In the NFL, good ownership means a lot

September 5th, 2009 by SG

Pittsburgh set the team home attendance record in 2005 by

averaging 63,429 (507,434 total).

Pittsburgh has sold out 281 straight games at home, dating

back to Nov. 5, 1972 versus Cincinnati.

Pittsburgh’s largest average attendance at Three Rivers

Stadium was 58,077 in 1998. Following is a look at the team’s

average attendance in its seven years at Heinz Field:

Year Total Attendance Avg.

2001 499,191 62,399

2002 490,274 61,284

2003 477,584 59,698

2004 507,385 63,423

2005 507,434 • 63,429 •

2006 499,461 62,433

2007 496,675 62,084

2008 503,125 62,890

The Steelers averaged 62,890 fans per home game in 2008.  Granted, Heinz field is not the biggest stadium in the NFL – but it’s always full. In fact, Pittsburgh has sold out 281  home games in a row dating back to the game against the Bengals in November of 1972.

Pretty impressive.  The Steelers may not be the “richest” franchise in the NFL per ROI, but we definitely are the richest in fan base, loyalty to team, good coaching staff and great ownership.  Take note all you “haters” out there…while you might not like us, how can you not respect us?

Again, I have sympathy for Redskins fans…all you want to do is support your team and love football.  I get it.  But don’t disrespect me when I come to your stadium because my team is playing and your owner has essentially enabled me to do so….blame the man in charge.

He’s the one who clearly doesn’t give a damn about Washington, DC, the fans or quite frankly creating a winning team (I’m not even gonna get started here today on the revolving door of coaches and player trade drama).

Regardless, all of this nonsense just solidifies for my why I am a Steelers fan.

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  1. High Scorers: It’s September - Mind Pinball:

    September 5th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    [...] their ticket packages. Steelergurl (who obviously isn’t writing about her team in this post) weighs in with her opinion, which I happen to agree with. She also has the links to the Post stories in her piece. Additional [...]

  2. Aaron Brazell:

    September 7th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    The Steelers may not be the “richest” franchise in the NFL per ROI, but we definitely are the richest in fan base, loyalty to team, good coaching staff and great ownership.

    Please. Can you qualify “we definitely are the richest”?

    I’d argue that, despite Big Dan, the Redskins have one of the most loyal fan bases in the League. 25 years of waiting list for season tickets says something.

    Also, I think you forget about Buffalo who, for most of their pathetic existence, have sucked. But go back to the 70s and 80s and Rich Stadium (now Ralph Wilson Stadium) was packed with loyalists who were fruitlessly coming out into the bitter Western New York winter to watch their beloved Bills lose again.

    Do the Steelers have a great fanbase with loyalty, etc… Yes. Being the richest in these areas…. is conjecture. ;)

  3. mindpinball:

    September 7th, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    Redskin fans are defintely loyal, but oh, it has to be hard.

    If what you read in the Post is true, then $$$ count way more than wins for the Redskins. A football team is a business, yes. But there is a component of that business that belongs to the public. So in that sense, the team is also a public trust, where while you make the money you can, you try to put the best product on the field. It is arguable that he has done that (re: on the field product). As I have said before, Snyder needs to learn the lesson that Peter Angelos finally figured out with the Orioles.

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