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Originally Posted by JasonTX
Face the facts, fans are not a vital part of athletics.

Originally Posted by jimpiano

As Vince Lombardi once said, " you can guard against everything in life except stupidity."

I have to agree with jimpiano here, you take away the fans at the College or Pro level and there will be no more sports. Fans are not only vital, but they are the most important aspect of college and pro sports. At these two levels it is all about the money and if the fans dry up so does the money and the sports very soon will follow. You can see this in the constant cut backs of athletic teams at the collegiate level, granted some of that has to do with Title IX but that is a topic for another discussion.