and probably 75% of them live in the Little Rock area. That's over 50,000 graduates. Yes 50,000 living in our immediate area. And we can't get 5000 people out for a basketball game? Seems to me that's obviously an untapped market that we're not utilizing. Last night they announced a program where any kid playing on a team of some kind could get in free for a game if he or she wore their team jersey. I hope Jonathan Feldman is allowed to do some things of this type.

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(01-26-2014 01:11 PM)outsideualr Wrote:  and probably 75% of them live in the Little Rock area. That's over 50,000 graduates. Yes 50,000 living in our immediate area. And we can't get 5000 people out for a basketball game? Seems to me that's obviously an untapped market that we're not utilizing. Last night they announced a program where any kid playing on a team of some kind could get in free for a game if he or she wore their team jersey. I hope Jonathan Feldman is allowed to do some things of this type.

If we are being optimistic, 1% of those folks have any interest UALR athletics. How many of these 500 would by season tickets? Maybe a handful. Attempts have been made in the past to get alumni involved. A few are, most are not. Doubt it will change until the current students, who seem to have more interest percentage-wise, become productive citizens.