A 7:00 PM start on a wednesday night leaves out a lot of our student fan base. Wednesday night is the time when a lot of students have their night calsses, which for FCRH begin at 6:00 and end at 8:20 and for CBA begin at 6:30 and end at 9:15. Considering this, by pushing back the start time by an extra half hour to 7:30, these students will atleast be able to catch a good portion of the second half. It seems to me, as a student leader of the Sixth Man Club, that the students and Alumni are in agreement in pushing back the start time. This would absolutely boost the attendance of the students through the matter of convenence. I also have no problem with starting the game at 8:00 as well, I don't know if it is too late for others who would be travelling to the game, but it seems like it would provide the opportunity to grab a bite to eat out on Arthur Ave. as opposed to grabbing a Sodexho Dog or waiting an hour at Dagger's. -- Fordham Rams Basketball Message Board

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Date Posted: Tue April 26, 2005 12:19:57
Author: Ram6it
Subject: A 7:00 PM start on a wednesday night leaves out a lot of our student fan base. Wednesday night is the time when a lot of students have their night calsses, which for FCRH begin at 6:00 and end at 8:20 and for CBA begin at 6:30 and end at 9:15. Considering this, by pushing back the start time by an extra half hour to 7:30, these students will atleast be able to catch a good portion of the second half. It seems to me, as a student leader of the Sixth Man Club, that the students and Alumni are in agreement in pushing back the start time. This would absolutely boost the attendance of the students through the matter of convenence. I also have no problem with starting the game at 8:00 as well, I don't know if it is too late for others who would be travelling to the game, but it seems like it would provide the opportunity to grab a bite to eat out on Arthur Ave. as opposed to grabbing a Sodexho Dog or waiting an hour at Dagger's.
In reply to: bfg 's message, "Starting times for hoops games" on Tue April 26, 2005 08:58:01

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I take many CBA night classes and they almost always end before 8:30. Never have I been in a class until 9:15, and some nights we're usually out by 8. I wouldn't mind leaving a 6:30 class more than half of the way through for a 7:30 start to the game, but 7:00 is just too early. I'm all for pushing it back. (NT) -- Marco (CBA 07), Tue April 26, 2005 13:08:53
- Interesting comments from you and Ram6it b/c I've been told, not by students, that students prefer the 7 PM start. (NT) -- bfg, Tue April 26, 2005 14:25:14
  - Now that is unusual information that you got. What reasons has this non-student given you with regards to students preferring the 7pm start? (NT) -- Ram6it, Tue April 26, 2005 17:08:48
    - I was told that students prefer a 7 PM start b/c it doesn't break up their night like a 7:30 start would. I never understood that logic. (NT) -- bfg, Tue April 26, 2005 18:58:57
      - Nor do I understand the logic myself. Considering the excitement level at some of the games this year, it seems to me that a Fordham basketball game would make a student's night rather than break it up. (NT) -- Ram6it, Tue April 26, 2005 21:11:40
I agree, a 7:30pm start would be much easier for students to catch a good portion of the games. I often had to skip out of quite a few CBA Wednesday night classes at the break to catch the 2nd half of the games during my time at FU. (NT) -- Air Hej '02, Tue April 26, 2005 20:58:54