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ChaoSera:
Seeing how insane the crowd was most of the time, I think we can assume there was one.
94ssd:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/latest-un-report-shows-raider-nation-at-bottom-of,33682/
LookingIn:
--- Quote from: mustang6172 on 01 Jan 2014, 22:25 ---Packers aren't the only team having trouble. The Colts and Bengals haven't sold out either.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/nfl-alarmed-three-four-playoff-games-including-green-213137570--nfl.html
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These two aren't as surprising as the Packers not selling out...smaller market teams without bigger name stars are going to have trouble selling out.
jwhouk:
There are a lot of factors that have gone into the lack of sales for the Wild Card game.
First of all, I think about 90% of the state of Wisconsin thought that the Packers would not make the playoffs this year, thanks to Aaron Rodgers being hurt. This was somewhat of a surprise. People made other plans, and thus there aren't as many people who can get off on short notice, right after the holidays, to attend a football game (even if it IS the Packers).
Secondly, despite my boss's attempt to put a happy face on it, the economy in this state sucks. And, thanks to his decision to not participate in Obamacare, there are still a lot of people who don't have economic certainty for 2014. This also ties in to the first reason, as people really can't afford to take a weekend date off from work. And people sure as heck can't afford a $150 single ticket - not after the money they've spent on the holidays.
Thirdly.... well, there's this. Yeah, you saw that right: -5°F, with temps slated to drop down to -20 (which is cold even by our standards up here).
It's a perfect storm of reasons not to attend a game.
Patrick:
94ssd, that should be on Reuters, not the Onion.
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 31 Dec 2013, 17:24 ---Welp, I'm sure some of our membership here has heard about the rumors swirling around up here in the Tundra.
I want to make one thing perfectly clear: Aaron Rodgers is a great quarterback. He has led - and is more than capable of leading again - the Packers to the Super Bowl. He is also a great humanitarian who does great work for charities and is a truly funny guy.
I don't give one flying flip about his sexual preferences or what he does in his time away from the game - as long as it doesn't prevent him from playing football for the Green Bay Packers.
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so what you're saying is, gay or not, he's still a... Packer? :mrgreen:
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