[NU Sports] Extended football season

[Evan Bradley]

I like the idea of playing everyone in the conference, but one
potential downside I foresee for NU is that we'll have to play a home
conference game before class is in session, resulting in the stands
being even more overrun with opposing fans than is typical; usually
these are nonconference games, which I doubt attract as many fans
from, say, Duke or NH as from Michigan or Iowa (though I have no data
to back this up).  For the most part, I suppose, it's good for revenue
if conference games are more highly attended (again, no data).  I also
don't know how the Big Ten schedule is generated, so I don't know how
much (if any) control a school has over when its home/away/bye weeks
fall and if NU could (or would want to) manipulate this to its
advantage.

Evan

On 2/27/07, Roy Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com> wrote:
> Extending the season has been advanced as a good idea by Delaney but has not
> moved past the talking stage...
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