03-16-2021, 04:27 PM
(03-16-2021, 02:27 PM)TJ528 Wrote: Sadly I very much agree with you but when you're only putting 25k-30k fans in the seats per game do you really deserve a team in that city? Mikey boy knows he could move this team to Oakland or San Antonio and sell out every game because their hungry for the NFL in their cities. The city of Cincinnati is so apathetic that they don't care anymore. Mike Brown has used and abuse the fan base and never give them anything in return. Paul Brown must be rolling over in his grave right now so he doesn't have to watch this shit show every fall.
The shame of all of this is what you alluded to, it's not the city's fault for lackluster support, it's Mike Brown's.
This city gave the Bengals something like 8 straight years of sellouts at PBS. And this wasn't exactly the result of an excellent product, they were about .500 over this time. Riverfront too enjoyed excellent attendance in the years that were't among the lost decade.
What's crazy is that this town has shown the will support a decent product. You don't even have to give us the world, just throw out a decent team and some change here and there (Arrival of Marvin Lewis, Carson Palmer, etc.).
Fwiw, there's some interesting numbers related to tv viewership by city. Cincinnati routinely ranks near the top in % of residents who watch the NFL, or watches their team.
I fear you're right, if they were to leave we wouldn't get another team. But it would be so unfair if the reasoning for that was because of unsold tickets. You could put this product over the last 30 years in a number of other potential spots and they wouldn't support it any better either.
