Maryland’s plan to offer free tuition to students who stayed until the final whistle did not fill seats at a Halloween home game against Illinois, which the Illini won 20-17.
Maryland’s plan to offer free tuition to students who stayed until the final whistle did not fill seats at a Halloween home game against Illinois, which the Illini won 20-17.
Free tuition for sitting through a football game, and the kids still stayed home? Shocking. Nobody wants to watch a team lose 20-17 to Illinois on Halloween, and no amount of bribery changes that. Universities keep chasing gimmicks to fill seats instead of asking why the product bores the people it’s sold to. Expect more promos, bigger giveaways, and the same empty stands. Eventually someone will offer a free pizza and call it a strategy.