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Originally Posted by redsk1
I think DS wants Skins fans to represent but still wants the $ too.
I think the mediocrity of the Skins over the last almost 20 yrs is a biggie. I'm 36 now, and as a kid I don't remember seeing any Eagles fans for example. As a college student, I didn't know any Eagles fans. Over the last 10 years, there's more around mainly due to the fact they've had a pretty good team for a decade or so. That + more fans. The Steelers have always had alot of fans but more so now that they've been good for 15 years +. Just like the Cowboys fans. There's a lot of them, but they come crawling out of the woodwork when they are good. When they suck, it's hard to find em.
The Skins..haven't been relavent at all therefore their marketshare hasn't grown as much.
Of course there are other reasons...
price, stadium, transplanted fans and area, etc.
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I can agree with your criticism of Dallas fans being frontrunners, but that certainly doesn't apply to Pittsburgh fans. They wear their colors proudly whether they are good or bad. In that regard, they are a lot like us, except their fan base is much more a national phenomenon than ours. I guess that a lot of native Pittsburgh folks don't stay close to home, for whatever reason, but they stick with their team for life, regardless of where they live.