http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/02/05/the-makeup-of-fans-is-more-than-we-think/ Unbiased opinions from extremely biased people Thu, 24 May 2012 08:26:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/02/05/the-makeup-of-fans-is-more-than-we-think/comment-page-1/#comment-39961 Charrua Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:04:42 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=5692#comment-39961 "the league continues to push big markets as the decisive course of action" ¿Are you serious? The league just let a team move from Seattle to Oklahoma, for the love of god!! And you are completely misunderstanding the results, by the way. The Lakers sixth place means that even when they weren't winning, they still sold tickets. Call it the Kobe effect, but that's what the study said. And the study doesn't say that Philly can't sell tickets when they are good, it says that they can't sell them when they suck. It measures the variability of tickets sales, basically. Culture, not size, is the key variable here. You could think that Dallas's fans would turn off the Mavs when they lose and root for the Cowboys, but it's Minnesota's fans who do this. I couldn't see the whole ratings, but I would bet that southern teams did poorly, for example, since college basketball is much more their cup of tea. “the league continues to push big markets as the decisive course of action”
¿Are you serious? The league just let a team move from Seattle to Oklahoma, for the love of god!!
And you are completely misunderstanding the results, by the way.
The Lakers sixth place means that even when they weren’t winning, they still sold tickets. Call it the Kobe effect, but that’s what the study said.
And the study doesn’t say that Philly can’t sell tickets when they are good, it says that they can’t sell them when they suck. It measures the variability of tickets sales, basically.
Culture, not size, is the key variable here. You could think that Dallas’s fans would turn off the Mavs when they lose and root for the Cowboys, but it’s Minnesota’s fans who do this.
I couldn’t see the whole ratings, but I would bet that southern teams did poorly, for example, since college basketball is much more their cup of tea.

]]> http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/02/05/the-makeup-of-fans-is-more-than-we-think/comment-page-1/#comment-39834 Tray Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:49:44 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=5692#comment-39834 The Sixers... they're the worst team in town, they're in this death spiral of mediocrity, they're really boring to watch. Our franchise player has a really dull game, a couple highlights aside, and no personality. The Sixers… they’re the worst team in town, they’re in this death spiral of mediocrity, they’re really boring to watch. Our franchise player has a really dull game, a couple highlights aside, and no personality.

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