Dolphins' Fan Base Ranked 19th for Enthusiasm, But They Do Know How to Party
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Finatic8480New MemberOPJust because we'd rather sit on the beach listening to the Dolphins game on the radio or checking the score on our iPhone doesn't mean we aren't real Fins fans, right? Ok, the Miami sports fan stereotype of a band wagoner who'd rather spend their Sunday afternoon watching the game anywhere else but Sun Life stadium is kind of true. The Daily Beast confirms it by ranking Dolfans as a pitiful 19th best in the NFL. The redeeming news is that when we do show up, we sure know how to party.
To put together their latest trademark statistical listacle, The Daily Beast took into account stadium attendance over the past four seasons weighed by team record, average cost to attend a game weighed by average local income, and the "National Tailgating Index" which takes into account which fan base pregames the best.
Miami came in 19th overall. Attendance by percentage of capacity averaged out to 89.9 percent. To put that in prospective, AFC East rivals the Jets had an average capacity of 97.1 percent, while the Patriots somehow managed to average 100.7 percent.
The average cost for a family of four was $362.77, which was relatively cheap compared to other teams.
Where Miami fans redeemed themselves was in the tailgating index. We come in sixth overall, because, yes, we do know how to party, thank you very much.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/ripti...anked_19th.php
You know a year or two ago I would have not given a crap about this, but after visiting Green Bay and seeing how they do it up there, I feel like we have some of the worse fans ever. Freaking Ridiculous!
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Desidesforum_veteranThe Daily Beast confirms it…
Stopped reading right there.
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Phinvader BillNew MemberThe best Dolphins fans live out of Florida.
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DolfanJakeNew Member"Phinvader Bill wrote:
The best Dolphins fans live out of Florida.
Yeah everybody has moved away I grew up with.
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Stitchesluxury_box"djphinfan wrote:
Its not our fan's, it's our stadium.
Yup, there'd be far better attendance if it were a dome.
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DolfanJakeNew Member"djphinfan wrote:
Its not our fan's, it's our stadium.
Yeah most of you guys have never witnessed a Dolphins game in the Orange Bowl. That was magical. I used to have my season tickets in section CC in the End Zone, we all called ourselves the End Zone Animals, and trust me we made ourselves known at ever game. I remember a Dec 1981 game in which Ron Jawarski came to the line 8 times in a row to get the ball off because it was so loud. The Orange Bowl might have been a dump, but it was a grand place to watch a football game as a fan, what an atmosphere it produced !!! :up:
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Section126luxury_box"DolfanJake wrote:
Yeah most of you guys have never witnessed a Dolphins game in the Orange Bowl. That was magical. I used to have my season tickets in section CC in the End Zone, we all called ourselves the End Zone Animals, and trust me we made ourselves known at ever game. I remember a Dec 1981 game in which Ron Jawarski came to the line 8 times in a row to get the ball off because it was so loud. The Orange Bowl might have been a dump, but it was a grand place to watch a football game as a fan, what an atmosphere it produced !!! :up:
Hey Superfan....I was at that game. it was in 1984.
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BicketyBamforum_veteranAs many pointed out yesterday, Jets fans have a reputation as being classless, obnoxious, disgusting, etc. And during my debate I almost brought up this point: Miami fans are known as a bunch of uninformed, bandwagon jumpers. Before you jump all over my sack, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. In fact, just from my exprerience here, you seem to be pretty in touch with your team. So my question is this. Why do Miami fans have this reputation? Is is what this article says? Attendance?
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ilovemyfins4evaNew Member"BicketyBam wrote:
As many pointed out yesterday, Jets fans have a reputation as being classless, obnoxious, disgusting, etc. And during my debate I almost brought up this point: Miami fans are known as a bunch of uninformed, bandwagon jumpers. Before you jump all over my sack, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. In fact, just from my exprerience here, you seem to be pretty in touch with your team. So my question is this. Why do Miami fans have this reputation? Is is what this article says? Attendance?
its prob the attendance numbers. Miami has a huge following nation wide, its just that most die hard fans live outside Miami. of course Miami has its die hard fans in the area, but most of the die hards live outside the area.
its not only football, miami in general is a bandwagon city. is it not a coincidence that all the sudden everybody is a ''die hard'' heat fan in miami now?
ive been to miami plenty of times in my life, and never have i seen anything ppl wearing hit stuff, or yet never have i heard the heat talked about. miami just in general is a bandwagon town.
muscle979forum_veteran"BicketyBam wrote:
As many pointed out yesterday, Jets fans have a reputation as being classless, obnoxious, disgusting, etc. And during my debate I almost brought up this point: Miami fans are known as a bunch of uninformed, bandwagon jumpers. Before you jump all over my sack, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. In fact, just from my exprerience here, you seem to be pretty in touch with your team. So my question is this. Why do Miami fans have this reputation? Is is what this article says? Attendance?
I don't think many people spend a lifetime in Florida. They either live their life somewhere else for a while and then move there, or grow up there and then move somewhere else. I am the latter. I joined the military and when I got out there was more opportunity north than there was back in Florida. I grew up in north Florida, there are probably even less lifers in the southern part of the state. So people growing up as Dolfans might leave and new people will come in here that are loyal to other teams. People in other states jump to conclusions without taking into consideration the dynamics of the state. It is not like theirs. I'd say a significantly higher amount of people in say Green Bay have always been there. I don't think many people retire to Green Bay. But I could be wrong.
MikeHonchosubscriber"Finatic8480 wrote:
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/ripti...anked_19th.php
You know a year or two ago I would have not given a crap about this, but after visiting Green Bay and seeing how they do it up there, I feel like we have some of the worse fans ever. Freaking Ridiculous!
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"djphinfan wrote:
Its not our fan's, it's our stadium.
i agree,our stadium is nowheres close to my state. :( those average family prices could go up to double for me.i do try and see them play if they play the saints or texans but as for home games it is just too far.
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JDelennesubscriberI lived in South Florida pretty much my whole life, I live in Orlando now but still. I hate that Miami has a lot of bandwagon Fans but so do a lot of teams (Yankees). I've always been a Dolphins fan, Gators fan, Marlins fan, and Heat fan since I was a little kid and it pisses me off when someone is just like "oh you just like them because they are a good team".
I also think that our attendance would increase with a dome but I would hate to have a dome or at least have a retractable roof in case for rain. I love the open field and our summer advantage and we would be giving that all away with a dome.
M1NDCRlMEforum_veteran"muscle979 wrote:
I don't think many people spend a lifetime in Florida. They either live their life somewhere else for a while and then move there, or grow up there and then move somewhere else.
True. however there are the rare exceptions. I am one of them. Born and raised and no plans to go anywhere else. When I was a kid there was only one team in Florida.
Joe Robbie Stadium just plain sucks. The Orange Bowl was a ****hole, but it had character, it had atmosphere. JRS is too sterile, its got no soul and from the few games that I have gone to the fans added to this by sitting on their f'ing hands the whole game (kind of like being at a Magic game). My home theater has a better game day atmosphere, my neighbors can hear my yelling and cheering everytime the Phins are on.
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that and.....the city of jacksonville sucks.
Isnt your stadium called pro player stadium?
ilovemyfins4evaNew Member"Arodgers12 wrote:
Isnt your stadium called pro player stadium?
its had like 50 names. now its sunlife.
mrozsubscriberIt is not our fans... it is the fact that every week there are more fans from the other team there to root their team on then there is Dolphins fans.
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"ilovemyfins4eva wrote:
its had like 50 names. now its sunlife.
Must not be fun to play there in September and October. My Dad had to go there back in 1992 for hurricane andrew cleanup and I think he went to a Dolphins game. He said it was fun but very hot.
NJFINSFAN1luxury_box"djphinfan wrote:
Its not our fan's, it's our stadium.
Disagree 100%
The location I could agree with, the stadium before renovations was almost the same as the old meadowlands, and they sell out.
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HardKoreXXXNew Member"muscle979 wrote:
I don't think many people spend a lifetime in Florida. They either live their life somewhere else for a while and then move there, or grow up there and then move somewhere else. I am the latter. I joined the military and when I got out there was more opportunity north than there was back in Florida. I grew up in north Florida, there are probably even less lifers in the southern part of the state. So people growing up as Dolfans might leave and new people will come in here that are loyal to other teams. People in other states jump to conclusions without taking into consideration the dynamics of the state. It is not like theirs. I'd say a significantly higher amount of people in say Green Bay have always been there. I don't think many people retire to Green Bay. But I could be wrong.
Colin Cowherd talks about this all the time. It's a broken record, but it's true. Nobody moves from Florida to Green Bay, Massachusetts, Indiana, Pennsylvania or New York. THOSE PEOPLE MOVE HERE.
On a separate issue, I don't think the stadium is as bad as people make it out to be. Sounds like an excuse to me. It's in a great location, and I've heard it get pretty damn loud. It's just that this team hasn't been elite in a long time. We're spoiled from the Marino days. And people out there are kidding themselves if they think places like New England and New York aren't the same way. I'd like to see the Jets attendance coming off their 1-15 season, or the Patriots if they turn into the Lions after Brady and BB retires.
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NJFINSFAN1luxury_box"BicketyBam wrote:
As many pointed out yesterday, Jets fans have a reputation as being classless, obnoxious, disgusting, etc. And during my debate I almost brought up this point: Miami fans are known as a bunch of uninformed, bandwagon jumpers. Before you jump all over my sack, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. In fact, just from my exprerience here, you seem to be pretty in touch with your team. So my question is this. Why do Miami fans have this reputation? Is is what this article says? Attendance?
Florida is full of transplanted people, you have a very wide variety of fans, like when the Jets or Pats play in Miami, you have a ton of transplanted Northerners.
Now, the Jets have and I have been there since they came to NJ, a younger rowdier partying crowd than the Giants whom have an older season ticket base, and there tickets usually stay in the family and are past down.
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