I've noticed there're no weekend series threads of late

[Split-N]

Re: I've noticed there're no weekend series threads of late

..we're getting old, & the new kids.. they are all on social media..

What he (and a few others on this thread) said. It's also my observation that millennials tend to be markedly more ambivalent toward sports in general than were their predecessors.

[TovarishchLisa]

Re: I've noticed there're no weekend series threads of late

What he (and a few others on this thread) said. It's also my observation that millennials tend to be markedly more ambivalent toward sports in general than were their predecessors.

As a current college student I'd also like to pitch that it's harder now than ever to go to a game. I'm not speaking for myself, because I go to most games, but sports are slowly reaching airport levels of security theater with the clear bag policy and other bull****. Why go to a game when I can't even bring in a simple purse when I can spend a night on the town or something like that? (It's also pretty expensive to go to games; at UVM it's free for students but I feel like we're an exception to the rule especially when people of my generation don't have a ton of disposable income. Seriously, most of my friends only survive because of crowdfunding, whether it just be something like a GoFundMe or Patreon support. But that's a rant for another time.)

But yeah, forums in general are fairly outdated. I'd bet a reasonable amount of money that I'm probably one of the youngest "regulars" here. Most people my age rely on social media, Twitter, Facebook et al. I think schools aren't doing a good enough job of using that to promote their teams, to be honest.

[dogs2012]

Re: I've noticed there're no weekend series threads of late

As a current college student I'd also like to pitch that it's harder now than ever to go to a game. I'm not speaking for myself, because I go to most games, but sports are slowly reaching airport levels of security theater with the clear bag policy and other bull****. Why go to a game when I can't even bring in a simple purse when I can spend a night on the town or something like that? (It's also pretty expensive to go to games; at UVM it's free for students but I feel like we're an exception to the rule especially when people of my generation don't have a ton of disposable income. Seriously, most of my friends only survive because of crowdfunding, whether it just be something like a GoFundMe or Patreon support. But that's a rant for another time.)

But yeah, forums in general are fairly outdated. I'd bet a reasonable amount of money that I'm probably one of the youngest "regulars" here. Most people my age rely on social media, Twitter, Facebook et al. I think schools aren't doing a good enough job of using that to promote their teams, to be honest.

From a student perspective, I'd have a hard time getting as excited about going to games as I did back in 2010 too. Part of the excitement for me was researching the other team before the game and using that information to berate and shame the goalie/coach/etc. You get kicked out for doing that today. I've seen it, I've watched at UMD students get escorted out for swearing, being too rowdy, and chants deemed "innapropriate". We would find out the goalie's mom's name and let him hear it back in the day.

I think I agree, the younger age group doesn't really utilize these platforms anymore. I don't think student section ticket purchases have gone down so the fan #'s have remained consistent, but their interest outside of entertainment is more passe than anything else.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: I've noticed there're no weekend series threads of late

As a current college student I'd also like to pitch that it's harder now than ever to go to a game. I'm not speaking for myself, because I go to most games, but sports are slowly reaching airport levels of security theater with the clear bag policy and other bull****. Why go to a game when I can't even bring in a simple purse when I can spend a night on the town or something like that? (It's also pretty expensive to go to games; at UVM it's free for students but I feel like we're an exception to the rule especially when people of my generation don't have a ton of disposable income. Seriously, most of my friends only survive because of crowdfunding, whether it just be something like a GoFundMe or Patreon support. But that's a rant for another time.)

But yeah, forums in general are fairly outdated. I'd bet a reasonable amount of money that I'm probably one of the youngest "regulars" here. Most people my age rely on social media, Twitter, Facebook et al. I think schools aren't doing a good enough job of using that to promote their teams, to be honest.

Amen to the airport security, especially at certain places (RIT I'm looking at you).

As for the site, with social media becoming more and more draconian about "conduct", I wouldn't be surprised to see sites like this start to make a resurgence. Sure, it's not the one stop shop like social media, but it'd be kind of cool if there was a sort of plugin to the PHPBB board that worked like some of the social media sites, and you could get the notification and reply to it, thereby allowing both "old and busted" and "new hotness" to co-exist. Maybe I just found my new personal coding project...

[techtodenver]

Re: I've noticed there're no weekend series threads of late

One thing I've noticed recently with the Clarkson site now not having a chat is that it made communication so simple, I enjoy interacting with other fans even if it's going to lead to a disagreement, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. As others have mentioned a few schools like Minnesota and North Dakota have forums which produce a lot of traffic which takes away from here. With away games I'll try and get to as many games that my schedule allows but most of the time I'm just watching crappy ESPN + or buying a non-conference feed with little to no interaction besides a few people posting things through the game and then after.