….almost 3,300 UW football fans failed to renew their season tickets compared to zero menâ??s basketball fans. Not sure about you, but the only logical conclusion I can draw from Alvarezâ??s statements is the nationâ??s economic crunch is having a far greater impact on UW football fans than it is on UW basketball fans.
Of course, that makes no sense. If the sour economy is encouraging people to spend less of their discretionary income, it stands to reason that it would affect more than football. According to Alvarezâ??s math, thatâ??s not the case.
That makes his comments about weathering the poor economy seem a little less rosy and a little more like a convenient excuse for UW losing six percent of its general-public football audience.