5 o'clock on a Sunday isn't really a big deal to the people of Inverness surely? I don't think we have the SFA to blame for this one, we hadn't even played a game in almost 3 weeks and we still couldn't get fans to go watch us!
I personally like the challenge cup and don't see it as meaningless, especially when you get to the tail end of the competition. A final is always going to attract fans that wouldn't usually go to the every day games, what is wrong with that? People have other commitments in life so pick and choose what games they go to. I work nearly every Saturday so only get to see the team maybe 10 games a season these days. The final will be a day I'll be making time for, if the semi had been over in Ireland I'd probably have went to that too.