well i'll be there, and i'll make sure to be a lot louder than any of those damn patsy fans.

 

A sort of mini vacation out of the NE cold, cannot really blame them tbh

Hopefully our guys take offense at this and play an inspired game.

 

The last two games have felt like preseason games at JRS. Half empty with an apathetic crowd.

Football is dying in Miami. No different than Cane games.

 

In these days of 90 inch HD 3D LCD screens, surround sound hi-fi, massage chairs and kegerators, you're going to get some attrition.

 

No, but the man cave of our dreams is probably the same.

 

No one thought the Dolphins had a chance in 2004 on a Monday Night in December when the Dolphins stunned the eventual Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots 29-28 as the Dolphins defense intercepted Tom Brady twice in the final 2 minutes .And thats with AJ Feeley at QB.

Anything is possible in the NFL. Fans may regret their decision not to attend the game on yet another classic upset game aginst the Pats.

 

Football is not dying in Miami. People still care about the Dolphins. The Sunday games still are the highest rated program of the week in South Florida (the Thursday night blip was a fluke).

People just aren't willing to spend the money on a mediocre product right now until some real results come in.

I'm a season ticket holder but I must admit, if these tickets hadn't been in my family for 33 years I doubt I would buy them now.

The Dolphins just need to play better and win more. Then the place will be filled again. The renovations theyw ant could actually help with this too. JRS is just way too big for this market and always has been. You eliminate 10,000-12,000 seats from the joint and make it a 61-63,000 seat stadium and it will sell out easily most of the time

 

Anyone watch that video of the Jest going to their locker room at half? Silly New York fans make me happy :)

 

There are a lot of worse teams that get better attendance. Winning would help a little bit, but the reality is that the stadium isn't very alluring to the casual fan.

 

Ive been saying it for a year, and every time I do you all laugh at me.
But I wont be surprised if the Dolphins end up being the team that moves to L.A.
Crappy stadium, apathetic (at best) fanbase and a pathetic product on the field. Its the perfect recipe for relocation.

 

Pats win afc east with a win...probably why their fans are swarming in...I say lets piss them all off and win.

 

They can clinch this with a win? lol...wow

 

Wouldn't the Jags or some other team be first in line to move on? I don't think Miami has "Exhausted all of its resources" like the NFL says you need to do before you move your franchise.

 

This is complete hogwash. Even if the stadium were loaded with incredible amenities, the fans still would not show up if the team wasn't winning (see Miami Marlins)

This is a relatively new phenomenon for the Fins. It wasn't that long ago that you couldn't get a ticket for Fins games, and the stadium was routinely at 90-95% capcity during the Jimmy-Wanny-Saban years. This decline only started during 1-15 and has bottomoed out now since we've sucked for so long.

 

I'll laugh.

It's not going to happen ever.

The stadium is fine for the real purpose of getting new stadiums, making it's owner money. Steven Ross gets 100% of parking, concessions and ticket sales (minus what goes to NFL revenue sharing). It's the beauty of a privately built stadium. In any new stadium all that stuff would be shared to some extent with the public entity that gave you the money.

As far as apathetic fanbases, many other cities suffer the same and this is nothing all that new for So. Fla and yet we have managed not to lose a team yet (unless you count MLS, which I don't)

Look up San Diego's attendance and stadium situation before you start worrying about the Dolphins. The Raiders too. California has two teams within 400 miles of LA that both need new stadiums, yet you're worried that the Dolphins are going to schlep across the country for what, having a bad attendance drop one year?

You can stop worrying.

 

What could a stadium possibly have that would make someone who is not inclined to go to a football game show up and buy a ticket?

 

Not that I disagree about the size of the stadium, but a big part of the renovations is to attract more Super Bowls and the NFL has basically come out and said they tend to frown on potential Super Bowl host stadiums that seat less than 70-72,000.

 

You guys have it wrong. These Pats fans aren't flying down for the game; They live here.

 

Any building, to be effective in the way you think it should be effective, needs fans.

So I'm asking you, seriously, how does moving the seats closer induce somebody who would not otherwise buy a ticket to go to the game?

I'm seriously asking because we had no problem finding 73,000 fans in the mid 90's Marino heyday, through JJ and Wanny years, and even into Saban's tenure.

 

Then the stadium should be fine as is for the Super Bowl.

This whole Super Bowl thing is simply Roger Gooddell extortion on behalf of one of his 32 bosses.

The same guy who gave a Super Bowl to an outdoor stadium in New Jersey where it is highly likely to snow has they balls to complain that it rained ONCE in the 12 times times Miami has had a SB?

Extortion.

 

Don't forget Jacksonville, too.

 

It absolutely is. But that tends to be the NFL way.

 

Product in the stands.

 

You nailed it right on the head. No one seems to understand that.

 

Dude, if you are as loud in person as your font is large I don;t think anyone will hear ya!

Make it large and loud brotha!!!

Just joking you. :) Have fun at the game. Ask the Pats fans what it's like to have Justin Bieber at QB.

 

That's the problem in Florida... and here in LA too. Way too many people in these places are transplants who have loyalties elsewhere.

It's like the Marines won't let you join if your nationality is not American, because your loyalty could lie with the homeland... the Phins shouldn't allow anyone to be a fan who isn;t a Florida local.

Wait, that means *I* can't be a fan. lol.

 

Its not extortion, its maximizing revenue. The NFL makes their SB money from selling luxury suites and boxes to corporations. These corporations aren't spending millions on a suite that doesn't have the amenities they're accustomed to. Fans sitting in stands at a SB aren't the NFLs concernm, those people would sit through almost anything.

 

Simple solution.

Concessions at the stadium are given this directive:
When you see anyone in Patriots or Redsox regalia, you are to serve them last month's fish in their fish taco.

Voila. No more "foreign" fans.

 

The start of basketball is not a coincidence, timingwise.

When it costs $4321.56 for a family of four to see a game, you gotta choose your sport.

Heat >>>>> Dolphins

 

You forgot bj's. Plentiful bj's.

 

Was that the jim Bates, Orange uni's game?