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To: Mouton
All three Florida teams are basically in the bottom third of the NFL in terms of home game attendance. So why have three NFL teams that draw so poorly bunched together in one relatively small state?
I'm speaking as a long time Denver Bronco season ticket holder that attends games that routinely have 76,000 plus fans in attendance ...
By the way we like Jack Del Rio our defensive coordinator, good to have him back for his second year with the Broncos.
124 posted on 07/25/2013 2:16:02 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: BluH2o

First of all, Florida is not that small a state in land area. In total area it is 22nd. Note, NY with three teams, is 26th.

You are correct indirectly about one thing, pro football is not a big deal in Fla probably as there have been few great seasons for any of these teams in the past 20 years. The Jax area is not very large population wise either. My guess around a million...hard draw as college football is the main attraction here. Here are the numbers computed by someone else:

NFL Cities by Population

(in millions)
:NYJ :NYG New York 19.0
:CHI Chicago 9.6
:DAL Dallas 6.3
:PHI Philadelphia 5.8
:HOU Houston 5.7
:MIA Miami 5.4
:ATL Atlanta 5.4
:WAS Washington D.C. 5.4
:NE Boston 4.5
:DET Detroit 4.4
:ARI Phoenix 4.3
:SF :OAK San Francisco/Oakland 4.3
:SEA Seattle 3.3
:MIN Minneapolis 3.2
:SD San Diego 3.0
:STL St. Louis 2.8
:TB Tampa Bay 2.7
:BAL Baltimore 2.7
:DEN Denver 2.5
:PIT Pittsburgh 2.4
:CIN Cincinnati 2.2
:CLE Cleveland 2.1
:KC Kansas City 2.0
:IND Indianapolis 1.7
:CAR Charlotte 1.7
:TEN Nashville 1.6
:JAC Jacksonville 1.3
:NO New Orleans 1.1
:BUF Buffalo 1.1
:GB Green Bay 0.3 (112 miles north of Milwaukee 1.5 M)

Del Rio is a good defensive coach which is where he should stay IMO....not so good at the head coach.


126 posted on 07/25/2013 3:00:15 PM PDT by Mouton (108th MI Group.....68-71)
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