When it comes to sports economics, there has always been some funny business surrounding it all. There are announced numbers and amount of tickets sold… they can sometimes be the same, and other times can be wildly off. We will let you decide what was the case for the Arizona-USC matinee game.
All set for the Tussle in Tucson, @ShilohWinder. pic.twitter.com/De7uYaObkZ
— Michael Castillo (@MichaelCastFS) October 15, 2016
According to Arizona athletics this is a sellout crowd. This looks about as far from a sellout as you can get. I don’t even know how you can play this off as a sellout.
Nice and cool down here. Seriously. pic.twitter.com/aBhXXoxN7L
— Michael Castillo (@MichaelCastFS) October 15, 2016
Rich Rodriguez was none too happy and we can only assume that it was about the attendance.
https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/787424421514321920
Only kidding, he couldn’t believe that his quarterback threw the ball far out of bounds on fourth down. He may be having some slight PTSD thinking about his time with Michigan and all the headaches he had then.
I understand that athletic departments have to do some jumping through hoops to make them look better than they are but this is one of the most egregious cases I have ever seen. It isn’t just not true, it is also sets a terrible precedent for other teams.
Pac-12 football is supposed to be odd but this is on an entirely different level.
