Will you still be invested at the same level of fandom for men’s college hoops in the future as you are currently, based on all the changes now??

[GringaGopher]

I'll support them with season tickets as long as they are successful (reasonably so at least) in this new landscape. I had seasons for close to 40 years and dropped them last year. Now I am getting them again and so are others. I was just told by the box office that they have already had 300 new seasons bought this year and plenty of buzz and calls. I'd guess season tickets will increase by 1500 this year.

Good for you. Our families interest has been declining in the past few years and we dropped our season tickets after having them for decades. I remember road tripping all the way to the FF in 97’ and getting into an argument with a KY fan who called Trevor Winter “ stupid “. I will always want all MN sports to be successful but when college sports became more semi-pro with even less loyalty to teams I started to lose interest. I have always followed the woman’s game so I spend more of my time on that now. Hope the NCAA establishes more guidelines in the future…..

 

[MNVCGUY]

The biggest change with this new landscape is that there really is no point trying to look to the future at all in terms of guys on the roster because there is a solid chance some or all of them will be gone next year anyway.

Until they figure out a way to add some stability to rosters in the form of contracts or whatever, everything is year to year and all you can really do is hope your team is able to find a way to keep the key payers around for more than one season.

Used to be a kid would commit and you could be pretty confident he was going to spend multiple years with the program.....those days are long gone.

 

[GopherNuts]

If you’re on a fan forums you’re already someone who follows things closer than the majority of people. If the Gophers get to be competitive again, start getting some votes for the top 25, we’re all going to be back to following any and everything. Winning cures all, I know I wouldn’t care

 

[Holy Man]

Granville Waiters played 4 years. He looked old, but wasn't.

That’s what I thought too, but I’m getting so old I’m doubting my memory.