Is Miami Dolphins interest further diminishing in South Florida?
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winning will change ratings
roy_miami
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Not sure why they decided to schedule so many interconference games week one. I also wonder if the protest has something to do with the numbers being down.
DefensiveEnd76
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Until we start putting a quality product on the field there will be plenty of empty seats at our new digs. We have been crap for far too long
Good point about the protests. People want to watch sports because they want an escape from every day life and they don't want to be lectured to by a bunch of jocks or ex-jocks. Or it could just be that the weather across the country has been so good.
Semedi
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Go watch the Panthers if you're interested in a team that's worth your time. Hockey season is just around the corner; I can't wait.
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I see more Dolphins paraphernalia on the streets today then I have the past decade.
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Not a surprise. We haven't won in 4 decades. People keep moving to the area from up north and they're not Dolphins fans and now many people are fed up with what some players are doing before the game(I know many don't mind but others do). Start winning again and people will watch on TV and go to the games.
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13finfan4ever
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The game time and matchup has more to do with it. The Dolphins turned some heads but they were 10 point dogs. This week will be a better measuring stick.
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Just start winning! Simple..
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Curious how long have "some players" been doing stuff before the game? This should be an intersting response.
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Curious how long have "some players" been doing stuff before the game? This should be an intersting response.
Two things....obviously basketball doesn't have the following football does, so its apples and oranges.
Also....Miami has a large immigrant population that may care more about baseball and soccer...so the percentage may be affected by that.
Finally, 15 years of malaise....transitioning from perrinial winner to bottom feeder status doesn't work anywhere.
The horrendous blunders this organization has made....passing on future hall of famer Drew Brees twice....Passing on future hall of famer Aaron Rogers for Ronnie Brown....these blunders altered what could have been another great Dolphin era.
Start winning....and South Florida will explode.
Also....Miami has a large immigrant population that may care more about baseball and soccer...so the percentage may be affected by that.
Finally, 15 years of malaise....transitioning from perrinial winner to bottom feeder status doesn't work anywhere.
The horrendous blunders this organization has made....passing on future hall of famer Drew Brees twice....Passing on future hall of famer Aaron Rogers for Ronnie Brown....these blunders altered what could have been another great Dolphin era.
Start winning....and South Florida will explode.
Can't draw any conclusions from this one game, but it's hardly surprising that interest has diminished.
I was born and raised in Miami, started following the team in 1981. Even back in those years, when the team was less than ten years removed from the glory years of the 70s; when the team was always in the playoffs including winning five division titles in a row; when you had Dan Marino smashing all of the old passing records; when the team was actually going to Super Bowls; even back then plenty of people weren't much interested in the Dolphins and lots of born-and-raised Miami kids rooted for other teams.
If those early to mid-80s teams had some trouble generating local enthusiasm, what chance does the current team have since they've been the avatar of mediocrity (or worse) since 2004? A Dolphins' fan has to be at least in junior high to remember the last time the team got to the playoffs, and only people who have reached their twenties can remember what it's like to have the Dolphins win a playoff game. (You also have to be at least 27 or so to remember the Dolphins getting past the divisional round, 30 or so to remember them winning at least 12 games in a season, mid to late thirties to remember them getting to a Super Bowl, and only old timers who'd be in their late forties/early fifties have actually witnessed a championship.)
I was born and raised in Miami, started following the team in 1981. Even back in those years, when the team was less than ten years removed from the glory years of the 70s; when the team was always in the playoffs including winning five division titles in a row; when you had Dan Marino smashing all of the old passing records; when the team was actually going to Super Bowls; even back then plenty of people weren't much interested in the Dolphins and lots of born-and-raised Miami kids rooted for other teams.
If those early to mid-80s teams had some trouble generating local enthusiasm, what chance does the current team have since they've been the avatar of mediocrity (or worse) since 2004? A Dolphins' fan has to be at least in junior high to remember the last time the team got to the playoffs, and only people who have reached their twenties can remember what it's like to have the Dolphins win a playoff game. (You also have to be at least 27 or so to remember the Dolphins getting past the divisional round, 30 or so to remember them winning at least 12 games in a season, mid to late thirties to remember them getting to a Super Bowl, and only old timers who'd be in their late forties/early fifties have actually witnessed a championship.)
Are you being sarcastic or do you really don't know what I was talking about? I've seen several people post stuff here and on facebook saying they're not watching as long as they keep taking a knee during the national anthem. I'm not one of them but I've seen several
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