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Originally Posted by GMScud

Sportscurmudgeon:

You make good points. However, DC is in a unique spot. How many other teams across the country have all 4 major sports, a large amount of college/universities with D-1 sports, and exist in such an area as population-dense as the mid-atlantic/northeastern US? Philly, NY, and Baltimore are major metropolitan areas within 200 or so miles of DC, and if you add up teams in the 4 major sports, there are 14 other franchises separate from those in DC.

Also, I'd like to see the stats on other teams in the NHL, NBA, and MLB that sell a high % of seats during pitiful stretches of futility.

As far as the college sports, I'm a Gator and can attest to the loyalty and sellouts for them, but Gainesville, FL is a fart in the wind compared to the DC metro area. There's nothing to do down there except watch the Gators.
I have and always will think Maryland fans are soft.