Lots of schools are doing this lately, though still a nice gesture to young kids, especially with the medical conditions the kids generally have.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/2 ... 27556.html

On a side note, it looks like the ECU spring game attendance was also less than UNCC.

Texas Tech had 16,000 at their spring game. We need to let UNCC know so that can start making plans to be the next Big XII invitation.

watch what happens the first rainy cool day the charlotteans have to deal with.

Rekdiver wrote:watch what happens the first rainy cool day the charlotteans have to deal with.

Unfortunately, the Panthers have to deal with the weather and they still keep thousands in their seats. Of course they are NFL, but there are dozens of posts on this board heralding the NFL.

rekdiver wrote: "watch what happens the first rainy cool day the charlotteans have to deal with."
I hope that cool rainy day doesn't occur after a loss to a powerhouse like Chowan...

JCline0429 wrote:

Rekdiver wrote:watch what happens the first rainy cool day the charlotteans have to deal with.

Unfortunately, the Panthers have to deal with the weather and they still keep thousands in their seats. Of course they are NFL, but there are dozens of posts on this board heralding the NFL.

But if I'm a Charlotte fan ( ) the last thing I want is for my fanbase to resemble anything like that of the Panthers' fan base. That is unless you like your fans to sit on their hands, sell your tickets to opposing teams' fans, don't show up in general. Charlotte is a fickle town if you use pro sports as an indicator. It almost seems like there are more transplants in Charlotte than people who actually grew up there.

ASU-FTW wrote:

JCline0429 wrote:

Rekdiver wrote:watch what happens the first rainy cool day the charlotteans have to deal with.

Unfortunately, the Panthers have to deal with the weather and they still keep thousands in their seats. Of course they are NFL, but there are dozens of posts on this board heralding the NFL.

But if I'm a Charlotte fan ( ) the last thing I want is for my fanbase to resemble anything like that of the Panthers' fan base. That is unless you like your fans to sit on their hands, sell your tickets to opposing teams' fans, don't show up in general. Charlotte is a fickle town if you use pro sports as an indicator. It almost seems like there are more transplants in Charlotte than people who actually grew up there.

I'm sure most UNCc fans are Panthers fans, but I wouldn't think the generally fickle nature of the average Charlotte sports fan would necessarily be the same of UNC-Charlotte fans. Mostly because they will depend on alumni for 95% of their fanship just like we do.

That is why having 0 college experience is going to be detrimental. What's the use of having scores of alumni if the vast majority haven't any kind of emotional attachment to the school?

Gonzo wrote:

ASU-FTW wrote:

JCline0429 wrote:

Rekdiver wrote:watch what happens the first rainy cool day the charlotteans have to deal with.

Unfortunately, the Panthers have to deal with the weather and they still keep thousands in their seats. Of course they are NFL, but there are dozens of posts on this board heralding the NFL.

But if I'm a Charlotte fan ( ) the last thing I want is for my fanbase to resemble anything like that of the Panthers' fan base. That is unless you like your fans to sit on their hands, sell your tickets to opposing teams' fans, don't show up in general. Charlotte is a fickle town if you use pro sports as an indicator. It almost seems like there are more transplants in Charlotte than people who actually grew up there.

I'm sure most UNCc fans are Panthers fans, but I wouldn't think the generally fickle nature of the average Charlotte sports fan would necessarily be the same of UNC-Charlotte fans. Mostly because they will depend on alumni for 95% of their fanship just like we do.

That is why having 0 college experience is going to be detrimental. What's the use of having scores of alumni if the vast majority haven't any kind of emotional attachment to the school?

I agree for the most part. I guess they hope that with the addition of football, they are able to bring in interest from their alumni. But, they do have the added benefit of bringing in neutral fans from their surrounding, large metropolitan area. I live in Greensboro and UNCG tries to do this (as pathetic as it may be) through newspaper and radio advertisements. They attempted to re-brand their image as "Greensboro's team".

All I'm saying is Charlotte is full of transplants who are mostly fair-weather judging by the attendance of Bobcat and Panther games.

I live in Charlotte and about all I can say to the last few posts is, at least we're not Atlanta.