Attendance is an embarrassment

[JTrue]

Just now, Bull Daly said:

No actually it doesn't. Just proves TB is a bandwagon city. They only show up if it matters and G5 does nothing for them 

Riiiiiiiiiiiight. Add New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, LA, Houston, Dallas, and Denver to list of bandwagon cities, too.

[Gismo]

9 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Riiiiiiiiiiiight. Add New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, LA, Houston, Dallas, and Denver to list of bandwagon cities, too.

Compare the populations those metro areas to Tampa. 

[JTrue]

13 minutes ago, Gismo said:

Compare the populations those metro areas to Tampa. 

Exactly. That's why it's even worse when you see those cities unable to fill a stadium. 

[NewEnglandBull]

Being in a large city is a killer for USF. I know I have no time or inclination to have more than one team (USF SPORTS) to follow year round. I live in the land of Red Sox and Patriots and I rarely watch either. People watch/follow as many as one can but as one gets older it is difficult to have a full plate of leagues and teams to follow (at least for myself). 

[deters-]

57 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Kind of blows up your whole argument. Lightning have excellent attendance. Bucs do just fine when they field even a decent team. Rays play 20 miles away in another city. 

For some reason people in Tampa love hockey. Also, it makes it easier to appear to have great attendance when the stadium is only 20k seats... 

[Bull Matrix]

52 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Riiiiiiiiiiiight. Add New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, LA, Houston, Dallas, and Denver to list of bandwagon cities, too.

Using Chicago is a bad example as you know as a Cubs fan that we support even during the bad years.

[Bull Matrix]

1 minute ago, deters- said:

For some reason people in Tampa love hockey. Also, it makes it easier to appear to have great attendance when the stadium is only 20k seats... 

Good point. The OCS will look better for USF. Plus TB has a lot of snow birds from Canada that love hockey so it is an easier sell. 

[Bull Matrix]

4 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Being in a large city is a killer for USF. I know I have no time or inclination to have more than one team (USF SPORTS) to follow year round. I live in the land of Red Sox and Patriots and I rarely watch either. People watch/follow as many as one can but as one gets older it is difficult to have a full plate of leagues and teams to follow (at least for myself). 

BC support is not that good either as it supports what you are saying here

[Bull Matrix]

30 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Exactly. That's why it's even worse when you see those cities unable to fill a stadium. 

No transit system like NY or Chicago. Makes it even harder for support 

[NewEnglandBull]

2 minutes ago, Bull Daly said:

BC support is not that good either as it supports what you are saying here

Excellent point. I know NO ONE in my circle of academic colleagues who are alumni there ever tell me they are going or have been to a BC game. Yet I hear this all the time for UMASS and UCONN (UMASS fans are tiny small and hard to find). 

Edited September 25, 2017 by NewEnglandBull