Surprise teams in '09?

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by DBUCHANON101

Im not sayin anything, that was part of an article on MSN, i just couldnt believe the Jags were in that kind of trouble being a new team.

The Jags get little local support. Their preseason games are blacked out on tv in Jax because no one shows up. And in the regular season, by NFL rules the game cannot be shown locally on tv unless it is a sellout. Because the Jags had no hope of achieving such, they simply covered over a block of seats to make their stadium effectively smaller. Finally, even if they had tons of rabid fans, they play in a small market, which hurts their marketing, etc. The attraction of LA, despite its past failures, is that it is a large market.