Anyone who thinks for two seconds that the NCAA cares about Omaha is making a terrible mistake.GRANDPASMUCKER wrote:People better take off the rose colored glasses. Those numbers and 2 nickels are worth about a dime. We all saw the empty seats. We all saw how poorly they promoted this CWS just assuming the sheeple would come because they always have. We all saw the incompetency of the bogus rain delay and then postponing of the game to noon the next day. What a total lack of respect for the fans and players that they made them go home like little kids and then come back the next day. You can put lip stick on that pig all you want but at the end of the day......well you know. This thing is loosing its fizz and they better wake up and realize it and get back to promoting it or its going to get ugly. You do know once the herd gets spooked in one direction its hard to turn them around again don't you?skinzfan23 wrote:Final attendance for the series was 341,667 (3rd highest all-time). Average attendance for the 17 games was 20,098.
The GA seat thing was the first
Then the ban on tailgating thing
Then the moving Dingerville to CB
Then the moving out of the Blatt
Then the commercialization of the area around the stadium
Then the wind storm during the home run derby (We Skywarn spotters were 20 minutes ahead of the professional forecasters, and the NCAA and ESPN knew there was dangerous weather 20 min out, yet because they wanted more video, wouldn't clear the stadium till the wind was on them and all the fans were now in danger.)
Now the rain delay with a noon game to follow (at least they don't make the same mistake twice.)
At some point, you have to realize that the people who run this are parasitic and only want to suck blood out of the host city and then move on.