+1
This is pretty much THE issue here. UA Athletics does a horrible job promoting the teams (soccer included) to get students to come out. Wow... pizza and pop... big whoop. EVERY time they attempt that pathetic marketing ploy, 1 of 2 things happens: 1) students show up, do nothing, wait till they get their free "stuff" and leave, or 2) they don't show up because honestly... pizza and pop are the 2 most lame things to "give away".
Let's not forget that these are STUDENTS here. They aren't paying thousands every semester to go to every athletic event. A lot of them have classes, homework, or hell... even JOBS that get in the way of these stupid weekday games. I for one couldn't make the game because I was slammed with homework due the next day. Students will never come out in large numbers for weekday games. Never will happen. Play on Saturdays and they'll come in larger numbers. But to sit there and say that there should be hundreds upon thousands of students at a Wednesday 6pm game is absolutely absurd.
Want to fix the attendance problem? WIN GAMES. End of discussion. You all can wallow on about ticket prices and stupid details like that, but none of them are long-term solutions. To put butts in the seats, win games, win the conference, play in bowl games, get national exposure. Also, let's be realistic here... any MAC team has about no chance at regularly selling out for all their home games. I would be plenty happy to see ~20k for every game.