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One day the marketing department will do things to bring out fans. This is great work from New Mexico.
One day the marketing department will do things to bring out fans. This is great work from New Mexico.
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Marketing Department
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flyfishwyo
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Giving things away for free doesn't make us any money. And, we shouldn't look to New Mexico for advice on how to run a program.
I mean it did mention you had to purchase at least one ticket to get the type of family plan. Let's look beyond football here for a moment. I don't think even free tickets would get fans to see MBB. Wyoming must generate fans and wins in the revenue sports of MBB and Football.
Football does well with fans in general, however, MBB might draw less fans than midget WWE at my VFW in rural Virginia. If a parent buys a ticket why not allow them to bring a kid under 12 for free? You generate some revenue via sales BUT you generate a fanbase.
Pretty soon there won't be a young fanbase for Wyoming if they don't start winning AND they don't get to see a fun product on the field or court.
Wyoming marketing has done a great job at making the Dome of Doom a cemetery on a cold Feb night. Best crowds are education day for the WBB team.
rocket city poke
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The video was very well done too. UW's focus is on the Wildcatter Suites and season ticket holders for the new seats. They could give a rat's ass about kids 12 and under and whether they have any interest in Cowboy football.
ragtimejoe1
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The alumni discount for tuition (only pay 150% of in-state tuition for out of state) for the next generation of Cowboys needs some work. You can take the discount which is nice but then there is no eligibility for other university scholarships. I get the concept behind the policy, but it is not competitive with some peer universities who offer in-state tuition to surrounding states or areas and students are still eligible for university scholarships. Tech for example gives all kids in OK and NM pretty close to in-state tuition and they are still eligible for other scholarships.
If you want to boost enrollment with a limited population, catering to your alumni base as much as possible, seems like low hanging fruit. Maybe the cost to attend for in-state is so heavily subsidized by taxes, that the cost-per-student is prohibitive to do anything else? If so, then, UWYO is in tough shape.
Funding a more robust system for getting out-of-state alumni's kids into UW or paying 1 year contracts for athletes? I'd have to think about that and I would love to have a damn good football team.
If you want to boost enrollment with a limited population, catering to your alumni base as much as possible, seems like low hanging fruit. Maybe the cost to attend for in-state is so heavily subsidized by taxes, that the cost-per-student is prohibitive to do anything else? If so, then, UWYO is in tough shape.
Funding a more robust system for getting out-of-state alumni's kids into UW or paying 1 year contracts for athletes? I'd have to think about that and I would love to have a damn good football team.
McPeachy
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Which is a shame. UW needs to reimplement $5 tickets for 12 and under. THAT is how you build a youthful fanbase. If UW athletics wants to die along with the Boomers and Richie Riches, they are all set.
How many of us have brought up our experiences as kids in the Knothole section and playing football behind the old lite brite scoreboard? It fostered being a fan. It set us apart.
bladerunnr
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Meh. Damn near every kid under 12 I've seen at UW football or basketball games is playing video games on their phone. Allowing kids in for next to nothing may be great for parents who don't want to pay for babysitters, but it's terrible business. Winning will build a fanbase, not giving away your product.
I went to the Wyoming v. NM game last year. The stands were basically empty. Wyoming used to have cut-rate seating in the end zones (the Knothole?) . Any way they can get butts in the seats would be great. Most parents cannot afford to bring their kids at the current prices.
LanderPoke
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That’s probably the reason I’m a fan. My dad wasn’t shelling out any more than that for us to go to a game. We sat knothole
McPeachy
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Although I agree, UW sucks ass at winning. Winning does cure all, but given the current and past administration and coaching, winning, and winning consistently is light years away from happening, and simply not going to happen without some MAJOR changes, starting at the very top.
Dome of Doom...what's that??? Lol
McPeachy
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More like the Dome of Dud.
Bear Claw
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Gloom and Doom is what I feel after every MBB game I have attended the past two years.
flyfishwyo
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Did you end up attending UW? I'd make the case that alumni make better long term fans than those that attended games as youth.
Bryoming
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Same for me. I've got a lot of good memories of sitting in the knothole beind the north end zone. To flyfishwyo's point, I did end up attending UW as well. I had LOTS of options on where to go to college, but my lifelong connection to UW definitely factored into my decision to go to school in Laramie.
I remember being so angry at UW when it got moved to the South end and eventually go rid of it all together. I would have attended UW based on my connection to the athletics department but I was more interested in drugs and partying.
LanderPoke
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Yeah I am a UW alumnus
That's a chicken or the egg question. I suggest that those who did both are the most devoted fans.
