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Andy Boogaard

@AndyBoog19

From Jenna Prandini to Bobby Jones and Trent Dilfer, told their stories and 10,000 more in a national, 41-year award-winning career at The Fresno Bee.
Joined February 2023
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Andy Boogaard @AndyBoog19
This is the most frightening issue in the history of Bulldogs athletics, and here’s why:

Say, for example, Vance Walberg identifies a sleeper superstar and ticket-seller such as Paul George and sneaks him into Fresno State.

He’s gone a year later to Duke for $3m in NIL cash.
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Wishing those empty seats were AI but they’re real.
Save Mart was dead last night for @FresnoStateMBB and I had no idea there was even a game until I saw this video.

Another huge issue is the Red Wave is now a Red Splash.
The Fresno Bee used to give us two free pages of Bulldog sports every day so we knew the players and the tip times.
The players were stars in town!!
That coverage died when the Bee died and so did the habit of showing up.

How do you grow a new fan base with social media?

@FresnoStateAthletics social media needs to do better. Promote the games. Run a theme EVERY GAME 🏀
Veterans in free always every game!
High school night, Elementary night. Little Hoopster night, Sanger night. Clovis night…..
If the Fresno Grizzlies or any minor league team in the USA can do it with promotions, so can Fresno State.
If the tickets are too expensive for families on a weeknight, drop the prices, get people in the building, and sell the food.
A 15k-seat arena with 400 fans is a bad look.

So question, is it all about winning in Fresno or will people show up with a good promotional campaign?
In the new world we live in with NIL/Transfer Portal, the basketball team might get a new team every year and that’s never good.

Your thoughts!

Get the Valley back. Go Dogs!
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