Support and non support.

[Vott]

Just a thought while waiting for the 2022 season to get here: I would like to know what schools who have lots of success on the field get very little fan support and also what schools who arent very successful on the field will pack the stands every game they play? To me it seems like Petal home games dont get much fan support anymore unless  they playing Oak Grove or Hattiesburg. Pearl River Central is the team who gets great crowd support even if they are having a bad season. 

[MadisonReb10]

On 3/23/2022 at 12:28 PM, Vott said:

Just a thought while waiting for the 2022 season to get here: I would like to know what schools who have lots of success on the field get very little fan support and also what schools who arent very successful on the field will pack the stands every game they play? To me it seems like Petal home games dont get much fan support anymore unless  they playing Oak Grove or Hattiesburg. Pearl River Central is the team who gets great crowd support even if they are having a bad season. 

Because one is basically in Hattiesburg and the other is in Carriere? 

[Rebel Bert]

Some fans do a better job of following their teams. Some fans can't take off work every Friday.

[TigersFan]

I believe small town football is in a rapid decline. As close as 10 years ago in small towns I went too and watched games it was as if the whole community came out and watched their local teams. Winning or Losing many times it was also a social event for people to get together and see each other. Didn't matter  church affiliation, social rank or race. Everyone came out, watched the game, caught up on the weeks events and gossip and cheered their team when something good happened. I do not see that as much now a days. A Friday night football game was the best event in town. Now people just don't seem to be as interested. You can get all the gossip off of Facebook now, people have so many better options in their opinion to do on a Friday night and I believe the Covid restrictions 2 years ago pushed away many fans that may have been older or did not have a child directly involved in the contest. It is sad but I do not see this trend reversing any time soon. 

[Archer]

More and more, attention spans are shortening and there are simply so many other options to occupy a person's time for a few hours on a Friday night -- wherever one lives.  We've crossed the threshold and there's no going back.  Attendance began shrinking in more populated areas like the coast decades ago and the rural areas are beginning to experience the downside of being so connected to technology.

 

Watch a video of a concert these days and you'll see a bunch of fools looking at or recording with their phones instead of allowing themselves the escape of the live music for a couple of hours.

Edited April 6, 2022 by Archer

[coastfootballfanman]

2 hours ago, Archer said:

More and more, attention spans are shortening and there are simply so many other options to occupy a person's time for a few hours on a Friday night -- wherever one lives.  We've crossed the threshold and there's no going back.  Attendance began shrinking in more populated areas like the coast decades ago and the rural areas are beginning the experience the downside of being so connected to technology.

 

Watch a video of a concert these days and you'll see a bunch of fools looking at or recording with their phones instead of allowing themselves the escape of the live music for a couple of hours.

I agree. The ease of streaming games now too has hurt as well. WGUD in Jackson County streams a ton of the local high school games and places like OS have their own stream as well. It is just easier to sit at home and watch it.