I think this is the main problem college football is facing going forward. The problem is particularly acute at Tech since there is a relatively small undergrad student body and many of them really don't care two flips about any college sport. But it is present everywhere. See:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2019/04/alabama-introduces-new-program-to-keep-students-in-bryant-denny.html" target="_blank">https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2019/04/alabama-introduces-new-program-to-keep-students-in-bryant-denny.html</a></p><p></p><p>Now, let's face it: it Bammer is having trouble keeping students interested in football, the whole sport has a problem. Some of this is probably due to changing demographics; a lot of our newer citizens like soccer much better. Some of it is due to injury concerns; parents are, quite correctly, more and more concerned about long term injuries in football and discouraging their children from participating. Some of it is due to a general fall off of interest in most team sports.</p><p></p><p>I don't know the solution to this, but I do see the combination of faltering interest and changes to the sport leading to its longterm decline.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 631454, member: 265"] I think I'm the one responsible for this. However, I was responding another thing in the original thread. The poster said that he was worried about replacing the present generation of Tech fans as the oldsters (I'm 73) drop off the stage. I am too and I think this is the main problem college football is facing going forward. The problem is particularly acute at Tech since there is a relatively small undergrad student body and many of them really don't care two flips about any college sport. But it is present everywhere. See: [URL]https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2019/04/alabama-introduces-new-program-to-keep-students-in-bryant-denny.html[/URL] Now, let's face it: it Bammer is having trouble keeping students interested in football, the whole sport has a problem. Some of this is probably due to changing demographics; a lot of our newer citizens like soccer much better. Some of it is due to injury concerns; parents are, quite correctly, more and more concerned about long term injuries in football and discouraging their children from participating. Some of it is due to a general fall off of interest in most team sports. I don't know the solution to this, but I do see the combination of faltering interest and changes to the sport leading to its longterm decline. [/QUOTE]
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