The USFL Thread aka: It's a boring news night

FlaPack said:
USFL ratings dropped 54% in Week 2, with a four-game average of 659,250 viewers.

Fox, Saturday: 1.056M (Pittsburgh/Philadelphia)
NBCm Sunday : 812K (New Orleans/Tampa Bay)
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I said as games went by fans would tune out as novlety wore off
 
GBP4EVER said:
I said as games went by fans would tune out as novlety wore off
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Well that’s been the recent trend with XFL also but the percent drop is about 20% more than XFL that’s what has to be concerning. No home crowd also is a factor with no atmosphere. It’s like watching a scrimmage
 
FlaPack said:
No home crowd also is a factor with no atmosphere. It’s like watching a scrimmage
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i have to admit that i did not realize that all the games were being played in one place until you posted that the other day. how can a team possibly build hometown support if they are perpetually playing on the road? weird decision on the part of the league.
 
realitybytes said:
i have to admit that i did not realize that all the games were being played in one place until you posted that the other day. how can a team possibly build hometown support if they are perpetually playing on the road? weird decision on the part of the league.
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Has to be financial. Multiple stadium leases plus staffing is not cheap.
 
I have to laugh. Playing all the games in Birmingham Alabama. The Houston Gamblers are actually "Team #3, USFL, Birmingham, AL) I'll bet the jerseys are just being ripped off the shelves by hungry fans in Houston. LOL
 
FlaPack said:
Well that’s been the recent trend with XFL also but the percent drop is about 20% more than XFL that’s what has to be concerning. No home crowd also is a factor with no atmosphere. It’s like watching a scrimmage
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No league is every going to take off it will always be likely a failure
 
TW said:
I have to laugh. Playing all the games in Birmingham Alabama. The Houston Gamblers are actually "Team #3, USFL, Birmingham, AL) I'll bet the jerseys are just being ripped off the shelves by hungry fans in Houston. LOL
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Lucky the players don't have to rent their jerseys LOL
 
If ratings are poor I wonder if FOX just says screw it take the loss and write it off and kill the league.
 
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