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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.The attendance numbers for both rams and chargers were laughable, same as the 49ers too. Except Oakland all the other team attendance numbers are crap.
49ers killed their franchise after letting Harubaugh go and then keeping Kaep.
It's a good thing the only California team attracting fans is moving in two years.The attendance numbers for both rams and chargers were laughable, same as the 49ers too. Except Oakland all the other team attendance numbers are crap.
49ers killed their franchise after letting Harubaugh go and then keeping Kaep.
I think it will, but it may well be largely visiting fans. Why not make it a long weekend in Vegas and watch your home team play the Raiders...... Better than going to Buffalo, Cleveland or Jacksonville......... See how the new hockey team does as a frame of reference........Oakland should stay in Oakland, moving to Vegas is stupid and they won't have the attendance numbers...
What were the actual attendance numbers?The attendance numbers for both rams and chargers were laughable, same as the 49ers too. Except Oakland all the other team attendance numbers are crap.
49ers killed their franchise after letting Harubaugh go and then keeping Kaep.
Raiders should stay in Oakland, but I do think the fans will follow if they move. They have too big and loyal of a fanbase, and have already lost their team before.49ers old stadium was fine, they could have renovated it and they would have had good attendance numbers, the new stadium is farther, expensive and parking costs are stupid from what I hear.
Oakland should stay in Oakland, moving to Vegas is stupid and they won't have the attendance numbers...
Roger doing everything in his power to destroy the fanbases. SD and Oakland fans were very devoted to their teams.
Living in Los Angeles, the problem is clear: the Raiders are the top team here. The Raiders--and Rams, to a lesser extent--are the two teams that the locals wanted back here. They didn't want the Chargers. The fans here are not Chargers fans. and that's not going to change overnight because they're suddenly playing 1 hour away in Carson rather than 3-4 hours away in San Diego. I live about a 15 minute drive from where the Chargers are playing, and I don't know anyone who went to yesterday's game.
I think that'll shift over time. The reason why there are so many Raiders fans here is because that's the team that was here when today's 40 year olds were kids. In time, I expect this will change, but it's not going to happen overnight. They've basically lost a generation of fans that have taken their allegiances elsewhere. It might take a decade for them to become part of the local sports scene in any real way, but it'll happen eventually.
The 49ers are a whole other can of worms, their mistake was moving too far away.
Wouldn't one think this multi-billion dollar organization would do tons of polling, surveying, analytics, big data, data scientists, Neilson research, jersey sales by locale, etc., etc., to figure out where the fans were and what they wanted?
Anyways, if there were one organization who could really understand the weird phenomena of sports fandom, and would have the resources to study it, would be the NFL. And yet it looks like they just make the **** up.
No critique of your analysis, it sounds right and sound and good, etc.
Wouldn't one think this multi-billion dollar organization would do tons of polling, surveying, analytics, big data, data scientists, Neilson research, jersey sales by locale, etc., etc., to figure out where the fans were and what they wanted?
And even publish this stuff so the fans just don't think it's the whim of an egotist god-king making random decisions with fans and what they like?
Or even consider that you can't just dump a team on a locale and have whatever magic that makes fans work out? If I were to guess, the biggest predictor of a person liking a team is 1) proximity to your house when you were a kid, or 2) liking the team that your dad liked.
As an example, I have a friend who was until recently a Rams fan because he grew up in St. Louis. He moved to the Boston area AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TB/BB PATRIOTS ERA and remained a Rams fan throughout. Now that the Rams moved to LA, he is no longer a Rams fans, despite not living in St. Louis for like 20 years. WTF?
Anyways, if there were one organization who could really understand the weird phenomena of sports fandom, and would have the resources to study it, would be the NFL. And yet it looks like they just make the **** up.
What were the actual attendance numbers?