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I feel and understand your frustration
I love baseball and have grown to love VT athletics despite the obvious hurdles of having to watch the teams fall apart on a regular basis.
I hope whoever the next AD is (because there is no doubt that this will be coming in the next year or two) has some marketing sense.
In general, I think Virginia Tech has done a seriously poor job of marketing their sports, not only to fans but to prospective players. Everyone claims that money is the issue, but that can only get you so far. Without a passionate fan base to support your teams, people won't want to come play for you. A passionate fan base doesn't just show up overnight for teams that have consistently fallen short of even reasonable expectations.
Part of why football has had such steady fan support even during failing years is that the marketing of the game day experience carried it along.
Fans did not become indifferent, and things changed for the better.
But in the other sports, fans have become indifferent.
My point has been made. Thank you for sharing this disappointing photo. Hopefully someone will notice that something needs to radically change.
Thread Replies (9)
We’ve hit The absolute low point of VT baseball!
-- PennHokie
Apr 07, 2026 at 08:35 PM ET
PennHokie
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04/07/26 08:35 PM ET
I feel and understand your frustration
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-- Hokieguy1
Apr 07, 2026 at 10:18 PM ET
Hokieguy1
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04/07/26 10:18 PM ET
Fan base not a problem for the Softball team, the baseball program
-- Techdady
Apr 08, 2026 at 11:08 AM ET
Techdady
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04/08/26 11:08 AM ET
I agree with you. I also went to the softball game @ Radford today first..
-- PennHokie
Apr 07, 2026 at 11:02 PM ET
PennHokie
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04/07/26 11:02 PM ET
Well softball is winning and ranked so there is that
-- AnotherTechW
Apr 08, 2026 at 07:29 AM ET
AnotherTechW
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04/08/26 07:29 AM ET
Sadly, looking at our possible roster for next year, I think...
-- QCP
Apr 07, 2026 at 09:48 PM ET
QCP
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04/07/26 09:48 PM ET
Agree. Without a serious infusion of talent next year could be worse. There
-- Nortazhokie
Apr 08, 2026 at 08:10 AM ET
Nortazhokie
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04/08/26 08:10 AM ET
I’m surprised anyone is there other than the teams and VT support folks. **
-- RJHokie
Apr 07, 2026 at 09:09 PM ET
RJHokie
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04/07/26 09:09 PM ET