Lombardi reports Jets 12,000 short of sellout.

I thought it was only Dolphin fans who stopped going to games when their team is losing? Perhaps New York Jet fans are only bandwagon fans too.

With the cost to go to games today. The fact is that many fans are very selective about how they spend their sports dollars. They are willing spend money to go see an exciting and winning team, but they are not willing to spend their money on a team which provides no excitement for the fans or wins games.

The is the reality around the majority of the NFL and not just in Miami, as some people on here would love to make us believe.

"jw3102 wrote:

I thought it was only Dolphin fans who stopped going to games when their team is losing? Perhaps New York Jet fans are only bandwagon fans too.

With the cost to go to games today. The fact is that many fans are very selective about how they spend their sports dollars. They are willing spend money to go see an exciting and winning team, but they are not willing to spend their money on a team which provides no excitement for the fans or wins games.

The is the reality around the majority of the NFL and not just in Miami, as some people on here would love to make us believe.

Our stadium also holds a lot more than theirs as well, I believe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_National_Football_League_stadiums#List

Looks like thier stadium holds a bit more.

"ascii wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_National_Football_League_stadiums#List

Looks like thier stadium holds a bit more.

My bad.

"djphinfan wrote:

My bad.

Regardless, it's nice to see the caving of the walls in Jetsland. #tebowtime :yes:

"ascii wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_National_Football_League_stadiums#List

Looks like thier stadium holds a bit more.

They also have at least ten million more citizens to draw their fan base from in the surrounding area.

"ascii wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_National_Football_League_stadiums#List

Looks like thier stadium holds a bit more.

Its not their stadium, that stadium is for Giants Fans :tongue2:

"jw3102 wrote:

They also have at least ten million more citizens to draw their fan base from in the surrounding area.

Agreed, and from an outsiders perspective the Jets not filling their stadium is a much worse situation than Miami not doing so.

"BigDogsHunt wrote:

Its not their stadium, that stadium is for Giants Fans :tongue2:

This fact never loses it's awesomeness :up:

"ascii wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_National_Football_League_stadiums#List

Looks like thier stadium holds a bit more.

I live about 15-20 minutes away from there. The place is huge. When they were building it next to Giants stadium you could see how much it dwarfed the old place.

"PhinGeneral wrote:

I live about 15-20 minutes away from there. The place is huge. When they were building it next to Giants stadium you could see how much it dwarfed the old place.

I'd say that would have more to do with the Giants than the Jets.

The only stadium I've ever been to is Heinz field (Ricky's first game back where he proceeded to get injuried). That stadium is on the lower part of the list, but I will say it's really well built. The only thing I wasn't fond of was one end of the stadium was completely open.

"BigDogsHunt wrote:

Its not their stadium, that stadium is for Giants Fans :tongue2:

What is even more ridiculous is that the stadium is in New Jersey and not in New York. The only true New York team is the Buffalo Bills. It should be the Jersey Jets and Giants.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/07/jets-says-report-of-unsold-tickets-isnt-accurate/

"jw3102 wrote:

I thought it was only Dolphin fans who stopped going to games when their team is losing? Perhaps New York Jet fans are only bandwagon fans too.

With the cost to go to games today. The fact is that many fans are very selective about how they spend their sports dollars. They are willing spend money to go see an exciting and winning team, but they are not willing to spend their money on a team which provides no excitement for the fans or wins games.

The is the reality around the majority of the NFL and not just in Miami, as some people on here would love to make us believe.

There used to be a great website that showed attendance (tickets sold and tickets used) that went back to the 70's. I used to use it in this argument all the time. Going all the way back, and on up until the mid 2000's, you would find that only a select few teams fans showed up when their respective teams sucked! The rest, and vast majority of the leagues fans followed the trend of not showing up when their teams sucked and it got worse and worse if they continued to do so....

That site folded up in about 2006 though

why should we care?

"Ozzy wrote:

There used to be a great website that showed attendance (tickets sold and tickets used) that went back to the 70's. I used to use it in this argument all the time. Going all the way back, and on up until the mid 2000's, you would find that only a select few teams fans showed up when their respective teams sucked! The rest, and vast majority of the leagues fans followed the trend of not showing up when their teams sucked and it got worse and worse if they continued to do so....

That site folded up in about 2006 though

Out of curiosity do you remember what were the franchises? Green Bay and Pittsburgh come to mind.

"PhinGeneral wrote:

I live about 15-20 minutes away from there. The place is huge. When they were building it next to Giants stadium you could see how much it dwarfed the old place.

Yep, its much bigger!

"jw3102 wrote:

What is even more ridiculous is that the stadium is in New Jersey and not in New York. The only true New York team is the Buffalo Bills. It should be the Jersey Jets and Giants.

NJ Jersey people agree!

"BayAreaFinFan wrote:

Out of curiosity do you remember what were the franchises? Green Bay and Pittsburgh come to mind.

GB, Washington, Denver and KC were the best. Pitt has always been decent enough to draw good solid crowds though..

Surprised at kc and Washington being a stable draw. They are rarely competitive.

"Why should we care?" Are you freaking serious, man? Have you no base emotions? Do you get no joy out of seeing the Jets fan base suffer?

I want to see Fireman Ed's seat empty. I want to see the franchise teeter on the brink of financial ruin because of all the empty seats. I want Rex and Tannenbaum desperate so they make more moves like hiring Sparano.

This is the New York JEST we're talking about here, remember?

They will start selling quite a bit more once Tebow is starting. Its coming oh so soon. In fact I am willing to bet his first start....Comes against us in two weeks.

"ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:

They will start selling quite a bit more once Tebow is starting. Its coming oh so soon. In fact I am willing to bet his first start....Comes against us in two weeks.

I hope so. We owe him. Our D will knock the living snot out of him.

"BigDogsHunt wrote:

Its not their stadium, that stadium is for Giants Fans :tongue2:

Boom!