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Pat Fitzgerald (HC Northwestern Wildcats, Forever)

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shetuck said:
He was talking about couples sitting next to him and his wife at a local restaurant, not at a football game.
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that's not all he said, though.

starting at 1:15, he also compared the general gameday experiences: 1) the older generation with how they grew up going to the games and 2) the younger generation that is "more reliant on technology; they'd rather have 12 tv's set up in their tv-watching cave than go to a game and experience the pageantry and the tailgating."

as previously stated, it's absurd to compare the generations that grew up in the 80s and earlier to the current younger generation when talking about how the generations prefer to experience games. the cost of going to a game today is far, far more expensive when adjusted for inflation. heck, forget about tickets prices today versus the 80s or earlier. let's talk 2002. the face value of the 2002 game against ttun was $45. adjusted for inflation, that would be about $64. last year's ttun game? $195. throw in the monstrous burden of debt that today's generation faces compared to a time when a summer job could actually cover public school tuition and all i hear from fitzgerald is an old hypocrite clutching his pearls.

if he just would have stuck with the point about people promoting a fabricated snapshot of their lives and no longer living in the moment...
 
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i'll also add that you better be darn tootin' that people in the early 90s, 80s, and earlier would have stayed home if the gameday product that abc/cbs/espn/fox put on the television then was anything remotely close to the quality that you see today. i'm not talking about the guys in the booth. i'm talking about production quality. i'm also obviously talking about the technological capability of television and the transmission of data. of freakin' course i'm more likely to stay home today when i've got a 50" running 4k that allows me to watch multiple games at the same time.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
that's not all he said, though.

starting at 1:15, he also compared the general gameday experiences: 1) the older generation with how they grew up going to the games and 2) the younger generation that is "more reliant on technology; they'd rather have 12 tv's set up in their tv-watching cave than go to a game and experience the pageantry and the tailgating."

as previously stated, it's absurd to compare the generations that grew up in the 80s and earlier to the current younger generation when talking about how the generations prefer to experience games. the cost of going to a game today is far, far more expensive when adjusted for inflation. heck, forget about tickets prices today versus the 80s or earlier. let's talk 2002. the face value of the 2002 game against ttun was $45. adjusted for inflation, that would be about $64. last year's ttun game? $195. throw in the monstrous burden of debt that today's generation faces compared to a time when a summer job could actually cover public school tuition and all i hear from fitzgerald is an old hypocrite clutching his pearls.

if he just would have stuck with the point about people promoting a fabricated snapshot of their lives and no longer living in the moment...
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Well put.
 
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LovelandBuckeye said:
I went to a Colorado Springs minor league baseball game a year or so ago. Beer were $8.50 for a Coors Light. If a pumpkin minor league game is charging that it is out of control. And young kids with their new fangled gadgets suck, too. Anyone know how I get to the internet on my new Blackberry?
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Fungo Squiggly said:
I’m sure 60 years ago crotchety old men were bitching about television ruining the youth too. And radio before that. Crotchety dudes gonna be crotchety.
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Don't forget about scandalous dancing and Elvis throwing his hips about.
Seriously, I always hated the way ticket prices prevented fans from going to the game. Now that I'm old and decrepit I would need to carry O2 with me just to get into the Shoe, so sadly I am relegated to the chair and TV.
 
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Best Buckeye said:
Don't forget about scandalous dancing and Elvis throwing his hips about.
Seriously, I always hated the way ticket prices prevented fans from going to the game. Now that I'm old and decrepit I would need to carry O2 with me just to get into the Shoe, so sadly I am relegated to the chair and TV.
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Since you are unable to make it I blame you for freeing up a seat for one of these asshats.

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shetuck said:
He was talking about couples sitting next to him and his wife at a local restaurant, not at a football game.

But, ok, I get the gist of your grievance that ticket prices are out of reach for most people. What does that to do with a football coach saying it's tough to get kids' attention these days?
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That's a gripe that goes back hundreds of years. The only thing that changes is the distraction.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
then perhaps you should unplug and run for the hills.

also, pretty sure "sanctimonious" is the word most would use for fitzgerald and other crotchety old men who wax about the way glen miller played.songs that made the hit parade.
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There's plenty of room between (i) Ted Kaczynski and (ii) the view that "crotchety old men" who bemoan the ill effects of television, internet, or other mass media are merely out of touch squares who'd best be ignored, daddy-o.

As to how most would use the word sanctimonious if at all in this instance, neither you nor I know nor, I'd imagine, much care.
 
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