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Dwayne1m
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| I'm shocked at the number of empty seats at Pittsburgh today as they play Jacksonville. This is a playoff game and the Steelers rule that town. |
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| Dwayne1m wrote: |
| I'm shocked at the number of empty seats at Pittsburgh today as they play Jacksonville. This is a playoff game and the Steelers rule that town. |
Did you ever think that sitting in the seats with weather in the teens (not counting the windchill) might be keeping people at home. It's no fun freezing your ass off in this kind of weather (we're at 14*F at the moment with a 5mph breeze) here in the Detroit area. This is actually warmer than yesterday's high. 
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| Bobnotch wrote: |
| Dwayne1m wrote: |
| I'm shocked at the number of empty seats at Pittsburgh today as they play Jacksonville. This is a playoff game and the Steelers rule that town. |
Did you ever think that sitting in the seats with weather in the teens (not counting the windchill) might be keeping people at home. It's no fun freezing your ass off in this kind of weather (we're at 14*F at the moment with a 5mph breeze) here in the Detroit area. This is actually warmer than yesterday's high. |
Yeah, that's totally the reason. 
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| TDCTDI wrote: |
| Bobnotch wrote: |
| Dwayne1m wrote: |
| I'm shocked at the number of empty seats at Pittsburgh today as they play Jacksonville. This is a playoff game and the Steelers rule that town. |
Did you ever think that sitting in the seats with weather in the teens (not counting the windchill) might be keeping people at home. It's no fun freezing your ass off in this kind of weather (we're at 14*F at the moment with a 5mph breeze) here in the Detroit area. This is actually warmer than yesterday's high. |
Yeah, that's totally the reason. |
Someone should tell these Buffalo Bills fans it's not fun 
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Dwayne1m
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| Bobnotch wrote: |
| Dwayne1m wrote: |
| I'm shocked at the number of empty seats at Pittsburgh today as they play Jacksonville. This is a playoff game and the Steelers rule that town. |
Did you ever think that sitting in the seats with weather in the teens (not counting the windchill) might be keeping people at home. It's no fun freezing your ass off in this kind of weather (we're at 14*F at the moment with a 5mph breeze) here in the Detroit area. This is actually warmer than yesterday's high. |
Not buying it. I was there for the AFC Championship game in 2010 when the Jets were there. It was a Sunday night and with wind chill it was well below 0 and the place was packed. It was so cold my glasses, which were transition lenses, got frozen in the dark stage and it was night time. I had to go into a restroom to warm them up so they would lighten. |
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vwracerdave
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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Attendance is down all across the NFL. The kneeling protest hurt.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| Attendance is down all across the NFL. The kneeling protest hurt. |
Maybe some had a clue to the end result.... Why freeze your ass off, they are going to loose, again...
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| vwracerdave wrote: |
| Attendance is down all across the NFL. The kneeling protest hurt. |
Yup… the National Felon League shot themselves in the foot….
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Glenn
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:46 am Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| There was also a terrorist threat. |
I live in New York... that's everyday here.
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Mid Engine Bug
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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My dad and brother went to the game. They werent too thrilled about leaving 75 degree weather to go sit in single digit weather. But they got VIP treatment the whole time so I dont feel bad. Always helps knowing someone on the team. Got to meet the coach and most of the team before the game.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:42 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| I'm shocked at the number of empty seats at Pittsburgh today as they play Jacksonville. |
Actually the attendance was 64,524 which was 99% of the capacity of 65,000 |
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Dwayne1m
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| I'm shocked at the number of empty seats at Pittsburgh today as they play Jacksonville. |
Actually the attendance was 64,524 which was 99% of the capacity of 65,000 |
That may be paid attendance, but from what I saw it wasn't actual attendance. |
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Glenn
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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Actually the attendance was 64,524 which was 99% of the capacity of 65,000 |
That may be paid attendance, but from what I saw it wasn't actual attendance. |
I was at a Mets game against the Braves. It was the last day of the season and it was a double header since it was a makeup game and both teams were not i nthe post season. It was cold and raining so i moved from the upper deck to the mezzanine. The "paid" attendance was 33,000, they were lucky 3000 there.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| Bobnotch wrote: |
| Dwayne1m wrote: |
| I'm shocked at the number of empty seats at Pittsburgh today as they play Jacksonville. This is a playoff game and the Steelers rule that town. |
Did you ever think that sitting in the seats with weather in the teens (not counting the windchill) might be keeping people at home. It's no fun freezing your ass off in this kind of weather (we're at 14*F at the moment with a 5mph breeze) here in the Detroit area. This is actually warmer than yesterday's high. |
Not a chance, it's the Steelers. People don't like the kneeling! |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:26 am Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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People don't like the kneeling! |
They're all looking at it wrong, ALL of those overpaid douchebags should be kneeling in front of the servicemen that fought & served to allow them the right to protest. 
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jspbtown
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:47 am Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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That's correct...certain people are definitely looking at it wrong.
Ticket sales, advertising, and merchandising for the NFL is still very strong. There are some small dips in TV viewership but that is based mostly in online viewing.
Despite what some want to believe, the calls for a silly boycott because of some misdirected perceptions is not negatively impacted the NFL. In 2017 they will generate over $14 billion in revenue |
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turbotype1
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:14 am Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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People don't like the kneeling! |
They're all looking at it wrong, ALL of those overpaid douchebags should be kneeling in front of the servicemen that fought & served to allow them the right to protest. |
This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.....
And how did the NFL think they would fix the problem? By not televising the National Anthem. Smart move.....
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Pittsburghers were afraid that Tomlin would not use QB sneak from 5 inches away, twice yet.
Or try an onside kick with 2.5 minutes left.
Or instruct his pass defenders to never even appear within the TV screen view of Jacksonville receivers !!!
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:59 am Post subject: Re: Empty seats in Pittsburgh |
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| They're all looking at it wrong, |
That's correct...certain people are definitely looking at it wrong.
Ticket sales, advertising, and merchandising for the NFL is still very strong. There are some small dips in TV viewership but that is based mostly in online viewing.
Despite what some want to believe, the calls for a silly boycott because of some misdirected perceptions is not negatively impacted the NFL. In 2017 they will generate over $14 billion in revenue |
Let's see how the NFL does when the habitual season ticket buyers decide not to re-up in 2018.
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