Interesting study…

[ACor58]

I have to think teams like the Patriots, Saints and Cowboys attract a high amount of fair weather fans who simply say they've watched a game to feel like a part of their community or support their local team.

 

The entire city of Boston is a fair weather city.

[yungmack]

 

 

What I see is that California and Florida don't really stack up so well. Warm weather cities with big time college football have the fan base thinking about the beach, fishing, and their partician local school as well as NFL football. The really big cities with two teams suffer from (as said above) a high % of people who grew up somewhere else and still root for their downhome team, where their relatives still live. Florida teams and California teams are more likely to move away because of the tempid fan base. The other remaining teams will pick up fans.

 

Your argument is undercut, at least in Los Angeles, by the support for the Dodgers, who have not won a World Series since 1988. They have had some very poor years in that stretch and yet have consistently led MLB (or been close to the top) in attendance all that time with the exception of this year when fans have been in revolt over the massive suckitude of the ownership. They have also drawn well on radio and television during this time. And this is in an area that really does have good weather, a huge amount of high-quality alternatives and a massive percentage of residents from other parts of the US and the world.

 

The reason for this is, I believe, that there are lots of real fans of baseball and of the Dodgers. They live and die with the team. They can't help themselves; it's in the blood. It's very similar to fans of the Bills who know the game, know the history of the sport and of their team, and love both of them no matter what. And the real reason many other cities are either tepid or erratic in the support of their NFL team is that they do not have that sense of commitment.

 

Here's hoping both the Bills and the Dodgers are headed for better days.

[NoSaint]

Your argument is undercut, at least in Los Angeles, by the support for the Dodgers, who have not won a World Series since 1988. They have had some very poor years in that stretch and yet have consistently led MLB (or been close to the top) in attendance all that time with the exception of this year when fans have been in revolt over the massive suckitude of the ownership. They have also drawn well on radio and television during this time. And this is in an area that really does have good weather, a huge amount of high-quality alternatives and a massive percentage of residents from other parts of the US and the world.

 

The reason for this is, I believe, that there are lots of real fans of baseball and of the Dodgers. They live and die with the team. They can't help themselves; it's in the blood. It's very similar to fans of the Bills who know the game, know the history of the sport and of their team, and love both of them no matter what. And the real reason many other cities are either tepid or erratic in the support of their NFL team is that they do not have that sense of commitment.

 

Here's hoping both the Bills and the Dodgers are headed for better days.

 

 

History does help for sure. Also, there are always exceptions, or out of the ordinary circumstances.

[KD in CA]

What I see is that California and Florida don't really stack up so well. Warm weather cities with big time college football have the fan base thinking about the beach, fishing, and their partician local school as well as NFL football. The really big cities with two teams suffer from (as said above) a high % of people who grew up somewhere else and still root for their downhome team, where their relatives still live. Florida teams and California teams are more likely to move away because of the tempid fan base. The other remaining teams will pick up fans.

 

Exactly, that list is dominated by small, cold cities where college football is less popular and there isn't as much other stuff to do in the winter (plus the Saints and that's because everyone jumps on the bandwagon after a SB).