You sir are exactly correct. The only problem is fans or so called fans across the league are too busy bashing other city’s and fans to ever come together and realize the power that the fan actually holds. I mean look now, the lock out is only a month over and people are on the “move _____ to L.A.”. Nice idea in theory, but NFL fans will never come together. Pretty sad actually.

I agree with you, and I also agree with a few other people on here as well….

I live in Nashville, TN. I couldn’t be more of a Die Hard Bucs Fan. I am not rich, by any stretch of the immagination. I plan, and budget my money. If I lived in the Tampa Area, I would be a season ticket holder. I am going to the game in November here in Nashville, 2nd row seats behind the Bucs Bench. It cost me $700.00. Yup, a lot of money, however, I don’t get to do it very often.

If I was a Bucs fan in Tampa, and wanted to support my team, I would find a way to go. (not at 700 a pop though)

Now…. on the other side of it, the Lock out discurraged a lot of “fans”. When this happened, and more revenue goes to the players, I knew prices would go up on everything… they gotta make up the money, so lets take it from the fans. I knew this would happen. If fans boycotted all 32 teams… I guarantee the prices would come down.

Also, ticket prices are absurd. I only go to games now if someone “gives” me a ticket for free. Here’s why I won’t buy a ticket to an NFL game ever again and will instead watch on TV:
-No traffic
-No crowds
-No overpriced crappy food
-No dirty bathrooms
-No paying for parking
-No drunks cussing and getting in fights around my kids
-No missing a replay on controversial calls because they refuse replay those on the jumbotron
-No missing out on other highlights around the league
-No heat
-No uncomfortable seats

The NFL doesn’t understand that the TV experience far surpasses going to the game.

However, the NFL, in all of its greed have made the cost benefit swing to watching the games at home or in bars. The NFL doesn’t seem to realize that there is this little problem called the recession and high unemployment. I know it’s hard for billionaires to even comprehend problems we peasants and serfs have, but they need a reality check.

The idiotic blackout rule needs to go. The NFL is the only business in the world which punishes its customers for not buying its luxury products.

the real NFL Mania started in the 70s and 80s in major recessions with NFL games being the highlight of working class life in a lot of cases….

now, there is no way blue collar, hard working families can afford to be die hard fans…..

and it’s especially galling when you see the JaMarcus, Haynesworth, etc. pay for lay crap going on….

wanna sell tickets NFL? remember where you came from and do something about it…..

Refresh my memory, why did LA lose the Rams?

1 – it’s much easier, cheaper, and better these days to watch NFL games on HDTV at home, or even in a bar – this is true everywhere, but it has a larger effect on game attendance where other local circumstances make attending the game a relatively less desirable thing

2 – FL has warm sunny weather throughout the season, so there’s almost always great, cheap recreation alternatives available, at the beach, etc.

3 – FL has hot sunny weather through most of the season, and it’s miserable to sit and bake in the sun during a daytime game before December or so, by which time a team is either a playoff contender, or not

You’re still trying to get people to believe this. It only happened in your imagination…

Why pay to watch this game when you can watch for free courtesy of advertisers? And boo hoo for the NFL, they’re still making coin aplenty.

And btw what’s with this “Tailgating” thing? Eating and getting drunk in a freaking parking lot is fun? WTF?? Yeah, I’m fortunate enough to live right on the beach nearly directly east of Dolphin/Pro Player/Sun Life/ Joe Robbie/whatever stadium, so I have more access to recreation and entertainment and nice weather than most. But seriously, “Tailgating”?? Glad I don’t live in flyover country. I’d rather spend time before and after the game boating or swimming then hanging in a parking lot.

Whatever happened to supply & demand? I love the Dolphins but I’m not paying those prices to watch this team, sorry. It’s so expensive now its beyond just a hobby.

In high school economics they taught us companies lower prices if demand isn’t there. I’m still waiting to see this happen. In fact I’m still waiting for my pay to return to pre-2008 levels, from which I’ve also noticed NFL prices NEVER decreased commensurately with our earnings during that time.

Economic times are an issue and many people rightly value necessities more than entertainment. The HDTV experience is good and cheap. So is heading out to the local sports bar to watch your game and keep an eye on all the others. The NFL left a bad taste in fans’ mouths fromhow both sides handled their squabble over our money. I think they should eliminate all blackouts this year.

That’s news to me. Every post that I’ve ever read by a Jaguar fan it’s always read “no blackouts”. There’s not one Jag fan that doesn’t know our ticket situation. You’d would have to be pretty ignorant to think that every game was a complete sellout last season every though we had zero blackouts. You’d also have to be the same if one were to believe that all other 31 team are completely selling out in this economy.

Look here’s the deal. As the post above reads, the Jaguars have been completely transparent on their website with tickets starting after 17K cancelled season tickets right when economy went belly up in 2008-09. 17K season ticket holders just don’t cancel tickets for no other reason. I realize everyone hates Jax, but the economy excuse works in every other market except Jax. Especially when that was the main reason a vast majority of those 17K said was why the cancelled.(lost job, moving b/c of lost job, etc.) Besides do the math, 50K +17K=67K(stadium capacity)

No other team has those numbers on their website and if they did doesn’t it make sense that 50, 957(which is Jag number to avoid blackout) that all the other 8-9 teams with tickets issue are right around that vacinity.

Bottomline, does Jax have ticket problems? Yes. After losing 17K season ticket holders what do you expect. The media portrays it as if Jax is the ONE and ONLY team in the history of the NFL to ever have ticket issue and blackouts. People hate the Jax and the Jaguars and that’s fine. Personally I could care less about the other 31 teams in the league. We have passionate fans just like other citys, but the media has told a different story. Jaguar fans just want the media to at least report the facts instead of slanting stories to fit agendas and demonizing a city and fanbase. I don’t think that’s too much to ask for.

Who has ever said otherwise? It’s the same as every other team in the league.