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There are absolutely much better sports entertainment values out there

When my oldest was in high school, absolutely enjoyed his games as much as an VT game. My middle kid played college water polo for 4 years. Weekend tournaments are 3-4 games with no admission except for the conference tournaments, and then it was something like $10 a day to watch as many as 8 games plus spending time with him between and after games. He also swam, and my daughter is a D1 swimmer. A weekend champs meet is trials/finals for $10 a day. After the kids got in sports, it opened up my eyes to how much I was too involved and wrapped up in VT football with so many other things I could have been doing at a far, far less cost. Now that middle kid has graduated, we'll still be going to Fall polo tournaments for GW and USNA.
Posted: 07/24/2022 at 12:19 PM ET
(In response to this post by 133743Hokie)

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Slow Death of College Sports - Marketwatch
LocalExperts 07/24/22 07:15 AM ET
I agree with most of what the writer states. Overtime will today's student
anotherdamnyankeehokie 07/25/22 10:06 AM ET
Are the final nails being driven in the coffin
WarHog38 07/24/22 01:01 PM ET
Headed for a Full time Transfer Portal?
WarHog38 07/24/22 02:19 PM ET
Never dawned on me, but why are student-athletes given different transfer
BAMRising 07/24/22 02:57 PM ET
That's to transfer in and get a degree from UVa. You have to spend at
133743Hokie 07/24/22 08:06 PM ET
Correct, academic transfer rules will still apply
Happy Dog 07/25/22 05:18 AM ET
Clearly players who constantly transfer are not interested...
EDGEMAN 07/24/22 08:50 PM ET
Good Question, no righteous logic in that.**
WarHog38 07/24/22 03:47 PM ET
Sure are paying a lot of money for something that is supposed to die.
Stech 07/24/22 08:30 AM ET
Put all of the bluebloods together, they can't all remain bluebloods
HOO86 07/25/22 10:24 PM ET
If Tech drops to Tier 2, the fans will still come and tailgate and ...
Old Line Hokie 07/24/22 02:11 PM ET
We haven't been in Tier 1 for quite a while
Pylons 07/24/22 08:26 PM ET
I'd actually be more likely to re-engage as a fan if...
MP4VT2004 07/24/22 02:35 PM ET
Yep. With their own playoff.**
Femoyer Hokie 07/24/22 02:39 PM ET
Now we're talking.**
MP4VT2004 07/24/22 03:10 PM ET
The tailgating is just as good at the lower levels of the college game **
133743Hokie 07/24/22 09:13 AM ET
Depends on the school, but no where near the same numbers, Yes numbers
Stech 07/24/22 12:57 PM ET
Numbers don't matter once you get to a core number**
133743Hokie 07/24/22 08:08 PM ET
There are absolutely much better sports entertainment values out there
Happy Dog 07/24/22 12:19 PM ET
You should always follow your kids, how many water polo since they stopped?**
Stech 07/24/22 12:58 PM ET
We'll go to a couple tournaments at USNA and one at WVU
Happy Dog 07/24/22 04:35 PM ET
I love the USNA!! Me & one other person on the planet want them in the ACC!
Stech 07/24/22 08:12 PM ET
Better, actually. Cheaper, closer to the stadium, more room to spread out
Femoyer Hokie 07/24/22 10:16 AM ET
Some advantages sure, but the number of people that go to most P5 shows
Stech 07/24/22 01:00 PM ET
Duh. 80k stadiums vs 20k stadiums. Ya think?
133743Hokie 07/24/22 08:09 PM ET
Okay you prefer lower numbers, that’s fine, but more disagree than agree.
Stech 07/24/22 08:21 PM ET