With so much talk about the NFL struggling during national anthem protests, it's just assumed college football is the beneficiary of the league's struggles.
That's not the case.
According to CBS Sportsline, major-college football had its largest per-game attendance drop in 34 years.
Based on a NCAA figures, attendance, per the report, among the 129 FBS teams in 2017 was down an average of 1,409 fans per game from 2016.
Dennis Dodd of CBS Sportsline points out that drop is the largest since 1983 when average attendance declined 1,527 fans per game from 1982.