"Best Fanbases" - Whoops. Repost

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

https://sports.yahoo.com/cowboys-patriots-fans-are-best-in-the-nfl-chiefs-los-angeles-lagging-study-153035364.html

 

Notables:

Cowboys 1, Saints 10, Falcons 13, Buccaneers 23, Panthers 16, Chiefs 31, Rams 32

Key points:

 

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Fan Equity is a matter of judging how well fans support their team by backing up their words with dollars — i.e., how much they spend on everything from season tickets to jerseys. If a team fills its stadium but there’s not much demand past that, their Fan Equity score is lower.

Social Equity is based on a team’s social media reach — i.e., how many followers the team has across various social media channels. A team that’s not able to draw many followers on social isn’t a team with a deep degree of Social Equity.

Road Equity involves measuring how well a team draws on the road, adjusting for team performance. People show up to watch when the Cowboys or Steelers come to town. People don’t show up to watch when, say, the Bengals or Titans do. (Sorry, Cincy and Tennessee, but you know it’s true.)

 

Panthers were 22 for Fan Equity, 5 for Social Equity, 27 for Road Equity.

 

Edit : Whoops, didn't see it.  Looked for it.  But apparently I am blind in the morning.  Feel free to funnel your replies to 

 

[kungfoodude]

Pretty sure this was posted yesterday, FWIW.

[jfra78]

[dpm0409]

Our killer social media raising up our overall average score!

[Greatman77]

Fan equity, the kind that can be deposited into a bank account, is the only type that NFL owners care about.

[Dex]

Our fan base is trash outside of a VERY small group. I'd put us somewhere between 21-28. The bottom 4 being Rams, Jaguars, Chargers & Cardinals. Back to back winnings seasons will help us improve. But have virtually 0 road presence outside of RR for away games. Even our home games are shameful.

[kungfoodude]

24 minutes ago, Dex said:

Our fan base is trash outside of a VERY small group. I'd put us somewhere between 21-28. The bottom 4 being Rams, Jaguars, Chargers & Cardinals. Back to back winnings seasons will help us improve. But have virtually 0 road presence outside of RR for away games. Even our home games are shameful.

NC has traditionally always struggled with consistent professional sports support. The (real) Hornets, Hurricanes and Panthers have all had extremely high levels of support when they were winning. However, when that starts to slide, the support has traditionally declined with it. That is largely the case with just about any team, obviously, but it does seem more pronounced in areas like ours where there is not a long history of professional athletics.

Only one way to cure it, win, win and win some more. 

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

41 minutes ago, Dex said:

Our fan base is trash outside of a VERY small group. I'd put us somewhere between 21-28. The bottom 4 being Rams, Jaguars, Chargers & Cardinals. Back to back winnings seasons will help us improve. But have virtually 0 road presence outside of RR for away games. Even our home games are shameful.

I was at the game against the Giants last year, and it was legitimately 50-50 in the stands.  I've been to (I think) 14 games since 2001 and used to always balk at the notion of a true split from a visiting fanbase like that, but it really looked like it to me that day.

[PanthersBigD]

51 minutes ago, Dex said:

Our fan base is trash outside of a VERY small group. I'd put us somewhere between 21-28. The bottom 4 being Rams, Jaguars, Chargers & Cardinals. Back to back winnings seasons will help us improve. But have virtually 0 road presence outside of RR for away games. Even our home games are shameful.

We're still a new team. We've only have one generation of adult fans who had the chance to grow up following the Panthers as their football team. I was in college by the time the team got to Charlotte, and many of my friends were already Redskins fans by then. Also, fug the Redskins. We need another 20 years before we start to approach the upper middle pack of fandoms. It's all about time and getting people to buy in.