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adbono posted:

PABASEBALL wrote, "as great as some of the college stadiums are, none of them compare to Fenway, Wrigley, or even the majority of minor league stadiums."

The bolded part of your statement is categorically wrong.  In the SEC all but one or 2 ballparks are nicer than the majority of minor league stadiums and the games are better attended too!  The game environment (and everyday life on an SEC campus) is far better than the minor league equivalent.  Same is true for most ACC schools, top half of Big 12, and for top 2 or 3 schools in AAC & Conference USA.  Its not unusual for an SEC game at LSU, Miss St, or Arkansas to draw close to 10,000 fans. This only happens on a rare occasion in minor league baseball. All of this has a lot to do with why so many of the best HS players in the nation want to play in the SEC, ACC, etc.  The overall experience at these schools is way better than a minor league existence (in every way). 

I phrased it wrong. What I meant was that there are only probably 30 or so NCAA stadiums that surpass minor league stadiums. Once you leave the P5 and top mids spectrum there is a pretty big drop-off. Either way, guys from LSU aren't turning down contracts because they prefer the LSU facilities. 

Last edited by PABaseball
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