Dwindling attendance at high school playoff events

An interesting read in the LA Times about how ticket sales to high school playoff events are on a decline in California, leading to a decline in revenue.

The article cites that "most of the high-profile schools play so many attractive nonleague games that the CIF championship games don’t have the same sizzle," traffic, parking and "the fact that many successful teams are made up of non-community members (which) doesn’t help inspire loyalty."

It doesn't mention that the games can be far away from campus and students who get into home games for free during the regular season must pay to attend the playoffs. It also didn't address the fact that teens today don 't seem as sports obsessed as previous generations.

Sections across California look for ways to increase revenue as playoff ticket sales decline

 

Does winning a Division 9 state title really mean anything?

 

Top-level "high school" basketball and football in any state is nothing even remotely resembling actual high school sports --it's U20 semipro club sports.

 

For that matter, regular season attendance at HS sports events is dramatically down from previous decades.

I think it's still doing all right in rural, "Hickory High" communities, but in suburbs and metro areas, the bottom has dropped out.

 

When your state has as many people as California, yes.

 

Are there any events anywhere for anything that aren't facing dwindling attendance?

 

I'm sure Megachurch attendance is as high as it's ever been.

 

I mean, I used to live in a place where winning a conference title earned you nothing but a conference title. People still liked winning them. They also liked winning country tournaments.

Things mean exactly what you want them to mean. Shit, Ca didn’t have state titles at all until what, 20 years ago?

 

No sir. Millennials are turning off the Jesus.

 

Good. Spirituality is awesome and powerful. Organized religion has been bringing out the worst in humanity for a millennium.

 

Spirituality is nonsense. It means nothing. It’s another word for belief relativism.

As it relates to Christianity, it’s supposed to be a church. Organized. A body of believers. Of this there is little doubt. However badly humans screw it up, faith is still not be to pursued alone. At least in Christianity.