I guess I wouldn't agree with you on that one PCM. IMHO, the number one thing that hurts college hockey's popularity is the number of college hockey programs throughout the nation. West of North Dakota, what is there....5 or 6 programs? South of the Mason/Dixon line, 1 or 2 programs? That's a large portion of our country. College football is so huge because it's found everywhere in the nation. Basketball is pretty much the same way. Of the schools that do have college hockey, what is there, 8-10 powerhouses that contend for the national title every year. These are the programs where support is strong. The other schools struggle to sell out arena's of 6,000 or less capacity. Is that because of the fighting or the low quality product that's on the ice? When do those arena's sell out? When a North Dakota, Minnesota, or Boston College come to town.
On the brighter side, I'm trying to sell college hockey to the south down here, to as many people as I can, but it's tough to compete with the SEC football games. I don't know why? I see no comparison. Hockey blows away any SEC football game, but these rednecks don't listen to me!