A few weeks back, we wrote an editorial proclaiming that things "could be worse" when it came to the status of our world.
Well, welcome to worse.
Although Ball State's football team added a notch to the win column Saturday evening, the game itself was missing a vital quality.
Fans.
Officials were hoping a a crowd of over 8,000 to keep the school out of NCAA probationary status, which could prevent the team from competiting with the big dogs down the road. On Saturday, BSU barely snuck past the worst-ranked school in NCAA DivisionI-A to claim the second victory for the team this season.
Only 5,309 people were there to witness it.
Sure, attendance at a mid-November game in Indiana cannot be expected to total in large digits. After all, with as horrid of a record as BSU has held this season, it is rather hard to blame just the fans for not showing their faces at the game.
This is not to say that the team doesn't try, but it can be argued that the team could certainly be better. There's always room for improvement, and such improvement is owed to the school and the fans on behalf of Ball State's coaches and athletic executives. This will be key issue if the school expects attendance to meet goals next year.
If the university expects decent fans, the fans should expect a decent team.
However, if the fans expect a good team, they better be willing to get out and support it, unconditionally.
Ever heard of a fair-weather fan?
Well, Ball State "supporters" helped demonstrate the term this year.
Fans, students and similar Ball State relatives had a duty to support this school in a time of need in recent weeks, and they failed.
Miserably.
By not supporting this team, fans must realize that they relinquish their right to complain, whine, moan, etc... should the team lose Division I-A status down the road. It is a cause and effect situation that is of a very serious nature.
The lacking and/or declining attendance at the game hints to the apathetic feeling that most of Ball State seems to be sharing about its football team.
And if that is the case, we do not deserve a Division I-A team.
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