[ebarker]

The sound data that we looked at had two components. Crowd noise and the sound system. At FIRST events the crowd noise is held at high levels for very short periods of time. The loudest recorded sounds were for the introductions of Dean and Woodie. But for only a moment.

The Championship sound level was pleasant this year compared to the prior year.

Football games have a much much shorter duration and spikes of high and lowel level sound.

It is the incessant amp'd up music systems and PA systems that create the problem, both in intensity an duration. The real issue is the sound level coming off like a 3 day, 10 hour a day Green Day concert.