Comments on: Dolphins facing potential blackouts in Week One and Week Two http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Mon, 20 May 2013 12:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: fin4life http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1240839 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:57:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1240839 I’m tired of everyone bashing our fan base down here. We havent had a regular season game blacked out since Oct 1998. And this is through season after season of mediocrity AND a 1-15 season. This year so far Jax, Tampa, Oakland and even San Diego are having trouble sellingout their opening game. I’ve been a fan for over 25 years, NEVER root for another team, watch almost every single game, and try to make it out to at least one game a year. Times are tough, economy is bad, and people have family and other responsibilities to tend to. Despite our poor ownership right now, I’m proud of my team and of our fans.

]]> By: corvusrex96 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1240430 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:52:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1240430 “It will never happen. The Miami Dolphins are one of the most popular franchises in sports”

Popularity does not mean a team will stay put. Teams move b/c of money and that often means selling more luxury boxes and stadium deals. Neither of which is directly influenced by average fan support.

The Raiders (twice), Colts, Rams, Cardinals, Oilers and Browns all moved to get better stadium deals.

]]> By: justentertainingthestupid http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1239453 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:52:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1239453 You people that are saying they are going to move to L.A. are a joke. It’s a waist of time to even comment about that because It will never happen. The Miami Dolphins are one of the most popular franchises in sports. Fact. I hope it makes you all mad that when you die the Miami Dolphins will still be here.

]]> By: sslugnuts http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1239015 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:18:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1239015 Good, then we can watch some REAL football teams on TV, instead of the mullets!!!

]]> By: corvusrex96 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238836 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:24:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238836 @david7590

So what you are really saying is that the Baltimore Ravens have never had a blackout.

]]> By: 4jets http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238810 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:03:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238810 Squish the phish

]]> By: botchedextrapoint http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238640 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:23:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238640 Why can’t they sell the remaining tickets to fans for 34 cents in the dollar. If you can’t sell seats it means they are priced beyond the means of their market. Arthur Blank did that when he brought the falcons and almost imediately started to fill the Georgia dome.

]]> By: david7590 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238570 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:25:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238570 @peanutbutter&jelly

Wow, 6.3 whole seasons. The Ravens haven’t had a blackout since their last game in Cleveland back in 95 and that was only because the fans were mad about the team moving, the Browns and Texans have never had a blackout, the Jets haven’t had a blackout since 77, the Giants last one was in 75, the Packers Redskins Steelers and Broncos haven’t had a blackout since the rules changed in 1973 to allow sold-out home games to air in their market. So 6.3 years is not very impressive and it is common knowledge league wide that Dolphin fans are among the worst in all of sports.

]]> By: brealistic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238566 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:21:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238566 YO ampats,
Very Nice…..

]]> By: scudbot http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238565 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:20:33 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238565 Gosh and gee whiz, it would be interesting to know exactly why posts that are critical of moving teams to California are censored. Have a nice day.

]]> By: bossisforboston http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238554 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:08:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238554 Our owner doesn’t care. He cares more about hanging out with Jennifer Lopez, Fergie, Venus and Serena on the orange carpert and club liv.

I thought they owned part of the team?

]]> By: peanutbutter&jelly http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238486 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:17:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238486 the opener will sell out and if the fins win you can believe the texans game will sell out as well and for all you haters out there they have sold out 102 straight reg. season games thats 6.3 seasons so its pretty clear they have some fans out there much to your dismay

]]> By: ampats http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238481 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:11:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238481 brealistic,

with the current ownership of the Dolphins I think you meant to say ,’we want to send a message to our TOP (br) ASS(hole)

]]> By: achap39 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238463 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:00:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238463 So the game will be blacked out, yet the cheapest seats on Ticketmaster right now are $122 apiece, and $53 each on StubHub.

Nah, I’m sure ticket prices have nothing to do with this.

]]> By: rajbais http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238456 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:55:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238456 Sell the team to me!!!!

The only thing you did correctly was sell pieces of the team to multiple celebrity women!!!! Nothing more needs to be said!!!!!

]]> By: willjasper http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238440 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:42:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238440 I think this is the dark-horse team that ends up in Los Angeles. Which is sad since I’ve been a Dolphins fan since 1981.

]]> By: lostsok http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238439 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:40:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238439 As a lifelong Miami fan…this is pathetic. Shameful. Another painfully shining example of why my fellow Phin “fans” are the WORST fanbase in pro sports. Easily. Not even a close second.

The Dolphins should be relocated to LA where someone will support them.

Love the dolphins….SCREW Miami.

]]> By: brealistic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238423 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:17:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238423 ecarlso8 says: Sept 2, 2011 8:57 PM

Send them to LA. You can’t sell out your home opener? PATHETIC…

YO ecarlso8, This has nothing to do with we can’t
sell out our home opener, we want to send a message to our TOP BRASS.

]]> By: rockieschef http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238406 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:59:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238406 Green Bay will never be blacked out at home

]]> By: ecarlso8 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238404 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:57:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238404 Send them to LA. You can’t sell out your home opener? PATHETIC

]]> By: billsin20xx http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238388 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:39:14 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238388 Maybe the fins can just cover up some seats with a tarp like the jags due to ensure a sellout!

]]> By: ampats http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238384 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:35:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238384 If I was a Dolphins fan, I wouldn’t pay to watch my team get shut out on MNF either.

]]> By: hobartbaker http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238382 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:34:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238382 In a one time promotion effort, much disparaged owner Steven Ross has offered to play the first quarter of the game at quarterback. In street clothes.

]]> By: dolphincritic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238368 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:21:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238368 I was looking on Ticket Master; it didn’t look like that many seats were left for the Patriots game. We have never beaten the Texans so I can understand why fans of both teams would loose some of their enthusiasm over that game. Most people want to see a win for their team when they attend the game so a 1-7 season at home last year douses that flame too. I believe that fans will come out for games once the team starts winning games.

]]> By: oldhamletman http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238350 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:06:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238350 1- with how much tickets cost, the blackout rule is stupid anyway, if fans are going TV isn’t in actual competition, well maybe back in 1974…

2- with how much tickets cost, the owner whose name I shall not say should just uncork his wallet for the 75k or so and stop being a tightwad

3- with how much tickets cost, they should have had enough cash around in the last decade to get a QB and O line

]]> By: dolphan1958 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238294 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:36:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238294 Well if anyone has deep pockets, it’s stephen ross.
so PONY UP ROSS!! Ft.Myers is in the blackout
area and I can’t afford tickets and gas and food to
go to the game. yeah yeah, i know , waaa waa

]]> By: neilpountney http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238267 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:05:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238267 another year of 2 posts a day mentioned the phrase “34 cents on the dollar.”
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Which when you come to think of it is a bit like our economy right now!!!

]]> By: suckittrebek76 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238256 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:58:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238256 jnbnet says:
Sep 2, 2011 6:42 PM
No, “Real fans” shouldn’t support an organization that doesn’t do all it can to be successful on the field. The best thing a fan can do is not give money to a crappy organiation. It helps motivate the team to put a better product on the field.
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if you don’t support your team when things are tough, then you are not a real fan! I belive the phrase for fair weather fans is, “jumping on the band wagon.”
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I don’t think you understand. I’m not saying if your team is losing don’t support them. I’m saying if they are incompetent (i.e. The Dolphins) the best thing you can do is send a message to ownership by not going to games.

]]> By: jnbnet http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238230 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:42:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238230 No, “Real fans” shouldn’t support an organization that doesn’t do all it can to be successful on the field. The best thing a fan can do is not give money to a crappy organiation. It helps motivate the team to put a better product on the field.
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if you don’t support your team when things are tough, then you are not a real fan! I belive the phrase for fair weather fans is, “jumping on the band wagon.”

]]> By: JSpicoli http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/02/dolphins-facing-potential-blackouts-in-week-one-and-week-two/#comment-1238224 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:39:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=151691#comment-1238224 The owners have been putting it off with buying the extra seats but it is enevitable.

It is the economy stupid.

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