PTI is doing a question right now. Would you rather go to the LSU-Bama regular season game or the World Series. It is interesting because they are saying LSU-Bama game is like $389-$5000 dollars per ticket while the world series is around $250 per ticket. That is crazy to me.
PTI is doing a question right now. Would you rather go to the LSU-Bama regular season game or the World Series. It is interesting because they are saying LSU-Bama game is like $389-$5000 dollars per ticket while the world series is around $250 per ticket. That is crazy to me.
I’d guess that’s because there are/were at least four WS games (seven as it turned out, obviously) whereas there is only one Bama-LSU game.
As a huge baseball fan (and someone who played in college) and, obviously, a big college football fan as well, it pisses me off when people attempt to compare ratings and attendance of football to baseball. It’s apples and oranges.
Baseball is 162 games. No one can possibly see them all. If you miss a game….oh well, you’ll see the next one which is likely tomorrow. By it’s very nature, baseball is laid back. It’s a marathon.
Football on the other hand is an event. It only happens 12-16 times a year. There’s build up from week to the next. If you miss a game or two you’ve missed 10% of the season. The entire complexion of the season can change in one week based on an injury or an upset win or loss. Football is intense and fast. It’s a sprint.
So I ask: If there were 162 football games in a season, would Bama pack in 90,000 everyday? Would VT pack in 67,000 every day? Of course not.
But your damn skippy they do for six to eight times a year.
Now if the Braves or Orioles (my team) played only six or eight home games a year instead of 81, would each game be sold out an ratings as high as football? I expect so. If not, then pretty close.
PTI is doing a question right now. Would you rather go to the LSU-Bama regular season game or the World Series. It is interesting because they are saying LSU-Bama game is like $389-$5000 dollars per ticket while the world series is around $250 per ticket. That is crazy to me.
I’d guess that’s because there are/were at least four WS games (seven as it turned out, obviously) whereas there is only one Bama-LSU game.
As a huge baseball fan (and someone who played in college) and, obviously, a big college football fan as well, it pisses me off when people attempt to compare ratings and attendance of football to baseball. It’s apples and oranges.
Baseball is 162 games. No one can possibly see them all. If you miss a game….oh well, you’ll see the next one which is likely tomorrow. By it’s very nature, baseball is laid back. It’s a marathon.
Football on the other hand is an event. It only happens 12-16 times a year. There’s build up from week to the next. If you miss a game or two you’ve missed 10% of the season. The entire complexion of the season can change in one week based on an injury or an upset win or loss. Football is intense and fast. It’s a sprint.
So I ask: If there were 162 football games in a season, would Bama pack in 90,000 everyday? Would VT pack in 67,000 every day? Of course not.
But your damn skippy they do for six to eight times a year.
Now if the Braves or Orioles (my team) played only six or eight home games a year instead of 81, would each game be sold out an ratings as high as football? I expect so. If not, then pretty close.
I think their point was comparing two things that are not even. WORLD SERIES vs REGULAR SEASON FOOTBALL. There are only 4-7 world series games and it is playing for a world championship versus a regular season college football game. Ratings mean quite a bit if you consider everything else that is going on. During the world series in the week you don’t have much else on TV to compete for views. On a Saturday for a college football game you could have a couple prime time games going on. I just thought it was interesting thinking about comparison of the ratings and the price for tickets.
PTI is doing a question right now. Would you rather go to the LSU-Bama regular season game or the World Series. It is interesting because they are saying LSU-Bama game is like $389-$5000 dollars per ticket while the world series is around $250 per ticket. That is crazy to me.
I’d guess that’s because there are/were at least four WS games (seven as it turned out, obviously) whereas there is only one Bama-LSU game.
As a huge baseball fan (and someone who played in college) and, obviously, a big college football fan as well, it pisses me off when people attempt to compare ratings and attendance of football to baseball. It’s apples and oranges.
Baseball is 162 games. No one can possibly see them all. If you miss a game….oh well, you’ll see the next one which is likely tomorrow. By it’s very nature, baseball is laid back. It’s a marathon.
Football on the other hand is an event. It only happens 12-16 times a year. There’s build up from week to the next. If you miss a game or two you’ve missed 10% of the season. The entire complexion of the season can change in one week based on an injury or an upset win or loss. Football is intense and fast. It’s a sprint.
So I ask: If there were 162 football games in a season, would Bama pack in 90,000 everyday? Would VT pack in 67,000 every day? Of course not.
But your damn skippy they do for six to eight times a year.
Now if the Braves or Orioles (my team) played only six or eight home games a year instead of 81, would each game be sold out an ratings as high as football? I expect so. If not, then pretty close.
I think their point was comparing two things that are not even. WORLD SERIES vs REGULAR SEASON FOOTBALL. There are only 4-7 world series games and it is playing for a world championship versus a regular season college football game. Ratings mean quite a bit if you consider everything else that is going on. During the world series in the week you don’t have much else on TV to compete for views. On a Saturday for a college football game you could have a couple prime time games going on. I just thought it was interesting thinking about comparison of the ratings and the price for tickets.
Yeah, I see your point. This is always an interesting discussion. Not saying that you do/are, but a lot of the national media crap on baseball TV ratings by comparing them to football. Again… as I pointed out above it’s apples and oranges. It’s not a fair comparison because the set-up of each sport is inherently different. But here’s some counterpoints to your recent post just for thought:
(1) World Series games during the week start at 8:30 at night. Most folks—including myself—can’t watch the whole thing, at least every night. Unfortunately, I gotta work for a living. As a result, I wonder how many folks just say, “screw it” and don’t watch at all. Just say, “I’m not invested so I’ll just watch what the wife wants to—get some brownie points. I get the score tomorrow and wait till Friday or Sat when I can watch the whole thing.” I don’t know. Just a thought.
(2) Bama-LSU basically IS a championship game. Winner appears to be headed to the MNC game barring something totally unforeseen. Y’all clearly look like two of the best three teams. (Personally, I think Stanford is right up there, too.) It’s like the equivalent of Game 7 of the League Championship Series. Winner is going to the World Series (MNC Game).
Also, it’s being played in primetime on Sat night. People will be invested. They will watch because they want to and—with no work the next day—because they can. Totally different set-up to a Tuesday night World Series game, for example.
PTI is doing a question right now. Would you rather go to the LSU-Bama regular season game or the World Series. It is interesting because they are saying LSU-Bama game is like $389-$5000 dollars per ticket while the world series is around $250 per ticket. That is crazy to me.
I’d guess that’s because there are/were at least four WS games (seven as it turned out, obviously) whereas there is only one Bama-LSU game.
As a huge baseball fan (and someone who played in college) and, obviously, a big college football fan as well, it pisses me off when people attempt to compare ratings and attendance of football to baseball. It’s apples and oranges.
Baseball is 162 games. No one can possibly see them all. If you miss a game….oh well, you’ll see the next one which is likely tomorrow. By it’s very nature, baseball is laid back. It’s a marathon.
Football on the other hand is an event. It only happens 12-16 times a year. There’s build up from week to the next. If you miss a game or two you’ve missed 10% of the season. The entire complexion of the season can change in one week based on an injury or an upset win or loss. Football is intense and fast. It’s a sprint.
So I ask: If there were 162 football games in a season, would Bama pack in 90,000 everyday? Would VT pack in 67,000 every day? Of course not.
But your damn skippy they do for six to eight times a year.
Now if the Braves or Orioles (my team) played only six or eight home games a year instead of 81, would each game be sold out an ratings as high as football? I expect so. If not, then pretty close.
I think their point was comparing two things that are not even. WORLD SERIES vs REGULAR SEASON FOOTBALL. There are only 4-7 world series games and it is playing for a world championship versus a regular season college football game. Ratings mean quite a bit if you consider everything else that is going on. During the world series in the week you don’t have much else on TV to compete for views. On a Saturday for a college football game you could have a couple prime time games going on. I just thought it was interesting thinking about comparison of the ratings and the price for tickets.
Yeah, I see your point. This is always an interesting discussion. Not saying that you do/are, but a lot of the national media crap on baseball TV ratings by comparing them to football. Again… as I pointed out above it’s apples and oranges. It’s not a fair comparison because the set-up of each sport is inherently different. But here’s some counterpoints to your recent post just for thought:
(1) World Series games during the week start at 8:30 at night. Most folks—including myself—can’t watch the whole thing, at least every night. Unfortunately, I gotta work for a living. As a result, I wonder how many folks just say, “screw it” and don’t watch at all. Just say, “I’m not invested so I’ll just watch what the wife wants to—get some brownie points. I get the score tomorrow and wait till Friday or Sat when I can watch the whole thing.” I don’t know. Just a thought.
(2) Bama-LSU basically IS a championship game. Winner appears to be headed to the MNC game barring something totally unforeseen. Y’all clearly look like two of the best three teams. (Personally, I think Stanford is right up there, too.) It’s like the equivalent of Game 7 of the League Championship Series. Winner is going to the World Series (MNC Game).
Also, it’s being played in primetime on Sat night. People will be invested. They will watch because they want to and—with no work the next day—because they can. Totally different set-up to a Tuesday night World Series game, for example.
Yea I get your points I just found it interesting that they brought it up.
