Some NFL stadiums appear empth, is the boycott working?

[Faun]

Obviously you didn't watch the game and saw certain sections seating's being rather sparse in the background especially in the upper decks.

Notice the empty seats in the background? This shot was taken in the 3rd quarter.

when was that when Sherman got hurt in the third quarter? If it happened in the beginning of the third quarter then i would not put to much stock in the shot since a lot of people dont get back till the middle of the third quarter leaving for the restroom and refreshments at halftime.

That photo is not from when Sherman got injured, which he shook off and kept playing... if from after the game ended. You can see a cable stretched across the field by his right foot ... people milling about on the field ... and he doesn’t have his helmet.

I don't think Sherman "shook off and kept playing." He was shown on the sidelines saying something like he destroyed his Achilles after the injury. However you are correct that the picture is not from when it happened.

I watched the clip again— you’re right, he walked off the field.

 

[Montrovant]

Obviously you didn't watch the game and saw certain sections seating's being rather sparse in the background especially in the upper decks.

Notice the empty seats in the background? This shot was taken in the 3rd quarter.

It looks like it was during a break of some sort. Look at all the non-players walking around on the field, including a guy carrying a camera. That certainly isn't a picture of the stands during play, which would be the best indication.

There certainly have been a number of pictures of partially full stadiums, particularly for the 49ers and Rams. It's hard to know what ticket sales are actually like, since there are contradictory numbers floating around.

I know beyond a doubt Niner games are always half empty.I visit a 49er message board sometimes and even they have posted pics there of the same angry about how the fans need to get out and support them.lol

The Rams game however was the exception.It was actually packed.I like others here also assumed the stands were half empty as well for that game since they always are

However there was this one poster in another section that posted a pic to clarify it to this other poster he was incorrect saying the seats were half empty for that game. the pic he showed proved they were all full. I wish i could remember what thread it was where i saw that pic at.darn.


I am guessing the ONLY reason THAT game was packed is because SF fans same as me have been wanting the Rams back in LA forever now as well so many of the fans in SF who dont go to games anymore with them out of the city,did take the time this time to go see that classic rivalry.

NORMALLY that stadium always DOES look like that. But they get excited about the Rams no matter how bad both teams are because of the history with each other so that game is always the exception.

Other than Ram games,that place is always half empty all the time.

the NFL has turned off many NFL fans because they are now seeing what I have the last 20 years that it is the NO FAN LOYALTY LEAGUE. the owners were so stupid with relocating all these teams they ignored the economists that it would bite them at the gates as it is now.

people who think the niners winning that people will then all of a sudden show up are nuts and dont know any better. Because In SF they always packed them in when they were horrible and the joke of the league.

Same with the chargers in SD. the NFL leaving LA has drastically hurt because other then diehards,the new generation did not have a team to root for so they found other things to do the last 20 years the fact there is so much to do in LA and the NFL is finding out it is going to take a long time to get the fans back because they are having to rebuild all over again to the NEWER generation of football fans who found a different team to root for,they arent going to all of a sudden stop rooting for that team they adopted

they were never embraced in st louis other than the greatest show on turf years and now they are back where they started when they got to st louis with half empty stadiums having to try and get a new generation of fans who adopted another team back to games again.

the NFL has royally fucked things up the last 30 years with all these moronic relocations and now it has esculated worse than ever with these recent asinine relocations of the niners to santa clara the chargers to LA.

the owners have KILLED this game.

Some of the relocations have sucked, but there's so much money involved, it isn't shocking. They tend to go where the best deal is, and that doesn't always indicate level of fan support.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Obviously you didn't watch the game and saw certain sections seating's being rather sparse in the background especially in the upper decks.

Notice the empty seats in the background? This shot was taken in the 3rd quarter.

It looks like it was during a break of some sort. Look at all the non-players walking around on the field, including a guy carrying a camera. That certainly isn't a picture of the stands during play, which would be the best indication.

There certainly have been a number of pictures of partially full stadiums, particularly for the 49ers and Rams. It's hard to know what ticket sales are actually like, since there are contradictory numbers floating around.

I know beyond a doubt Niner games are always half empty.I visit a 49er message board sometimes and even they have posted pics there of the same angry about how the fans need to get out and support them.lol

The Rams game however was the exception.It was actually packed.I like others here also assumed the stands were half empty as well for that game since they always are

However there was this one poster in another section that posted a pic to clarify it to this other poster he was incorrect saying the seats were half empty for that game. the pic he showed proved they were all full. I wish i could remember what thread it was where i saw that pic at.darn.


I am guessing the ONLY reason THAT game was packed is because SF fans same as me have been wanting the Rams back in LA forever now as well so many of the fans in SF who dont go to games anymore with them out of the city,did take the time this time to go see that classic rivalry.

NORMALLY that stadium always DOES look like that. But they get excited about the Rams no matter how bad both teams are because of the history with each other so that game is always the exception.

Other than Ram games,that place is always half empty all the time.

the NFL has turned off many NFL fans because they are now seeing what I have the last 20 years that it is the NO FAN LOYALTY LEAGUE. the owners were so stupid with relocating all these teams they ignored the economists that it would bite them at the gates as it is now.

people who think the niners winning that people will then all of a sudden show up are nuts and dont know any better. Because In SF they always packed them in when they were horrible and the joke of the league.

Same with the chargers in SD. the NFL leaving LA has drastically hurt because other then diehards,the new generation did not have a team to root for so they found other things to do the last 20 years the fact there is so much to do in LA and the NFL is finding out it is going to take a long time to get the fans back because they are having to rebuild all over again to the NEWER generation of football fans who found a different team to root for,they arent going to all of a sudden stop rooting for that team they adopted

they were never embraced in st louis other than the greatest show on turf years and now they are back where they started when they got to st louis with half empty stadiums having to try and get a new generation of fans who adopted another team back to games again.

the NFL has royally fucked things up the last 30 years with all these moronic relocations and now it has esculated worse than ever with these recent asinine relocations of the niners to santa clara the chargers to LA.

the owners have KILLED this game.

Some of the relocations have sucked, but there's so much money involved, it isn't shocking. They tend to go where the best deal is, and that doesn't always indicate level of fan support.

yeah but now more than anything it is really biting them worse than ever.are you aware that most the owners did not want Spanos to go to LA? They thought he would work something out in SD and stay there but he got so paranoid thinking the raiders would go there that he panicked and went which was pretty stupid on his part because they were never going to approve the raiders going there.they never wanted the Davis family in LA again and they did not want a repeat of gangsters and thugs starting fights in the stands which is why it was the CHARGERS they gave approval of to have the second option of joining them.

The NFL owners like the morons they are,have themselves to blame because they were the idiots that insisted on building a stadium that could house two teams insisting on wanting to have two teams so those morons have themselves to blame making it possible for the chargers to leave in the first place.

as for the niners?that greedy A hole Jed York stabbed the loyal fans in the back so that the blue collar workers who were the bread in butter for season ticket holders,he priced them out so they could not afford the tickets and they were not even on the waiting list. He was stupid enough to give first shot to the rich wigs who dont have passion for the sport hense the empty seats.

and the Rams move to st louis as I just mentioned has backfired on them worse than ever.Nobody supported them in st louis other than the greatest show on turf years which was only for a few years which is why they moved back but people in LA during that time,found other things to do and moved on from football the fact there is so much to do in LA.

Plus the new generation adopted their own teams to root for since they did not have a team to root for so they are right back where they started 50 years ago when they first moved to LA,having to build a fanbase all over again. Fortunately for the NFL,the Rams are winning so they should have a better fanbase next season. that is the ONLY one case in those 3 relocations,where things look to appear better in the near future.

 

[antiquity]

Obviously you didn't watch the game and saw certain sections seating's being rather sparse in the background especially in the upper decks.

Notice the empty seats in the background? This shot was taken in the 3rd quarter.

What the **** are you trying to pull?

The first picture offers no indication of when it was captured. Could have been before the game started, after it ended, during halftime ... who knows.

The second picture is clearly from after the game had ended as photographers can be seen walking across the field.

Meanwhile, I posted a photo obviously taken during the National Anthem and from the seats viewable in the image, it's packed.

If the game was over what are the fans in the stands look at?

Sherman was hurt in the third quarter as I stated in my first post....Clearly you are wrong.... and on almost every time stoppage photographers walk onto the field...Obviously you haven't been to many games or it seem that is the case with your rather dumb comments.

 

[antiquity]

Obviously you didn't watch the game and saw certain sections seating's being rather sparse in the background especially in the upper decks.

Notice the empty seats in the background? This shot was taken in the 3rd quarter.

Looks like game had ended, I'm guessing that is ESPN's post game set up in the background. Below is a link to the video replay of injury showing Richard Sherman shoving away assistance while walking off field. One needs to be suspicious of all media, not just the mainstream media.

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Obviously you didn't watch the game and saw certain sections seating's being rather sparse in the background especially in the upper decks.

Notice the empty seats in the background? This shot was taken in the 3rd quarter.

Looks like game had ended, I'm guessing that is ESPN's post game set up in the background. Below is a link to the video replay of injury showing Richard Sherman shoving away assistance while walking off field. One needs to be suspicious of all media, not just the mainstream media.

All that happened in the third quarter when the game was still in doubt. If the fans were all headed to the rest room I wonder how long the lines were?

 

[Montrovant]

Obviously you didn't watch the game and saw certain sections seating's being rather sparse in the background especially in the upper decks.

Notice the empty seats in the background? This shot was taken in the 3rd quarter.

What the **** are you trying to pull?

The first picture offers no indication of when it was captured. Could have been before the game started, after it ended, during halftime ... who knows.

The second picture is clearly from after the game had ended as photographers can be seen walking across the field.

Meanwhile, I posted a photo obviously taken during the National Anthem and from the seats viewable in the image, it's packed.

If the game was over what are the fans in the stands look at?

Sherman was hurt in the third quarter as I stated in my first post....Clearly you are wrong.... and on almost every time stoppage photographers walk onto the field...Obviously you haven't been to many games or it seem that is the case with your rather dumb comments.

In post #154 My2c provided a link to video of Sherman getting hurt. If you watch the video on youtube, you clearly see that your picture is not from when Sherman was injured. Sherman walked off the field under his own power, wearing his helmet, at about the 30 yard line when he was hurt. Your picture is from another time.

 

[Slash]

NFL attendance is right on pace for 17.2 to 17.3 million in attendance, right where it was last year. Yeah Chargers in their crap stadium sucks and some bad teams have poor attendance. But it's funny watching people try pulling up stuff like the Titans game. Circulating pictures at halftime when there's 2.5 hours of film of that stadium full.

I always thought the flat earthers were idiots. But these people who'd rather look at one picture and throw away the tons of evidence actually during the game make them look like geniuses.

It's hilarious too seeing them on Yahoo and twitter talking about how great their NFL boycott is going too. It's like they don't even realize those are two of the NFL's top partners. It's almost like watching a guy eating a Big Mac telling you how he's boycotting McDonalds. That dumb.

 

[Faun]

Obviously you didn't watch the game and saw certain sections seating's being rather sparse in the background especially in the upper decks.

Notice the empty seats in the background? This shot was taken in the 3rd quarter.

What the **** are you trying to pull?

The first picture offers no indication of when it was captured. Could have been before the game started, after it ended, during halftime ... who knows.

The second picture is clearly from after the game had ended as photographers can be seen walking across the field.

Meanwhile, I posted a photo obviously taken during the National Anthem and from the seats viewable in the image, it's packed.

If the game was over what are the fans in the stands look at?

Sherman was hurt in the third quarter as I stated in my first post....Clearly you are wrong.... and on almost every time stoppage photographers walk onto the field...Obviously you haven't been to many games or it seem that is the case with your rather dumb comments.

You don’t watch football if you think production crew are allowed to drag cables across the field during the game. The game clearly just ended and some folks always take their time getting out to avoid the rush. You can even see lines of people in the aisles.

And again, most notably... Sherman doesn’t have his helmet. You don’t see players on the field during the game without their helmet.

 

[Faun]

Obviously you didn't watch the game and saw certain sections seating's being rather sparse in the background especially in the upper decks.

Notice the empty seats in the background? This shot was taken in the 3rd quarter.

Looks like game had ended, I'm guessing that is ESPN's post game set up in the background. Below is a link to the video replay of injury showing Richard Sherman shoving away assistance while walking off field. One needs to be suspicious of all media, not just the mainstream media.

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Obviously you didn't watch the game and saw certain sections seating's being rather sparse in the background especially in the upper decks.

Notice the empty seats in the background? This shot was taken in the 3rd quarter.

Looks like game had ended, I'm guessing that is ESPN's post game set up in the background. Below is a link to the video replay of injury showing Richard Sherman shoving away assistance while walking off field. One needs to be suspicious of all media, not just the mainstream media.

All that happened in the third quarter when the game was still in doubt. If the fans were all headed to the rest room I wonder how long the lines were?

Here, check this out... at 3:20 in this video you get a good look at the fans while Wilson is scrambling....

Packed stadium.

 

[monkrules]

Naw, just getting bored with all you guys whining about them.

"How dare you darkies not entertain me!"

These stupid ***** are being paid well to be entertaining. The shitstains should be fired if they're too ******* stupid to appreciate their jobs. They can do their idiotic whining on their own time — not when they're supposed to be thinking about, and playing, some great football.

I think the teams should begin firing players a little at a time. There are thousands of guys who would kill to be able to join any of those teams.

And the angry fans are having an impact. I can't say how big it is, but the football forums are alive with pissed off fans.

 

[Slash]

Naw, just getting bored with all you guys whining about them.

"How dare you darkies not entertain me!"

These stupid ***** are being paid well to be entertaining. The shitstains should be fired if they're too ******* stupid to appreciate their jobs. They can do their idiotic whining on their own time — not when they're supposed to be thinking about, and playing, some great football.

I think the teams should begin firing players a little at a time. There are thousands of guys who would kill to be able to join any of those teams.

And the angry fans are having an impact. I can't say how big it is, but the football forums are alive with pissed off fans.

Yeah there are a lot of new people showing up on the sports forums I see talking about how they are hating football now because of politics. But internet forums are always filled with pissed off unhappy people.

As for players kneeling.. They are being payed well to play the game. I haven't seen one single player do ANYTHING during the game to protest. Not once on a play. Yeah before the game I've seen it. Also seen players not out there because they were in the locker room taking a shit.

 

[Slash]

All that happened in the third quarter when the game was still in doubt. If the fans were all headed to the rest room I wonder how long the lines were?

Pretty Long. See, the thing is a LOT of people have video camera's now with cell phones. So we don't have to put all our eggs in one basket on a picture where we can't even tell when it was taken. So why not look at other evidence.



There's a simple one that took about 5 seconds to find. Some guy at the game during the national anthem, panning around the stadium. Hmmm, packed house.


So why is there this desire to lie at all costs? Seriously we have hours and hours of tape showing DURING THE GAME they played to a packed house? Why do you feel the need to just blatantly lie and pretend it was empty? When you need to lie to make your point it actually does the opposite of that.

I thought the flat earthers were idiots trying to stick to that belief in the face of obvious evidence to the contrary, but it seems some people want to make them look like Einsteins by comparison.

 

[monkrules]

Yeah there are a lot of new people showing up on the sports forums I see talking about how they are hating football now because of politics. But internet forums are always filled with pissed off unhappy people.

As for players kneeling.. They are being payed well to play the game. I haven't seen one single player do ANYTHING during the game to protest. Not once on a play. Yeah before the game I've seen it. Also seen players not out there because they were in the locker room taking a shit.

Yeah, is that so? Well, a lot of those unhappy folk who are pissed about the ******* idiots kneeling are the same kinds of people who actually buy tickets to the games. White people who work their ******* asses off to be able to afford season tickets. And they're there to be entertained not to listen to, or to watch, a bunch of whiners on the sideline acting like they're so ******* "oppressed". Give me a ******* break.

And most of the people who sympathize with the drama queens who are kneeling couldn't afford a season ticket if all of the worthless bastards co-signed for one-another. They're just worthless whiners. If they hate this country so much, there are other countries where they might feel less ******* oppressed.

 

[Slash]

Yeah, is that so? Well, a lot of those unhappy folk who are pissed about the ******* idiots kneeling are the same kinds of people who actually buy tickets to the games. White people who work their ******* asses off to be able to afford season tickets. And they're there to be entertained not to listen to, or to watch, a bunch of whiners on the sideline acting like they're so ******* "oppressed". Give me a ******* break.

And most of the people who sympathize with the drama queens who are kneeling couldn't afford a season ticket if all of the worthless bastards co-signed for one-another. They're just worthless whiners. If they hate this country so much, there are other countries where they might feel less ******* oppressed.

Yeah. There are always gonna be a loud group of people that say they are really upset at those uppity n!gg*r$ talking when they are only good for playing football and basketball. That group has really been more vocal of late as well.

I guess if they hate that first Amendment so much, maybe they can go find a new country that doesn't protect that right. I mean North Korea.. yeah imagine if an athlete chose to kneel there? Maybe that's more their speed.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

All that happened in the third quarter when the game was still in doubt. If the fans were all headed to the rest room I wonder how long the lines were?

Pretty Long. See, the thing is a LOT of people have video camera's now with cell phones. So we don't have to put all our eggs in one basket on a picture where we can't even tell when it was taken. So why not look at other evidence.



There's a simple one that took about 5 seconds to find. Some guy at the game during the national anthem, panning around the stadium. Hmmm, packed house.


So why is there this desire to lie at all costs? Seriously we have hours and hours of tape showing DURING THE GAME they played to a packed house? Why do you feel the need to just blatantly lie and pretend it was empty? When you need to lie to make your point it actually does the opposite of that.

I thought the flat earthers were idiots trying to stick to that belief in the face of obvious evidence to the contrary, but it seems some people want to make them look like Einsteins by comparison.

That pretty much proves it was indeed packed.

yeah a buddy of mine is a Seahawks fan who watched that game and he told me it looked packed on tv when he watched it as well and this pretty much backs him up.

yeah other than charger,49ers and Ram games pretty much the majority of stadiums are packed,those three have all been hurt by relocation with the exception of the Rams and let me explain that one . Yes the Rams are having problems as well but they were packed through most of last year with crowds of 80,000 plus.,many just lost interest because of the poor product on the field.

Since Mvcey has turned things around for them now though,they are getting bigger and better crowds,last weeks game vs the Houston Texans was the biggest of the season so they will be okay at least for next season if they dont get them packed this year for the remaining games.

so yeah other than the chargers and niners that have been hurt by relocation,attendance at games has not been affected.Ratings on tv around the country yes but not attendance at games. I have heard that the Bears and Browns have had attendance problems. They are the only ones other than the niners and chargers that seem to be having serious issues that wont get resolved anytime in the near future.

 

[monkrules]

Yeah, is that so? Well, a lot of those unhappy folk who are pissed about the ******* idiots kneeling are the same kinds of people who actually buy tickets to the games. White people who work their ******* asses off to be able to afford season tickets. And they're there to be entertained not to listen to, or to watch, a bunch of whiners on the sideline acting like they're so ******* "oppressed". Give me a ******* break.

And most of the people who sympathize with the drama queens who are kneeling couldn't afford a season ticket if all of the worthless bastards co-signed for one-another. They're just worthless whiners. If they hate this country so much, there are other countries where they might feel less ******* oppressed.

Yeah. There are always gonna be a loud group of people that say they are really upset at those uppity n!gg*r$ talking when they are only good for playing football and basketball. That group has really been more vocal of late as well.

I guess if they hate that first Amendment so much, maybe they can go find a new country that doesn't protect that right. I mean North Korea.. yeah imagine if an athlete chose to kneel there? Maybe that's more their speed.

None of this would have happened if the players would have just done their job.

They are not being paid to be social commentators.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

The NFL Kneelers have got to be the dumbest cretins on the planet

 

[Slash]

All that happened in the third quarter when the game was still in doubt. If the fans were all headed to the rest room I wonder how long the lines were?

Pretty Long. See, the thing is a LOT of people have video camera's now with cell phones. So we don't have to put all our eggs in one basket on a picture where we can't even tell when it was taken. So why not look at other evidence.



There's a simple one that took about 5 seconds to find. Some guy at the game during the national anthem, panning around the stadium. Hmmm, packed house.


So why is there this desire to lie at all costs? Seriously we have hours and hours of tape showing DURING THE GAME they played to a packed house? Why do you feel the need to just blatantly lie and pretend it was empty? When you need to lie to make your point it actually does the opposite of that.

I thought the flat earthers were idiots trying to stick to that belief in the face of obvious evidence to the contrary, but it seems some people want to make them look like Einsteins by comparison.

That pretty much proves it was indeed packed.

yeah a buddy of mine is a Seahawks fan who watched that game and he told me it looked packed on tv when he watched it as well and this pretty much backs him up.

yeah other than charger,49ers and Ram games pretty much the majority of stadiums are packed,those three have all been hurt by relocation with the exception of the Rams and let me explain that one . Yes the Rams are having problems as well but they were packed through most of last year with crowds of 80,000 plus.,many just lost interest because of the poor product on the field.

Since Mvcey has turned things around for them now though,they are getting bigger and better crowds,last weeks game vs the Houston Texans was the biggest of the season so they will be okay at least for next season if they dont get them packed this year for the remaining games.

so yeah other than the chargers and niners that have been hurt by relocation,attendance at games has not been affected.Ratings on tv around the country yes but not attendance at games. I have heard that the Bears and Browns have had attendance problems. They are the only ones other than the niners and chargers that seem to be having serious issues that wont get resolved anytime in the near future.

49ers are struggling, and have never done well when they've not played well. Still will be fine financially.

Even the viewers isn't a bad thing. Cord Cutting has hurt everyone. I've read that TV viewers overall is down like 10+ percent, so the NFL only being hit half as hard just shows how strong that is. ESPN is down something like 25% as a whole, but MNF only down 2%. Of course it is still going to be a sponsors wet dream, since we don't wait to watch NFL games. We don't tivo them or watch them online later. We watch them live, which means we aren't skipping through commercials.

And like I said earlier, the NBA is fine. 20 years ago, a 6 game finals was seen by 30 million people a game. Two years ago we had the best finals comeback ever and a game 7, and less than 20 million a game watched. But teams are selling for record amounts, players getting monster deals. Yeah they'd make more if their viewership hadn't fallen hard, but they aren't in the poorhouse.

 

[Slash]

None of this would have happened if the players would have just done their job.

They are not being paid to be social commentators.

They are doing their job. They are playing the game just like they are paid to. That's the funny part, is people want to hide behind these statements that are just patently false.

But you are right, they don't get paid a dollar more if they kneel during the anthem or not.

 

[otto105]

Naw, just getting bored with all you guys whining about them.

"How dare you darkies not entertain me!"

These stupid ***** are being paid well to be entertaining. The shitstains should be fired if they're too ******* stupid to appreciate their jobs. They can do their idiotic whining on their own time — not when they're supposed to be thinking about, and playing, some great football.

I think the teams should begin firing players a little at a time. There are thousands of guys who would kill to be able to join any of those teams.

And the angry fans are having an impact. I can't say how big it is, but the football forums are alive with pissed off fans.

Hey dipshit, kneeling for the national anthem isn't part of their job. Playing football better than the other team is.

And there aren't 1000s of guys off the streets who can play well enough for you to pay $95 to watch.

Take your old man piece of shit act and watch a soccer match full of white guys...