And before you say “winning,” (obviously that’s the big part) consider that plenty of other terrible teams still are completely packed full of home fans every week no matter how bad the team is. I wonder if the powers that be make buying tickets too accessible for opposing fans? I don’t know. Any thoughts? And any ideas on how this could be remedied?

  • Agreeable_Analysis_5BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s the result of several issues that have compounded on themselves over the years:

    1. team is ass. Even the other historically bad teams over the last 10-20 years (Bills, Lions, Browns, Jags, etc) are all having decent/good seasons.
    2. stadium sucks
    3. getting there sucks
    4. arguably the most transient area in the country
    5. because of reason #1, we just don’t have nearly as many fans as we used to. We’ve lost an entire generation of young fans.
    6. tons of season ticket holders sell their tickets.

    Other teams maybe deal with one or two of those issues, but not all of them. Since 2017, we’ve maybe had 4 or 5 true home games, if that.

    Obviously, consistently winning is the #1 antidote. But to grow a truly passionate fanbase again will take time. New stadium, franchise QB, and legit rebrand would help a lot.