Comments on: Fair-weather Colts fans could regret not keeping season tickets

By: NoHomeTeam

NoHomeTeam — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 06:00:30 +0000

CKL says: "In the end this will work out better for Indy’s fanbase because they dumped all the manningfans and only Colts fans will be left." I'll opine with some degree of confidence that there are significantly more "manningfans" than there are "Colts" fans. Not sure how this works out better in the end, unless Luck becomes Manning. He might, but that kind of lightning is pretty hard to catch in your bottle more than once.

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:53:52 +0000

@pantherproswallower ….who cares about a lame sport like NHL? Where u frm? Norh Carolina? Redneck , confederate flag flying state, get back into bed with yr sister, clown!!!

By: pantherpro

pantherpro — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:34:34 +0000

Indy you are a straight up hick town with nothing going on. You dont even have a NHL team so you must a minor league town. What a dump!

By: pftstory

pftstory — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:26:58 +0000

In order to make this a story the question needs to be answer. Who gave up their tickets? How many were 100 level tickets or between the 30′s?

If I had 300 level tickets or other below averages tickets I’d give them up knowing my team was going to suck face for a few years. As long as you dont wait too long you can get those seats back in a few years.

So how many people bailed on their lousy seats and how many people bailed on their good seats?
You know the people on the waiting list who turned down tickets when their name came up, were offered 300 level seats.

There are 3000 empty seats. There is nothing to regret until you fail to get one of those. Obviously there is not a stampede.

By: garryjercia

garryjercia — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 22:55:43 +0000

If you want to go to games, you can always -repeat always- get tickets on the secondhand market. And you don’t get forced into buying two worthless games at full price.
The only real benefit of being a season ticket holder now is easier access to playoff tickets, which I would guess isn’t a real factor for fans in several markets.

By: botchedextrapoint

botchedextrapoint — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:37:39 +0000

Sorry to stick a fork in your theory but the pre Farve Packers struggled to get 50-52K in per game and were still playing games in Millwauke. I don’t blame colts fans for being lukewarm. The Irsays were lampooned as bad owners before Peyton fell in to their laps.

By: rgwhodey

rgwhodey — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:32:11 +0000

Los Angeles Colts has a nice ring to it… isn’t that the typical post when they mention slow/no ticket sales? but in reality if you’ve ever been to a colts game in Indy you’d know 90% of the fans there are fair weather fans even with a dome… not the most intelligent fan base…
just sayin’

By: CKL

CKL — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:35:10 +0000

In the end this will work out better for Indy’s fanbase because they dumped all the manningfans and only Colts fans will be left.

By: axespray

axespray — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:16:41 +0000

they’re still probably reeling from that Curtis Painter/Drew Orlosky season… just give ‘em time and they’ll be back.

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:43:22 +0000

Ill never be a fairweathered fan, i support Luck just as i did Peyton when he got here, ill always renew my season tickets in losing or winning seasons, Irsay did what was right, it was time for change

By: finfan88shark

finfan88shark — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:31:11 +0000

Easy for media to call out fans, when they get paid to watch games for free.

By: ogre2010

ogre2010 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:27:26 +0000

Hey Florio,
Are you going write that the Colt Fans are horrible and they should move to Los Angeles like you do Jaguar Fans?

By: citynative

citynative — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:14:44 +0000

How many more Seahawks fans living in Albuquerque can we get to grandstand and talk down to Colts fans on this article?

By: baddorange

baddorange — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:51:32 +0000

Hey moron. Take your $8.00 beer, $5.00 hot dog and water and shove it. Have you fools ever heard of DIRECTV.
Here in Tampa, only idiots sit out in 90 degree heat, life sapping humidity to watch a bunch of stumble bums. Shove the Bucs and its TV, baby.

By: mullman7675

mullman7675 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:48:55 +0000

There should be nothing but smiles in Colt town. Last year was horrible, but the previous 10 were great. You had a HOF QB doing his thing, winning 10+ games EVERY YEAR and winning a SB. Thwn they get lucky and draft Luck, almost ensuring another streak of winning seasons soon to come.

You spoiled brats. You bandwagon fans.

That being said, I always watch the games in the man cave.

By: emperorzero

emperorzero — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:40:07 +0000

The thing that most owners don’t understand is build a winner and the fans will come. It’s not about the stadium or luxury boxes (that’s just icing).

By: ravenfan820

ravenfan820 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:29:00 +0000

from Baltimore to Indy…..an Irrsay is an Irrsay….father or son…..you’d better pray Luck is another Manning….short of that you will be buying less and less tickets……

By: qtownchawk

qtownchawk — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:25:26 +0000

*mora

(I hate auto correct)

By: qtownchawk

qtownchawk — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:21:22 +0000

Troll hammer – I also am a hawks fan in Albuquerque, Nm and I must say it’s refreshing to see there’s more than 3 fans in this city.

But I was listening to cowherd and he made a valid point. After all those years of 12 and 13 win seasons With one of the greatest qbs ever,the fans simply got spoiled. It might be the case of not appreciating what you have till it’s gone. bit on the other hand, the way the team collapsed when #18 was sidelined wouldn’t make me feel so excited to dish out a boatload of cash on tickets…

I say this much though, I’ve sat through the Dave kreig era. The rick mirer era , super bowl xl, holmgrens last season and the Jim moral era, not to mention the recent two consecutive 7-9 seasons. I cheered proudly for my team, watched and attended games and was a true fan the whole time. Being a loyal fan thick and thin makes seeing ur team win feel 100x better than just hopping on the bandwagon. Indy fans, support your team and your new qb…so what pm is gone and u had one losing season? u could be in a city like mine with no pro teams to watch at all.

By: drunkenjunk

drunkenjunk — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:19:53 +0000

stupid fat humps

By: shockt4rt5

shockt4rt5 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:18:00 +0000

Honestly how awful is it to be a Colt fan right now! The team parted ways with one of the greatest to ever play the game and yet the team gets another franchise quarter back. if i was a fan of the Colts i would honestly be trilled that our team is in such a great position considering at how many teams in the NFL have below average quarter backs.

By: jacksaysfu

jacksaysfu — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:17:41 +0000

Colts fans should be ashamed of themselves (only the band wagon ones) . There will only ever be one Peyton Manning , but Andrew Luck is a potential future All-Pro QB whose legs and athletic ability should add another dimension to Indy’s offense . Im not a Colts fan but all Colts fans should be in that stadium . Rep your city Indianapolis , or the NFL could wind up in LA or (save us all) London . Do you want those silly accents being where Luck & the rest of the Colts players grow ? Die hard fans should be pissed at this post !

By: vetdana

vetdana — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:14:24 +0000

Those who are choosing to take a respite from renewal notices are also taking a calculated risk.

Wrong !……….Anyone who makes a conscience decision to save thousands of dollars…just made a prudent economic decision that has a budget clearly in mind !…….Why purchase expensive items[ like pre- season game tickets] that you have no interest in ?……some day the owners and NFL are going to realize the truth of this statement.

By: bsizemore68

bsizemore68 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:13:18 +0000

Why should the Colts be worry about fans not buying tickets, ask the fans in Baltimore if the Irsay family care about them before they sneak away in the middle of the night as the snow fell, its a two way street, screw the Colts and there fans. Bill

By: cletusvandam

cletusvandam — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:06:00 +0000

Living in central IN for my entire life I can tell you unequivocally that before Manning Colts fans were few and far between. Blacked out games every home game, no Colts stuff to be seen. Then the winning started and the bandwagon Colts fans came out of the woodwork. Sold out games every week, couldn’t go 5 feet without seeing someone wearing Colts stuff, thousands deep waiting list for season tickets. Now it’s back to losing, back to not selling out games, I’m sure blackouts are right around the corner, and no one is sporting Colts gear anymore. NFL ticket here I come!

By: trubroncfan07

trubroncfan07 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:00:42 +0000

Indy is no different than LA. They only come out in full force when there teams are dominating.

By: jimcaldwellsucks

jimcaldwellsucks — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:54:34 +0000

When Jim Irsay obtains a clue, it will be his first.

By: thraiderskin

thraiderskin — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:46:23 +0000

I think Colt’s fans are not fair-weather, I think they are upset with how everything was handled by the owner. Manning should have been given his fair opportunity to lead the team with the rookie waiting in the wings. Calling out fans for showing their disdain towards how a team treats their legends is low-brow.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:45:45 +0000

If NFL teams didn’t insist on requiring season ticket holders to also buy tickets to preseason games….the Colts probably wouldn’t have any available season tickets. It can be hard enough for people to justify the expense of going to 8 games when you know the team will suck for a couple of years…..it is even harder to justify when you get stuck with buying expensive tickets to a couple of practices.

By: mtheparrothead

mtheparrothead — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:45:16 +0000

“were a winners town”. Then colts fans won’t be happy for quite sometime. Enjoy the afc cellar