Times have changed. Ask current students or parents of students if most care. So let's say everyone student cares and goes to the game. That is 12,000 at most. Is it going to make up for the fans North of dade that don't want to mess with the traffic or the fans that won't come bc of less aminities?When I went to school there, nearly everyone cared about Miami football. And guess what, when the kids can just walk to the stadium, they care a lot more because it becomes a place to party. It connects the students to the team in a way that an NFL Stadium in Miami Gardens will never be able to do.
That's actually one of the best reasons to build it.
People need to realize that if a player is looking for the big state school experience and that is the only factor then they won't choose Miami regardless if we have an on campus stadium or not. The kids at bama, Tennessee, Georgia etc are looked at as gods (until they graduate).... Miami is a completely different dynamic and an on campus stadium isn't going to change that.