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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not AT ALL a sports person, but for a D1 national contender team, if we could easily afford it, I'd go to all the home games and to any easily accessible away games. Why not?

Big football games are not at all like swim meets or fencing. Sounds like parent attendance is the norm.[/quote]

You can watch all the games on TV…it’s one of the few sports where you can actually watch without having to physically be there…while in fact you have to physically attend most swim or fencing meets if you want to watch your kid.

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Yeah, but attending in person is a social event in a way that swim meets are not. There's a reason that these stadiums fill up with 50,000 people or whatever.  The games -- the marching band, the mascot, the dance line, the tailgating, all of it -- are events beyond the game in a way that no other college activity is.  I have deep reservations about the amount of time, attention, and money US universities commit to big sports, but I think it would be churlish not to enjoy the upside.

Obvious, if OP and her family don't find traveling to/ attending the games fun, OR if attending would be financially stressful / eat into other commitments (to work, younger children, weekend commitments like church, whatever) then I wouldn't attend all the games.  But if it's fun, and doable, why not?[/quote]

So, attend because it’s a fun event…even though your kid doesn’t care if you are physically there because as you say you are one of 50,000 and he knows you can watch the game even if you can’t physically attend.  However, don’t attend your kid’s swim meets or fencing matches because those are boring.

That’s your argument?[/quote]

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