10. Empty Seats, Fewer Donors?

 College Football has been around for years- and many college students' say that football season is the most excting season all year. However, this article explains that 2014 has been so far the year in which the least number of students attend these football games. They do not enjoy siting in the chilly weather for hours(since the games are played in fall to mid-winter), and would much prefer watch the game at home. Many univeristies (like the Univeristy of Georgia, University of California at Berkley, University of Florida and Univeristy of Kansas) have reported that the numbers of tickets sold this year have significantly dropped compared to the numbers of previous years. College football depends on having a great number of students attending games because they need to capture them on camera. For some bizarre reason, they believe that showing students enjoying themselves at a game would attract more viewers to donate toward them. In other words, the less students attending the games, the less donors they are going to receive. In order to fix this issue, some colleges are providing different things to attract their students to go to games. The Univeristy of Nebraska has funded a significant amount of money towards the building of better sound systems and wireless internet inside the stadium, UC Berkley is offering cheaper tickets to its students, and most colleges are offering alcoholic beverages inside the stadium. Now colleges are almost certain that the numbers of students atendees will rise.
 The author of the article, Jake New, did a really good job explaining about the pros and cons of college football. He is not biased and does not show a hint of criticism in his article. He uses statistcs in order to show how much college football is earning and how the prices have dropped from one year to the other. He provides a visual image in the beginning that shows rows of empty stadium chairs- emphasizing the message he is trying to transmit to his readers. The length of the passage is perfect- not too long and tedious nor too short and abrupt. I believe he did a perfect job: he stated the problem, backed it up with specific evidences and concluded it with things that are being done to solve this problem. Overall, it was a really good article with valid vocabulary.

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/inside_higher_ed/2014/09/college_football_isn_t_attracting_the_audience_it_used_to.html