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Felt like doing this as a comparison between our conferences (and potentially other leagues). And this fits exactly with what you say about most of Big 8 focusing entirely on training instead of league results. Which meant you guys probably were considered to "tank" a few games. And as BB-Charles has said, that kills your rankings.

Big 8 Country Ranks:
55
58
62
74
77
80
83
351

Great 8 Country Ranks:
6
16
20
25
34
37
76
84

Cause I'm bored, division rundown of cup opponents for our league.

D.III - 1 (USA Elite's opponent)
D.IV - 4
D.V - 6
Bot - 3

Jump on the bandwagon already.

Wow II.4 finally got some luck, welcome Dhoff.

It's like you forgot Wake Forest was here last season.

hang dhoff

*stankeye*

edit: Oh, brilliant, these forums STILL send you to the last message in a thread when you reply to a message. Outstanding.

Let me be the first to say: Yerevan.

Good luck to everyone tonight...

Rough 1st quarter for you...

Oooo, tough draw. Your guy loves his cup runs. He made it to the USA Cup Quarterfinals last season.

Lots of tougher draws now that the majority of the bots are gone.

NBBA - 0
II - TF, Rebels
III - DC, Roosters, BM, Ice, DEM
IV - ERG, 10inch, IYF, Phantoms,
V - Dragons, Machines
VI - 0

I think this is the week Ice Storm bows out of Tournament play.

i was looking over my attendance figures, and got to wondering about what draws fans to the different tiers.

Bleacher seats are (to me) easy to figure out. These are filled with fans who are easily excited -- the fans who hop on the bandwagon when times are good, with short memories (they only remember the game before). Price is important to them. (i still remember when i raised prices by a dollar in middle of the season -- attendance dropped by 20%.) i don't think any of this is news to other managers.

What caught my eye were the courtside seats. Quite a discriminating bunch -- play DII opponent, sold out. Play bot Cup opponent, 81%; play DIV Cup opponent, 87%. My guess is this crowd places a premium on good basketball, unlike the bleacher bums who only want to see wins.

Luxury box folks, i figure, are influenced by prestige. i have little to go on here except that i am finally selling out all my luxury boxes for the first time -- and i have had 15 boxes for maybe six seasons. i am guessing these are a function of markets, and moving up the ladder is analogous to getting a larger market (with more corporate money and so on) -- sort of like going from Eugene to Portland to Seattle to Los Angeles.

i can't figure out the lower tier crowd. they must fit between the emotional cheapskates who fill the bleachers and the well-informed sophisticates who are courtside (my Jack Nicholsons and Spike Lees). and if i can't figure out who they are, i don't know how many seats to build for them.

any ideas?

They're just waiting for your seats to be a bit cheaper. I bet you sell all 2200 if you price them at, say, $37 a seat.