Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
But see, that's my POINT!!!!! It doesn't matter if you stay home. It WON'T end it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you see all the ancillary advertising on boards, placards, scoreboards, walls, grass, etc? Heck, you can hardly see the game on your TV screen anymore with all the graphics, logos and stuff plastered all over the place. And look at all of the other "stuff" that it has spurned: free public skating, charity games, pickup games, high school games. THEY DON'T CARE IF YOU GO!!!!!! As long as some company will pay them money they will keep doing it. They get WAY MORE revenue from advertising than they do from fans in the stands.
This is what is frustrating. We live in enough of a virtual reality world anyway. The "atmosphere" at games is the only semblance of "life" that seems to be left. What I would love to find out from some of the players (if they can get their heads out of the "I can't to get to the NHL" mode for two seconds) is how they feel about playing in half-empty arenas with a dead atmosphere. Because, at least to me, nothing fired me up more than the energy of a big, enthusiastic crowd. If that can't get you going, then you're not alive. Some of these games feel like practice or pick-up games. Pretty soon we can just feed all the players' stats into a computer and they can stay in their dorms (oh, excuse me, "luxury suites") and simulate the game on their laptops. In fact, that would make even MORE money for the schools. They can tear down the arena and put up more dorms. Why have live games with people when you can just simulate it in virtual reality? Nobody goes anyway, so just watch it at home.
Originally posted by Felger
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This is what is frustrating. We live in enough of a virtual reality world anyway. The "atmosphere" at games is the only semblance of "life" that seems to be left. What I would love to find out from some of the players (if they can get their heads out of the "I can't to get to the NHL" mode for two seconds) is how they feel about playing in half-empty arenas with a dead atmosphere. Because, at least to me, nothing fired me up more than the energy of a big, enthusiastic crowd. If that can't get you going, then you're not alive. Some of these games feel like practice or pick-up games. Pretty soon we can just feed all the players' stats into a computer and they can stay in their dorms (oh, excuse me, "luxury suites") and simulate the game on their laptops. In fact, that would make even MORE money for the schools. They can tear down the arena and put up more dorms. Why have live games with people when you can just simulate it in virtual reality? Nobody goes anyway, so just watch it at home.
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