They've picked up the discussion about the improvements to Panther Arena again this week on the other board. A couple of folks are complaining that so many of the concessions stands are not open for Panther home games. While there is recognition that the crowds for Panther games are so small it doesn't pay to open too many concession stands, no one seems want to discuss just how badly attendance has dropped off.

If it's going to take Coach Jordan and his staff three seasons or so to really make their mark on the program with a roster they've recruited, i don't suppose attendance numbers will be rising significantly any time soon. The optimists on the other board insist that the Panthers will be contending for the league title sooner rather than later, which should bring numbers up...if it happens. But the program will have a long way to go to get the numbers back to where they were...and even then playing in the arena won't help the department's bottom line unless the Panthers regularly draw larger crowds than they ever did before.