re: Which Pro Franchise's have the most loyal fanbase?

ive been going to Saints games since 1989 and the atmosphere then is no different that it is now.

like someone said, its not about sheer numbers. Saints fans are loyal.

even during the shitty ditka years and the few years before that when they sucked, people were still going to the games and cheering for the Saints.


sure, winning doent hurt, but their have always been diehard over the Saints.

i know this sounds weird, but you dont know how many people go to the grave yearning to have witnessed a Saints super bowl win. And you have no idea how many people say "if i could witness one thing before i die, its a Saints super bowl win".


our fans have always been famous on saying "this is the year" even when there was no hope.


you really have no clue

But thats just for the Saints. Cleveland fans say "this is the year" for the Browns, Cavs and Tribe every year. Imagine having to root for 3 franchises like the Saints. Cleveland fans have been through much much more then Saints fans. Im sorry. When was the last time your team was robbed from you?

Dude, key word.....NEARLY!! We had the Browns stolen from us for 5 years.

And telling by the Hornets attendance figures....i guess nobody cares! If i was the owner of the Hornets i would move them again.

I didnt bring the Hornets into the conversation...you did. Everything New Orleans fans have been through....Cleveland fans have been through and then some. Its that simple. I dont mean to sound arrogant, but the fact is that Cleveland fans has gone through some of the most heartbreaking moments on the biggest stage, in all of sports history and they are still there every week. Name me one fanbase that has the "big 3" sports, that has waited longer for a championship then Cleveland.

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Saints fans are loyal

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in general, they are (according to yall) but they are not one of the most loyal (according to the data) which last time i checked, is the point of this thread....

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people were still going to the games and cheering for the Saints.

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people still went to bengals games during shitty year after shitty year. moot point.

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their have always been diehard over the Saints

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there have always been die hard bengals fans. die hard browns fans. die hard saints fans...even die hard toledo rocket fans. again, just because there have always been die hard fans doesnt mean the fan base is the MOST loyal. another moot point.

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i know this sounds weird, but you dont know how many people go to the grave yearning to have witnessed a Saints super bowl win. And you have no idea how many people say "if i could witness one thing before i die, its a Saints super bowl win"

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doesnt sound weird whatsoever. browns/bengals fans say the same. again, statements of this nature do not prove the saints are one of the MOST loyal fanbases.

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you really have no clue

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judging from your post i could plug any nfl team in the country to replace "saints" and then conclude they are one of the most loyal.

and yet.... i have no clue? ironic.

To all those questioning the loyalty of the Saints fanbase.

You don't understand what Saints fans have been through.

I'm not talking about 20 year old college boys for whom ancient history is Mike Ditka. I mean fans who remember the worst owner in NFL history, John Mecom. Mecom was so bad he makes Al Davis look like -- well, the old Al Davis.

Perhaps Mecom's crowning moment was when he hired an astronaut to be in charge of the team.
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In the 1970s, the Saints were as pathetic a franchise as the NFL has ever seen. They even ruined the career of a potential superstar and HOFer, Archie Manning. They were the laughing stock of the NFL -- I remember Howard Cosell saying he hoped NO would not be on the MNF schedule b/c they were a joke.

When I was in college I read a NY Times article by some famous classical pianist who'd grown up in 1930s Brooklyn as a Dodger fan. He claimed the quintessential Dodger teams were not the "Boys Of Summer" of Jackie Robinson et al, but the Dodgers of the '30s. Rooting for those terrible teams in the depths of the depression created a special bond between the fans and the franchise.

That's the way I look at the Saints. The "defining era" for fans was not the Dome Patrol, but the Aints.

To question the loyalty of fans like that is ignorant.

Mecom is.....well a Saint compared to Art Modell. At least Mecom never moved the team. Modell had one of the most loyal fan bases selling out every game and moved them because of greed. I would have taken an astronaut over not having football at all.

yeah, because that writer really sums everything up well with his 1-2 sentence breakdowns with no facts or anythin. real nice evidence you have there.

your boy from the 1st link had the Redskins 10th despite their 40 year sellout streak. what a fricking joke.

The truth is you don't know jack shite about the Saints or the fan base.