Emory U study: Best fans in College Football

[forgetful]

Care to expand on this?  The capacity is fixed, but they are one of the few stadiums that has standing room only tickets.  The capacity is 80,000 for fixed seats, which is also what the NFL uses to set their limits.  No one is manipulating their attendance, this is how the NFL counts capacity based on fixed seats.  Now, the Cowboys can sell SRO which don't have a seat and that number of people in the building can climb for special events, etc.  The capacity never changes per the NFL, it is 80,000. 

They also place a significant number of removable seats.  Not a fixed seat so it doesn't count, but was officially built into the building design for this purpose.  They fit over 100,000 into seats for the superbowl.

The methodology here used Percent capacity as a significant factor in its analysis.  So by virtue of their ability to go beyond capacity they are likely to be ranked higher, although it does not reflect actual capacity.

Actual capacity would be the maximum number of fans permitted in the building, thus they are almost always below capacity as they can not fill their building.

Comparing teams that can go above 100% to teams that are capped at 100% and using that value as an indicator of fan support is by definition a biased methodology, and thus a poor methodology.

[77ncaachamps]

Packer fans are loyal...but there's a lot of bandwagon jumpers that need to exit the Packer bus.

[ChicosBailBonds]

They also place a significant number of removable seats.  Not a fixed seat so it doesn't count, but was officially built into the building design for this purpose.  They fit over 100,000 into seats for the superbowl.

The methodology here used Percent capacity as a significant factor in its analysis.  So by virtue of their ability to go beyond capacity they are likely to be ranked higher, although it does not reflect actual capacity.

Actual capacity would be the maximum number of fans permitted in the building, thus they are almost always below capacity as they can not fill their building.

Comparing teams that can go above 100% to teams that are capped at 100% and using that value as an indicator of fan support is by definition a biased methodology, and thus a poor methodology.

According to the article I just read, actually only had seats for 95K, by adding 15K temporary seats for that event only...the rest were SRO.

That was my point, they don't do this for the Cowboys regular season, so there is no manipulating going on.  Seating capacity is 80K for Cowboys games and they can go over that with SRO, but not with seats.

[Spotcheck Billy]

this was the best play for the Packers in the 1980's   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTLlaMY_9PM

Once I was able to get my hands on a ticket for a GB game at County Stadium because it was too fricking cold for some but those games were always sold out

Maybe on Marquette's campus the Bears were better represented but get away from all of the students from IL and you would have a different perspective and remember the 80's was a high water mark for the Bears, the only time they have won a Super Bowl but give them credit at least they won one Jay Bee

[forgetful]

According to the article I just read, actually only had seats for 95K, by adding 15K temporary seats for that event only...the rest were SRO.

That was my point, they don't do this for the Cowboys regular season, so there is no manipulating going on.  Seating capacity is 80K for Cowboys games and they can go over that with SRO, but not with seats.

If you were taking a class and the score is out of 100 points, and all your tests only had 100 points available, but some of the students had 120 points available.  You are all scored the same, total number of points achieved.

Would you think this was a fair test of your ability?

That's what is going on in this study...fundamentally flawed.  Poor performance from Emory.

[mu-rara]

In Green Bay.  They did not sell out all their games in Milwaukee.

Back in the day I would gladly drive to Lambeau for a game.

Would sometimes turn down free tickets to County Stadium.  My cousin is a big Viking fan.  Came to Milwaukee for a game.  Had to apologize for the lame seats.

[GGGG]

this was the best play for the Packers in the 1980's   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTLlaMY_9PM

Once I was able to get my hands on a ticket for a GB game at County Stadium because it was too fricking cold for some but those games were always sold out

Maybe on Marquette's campus the Bears were better represented but get away from all of the students from IL and you would have a different perspective and remember the 80's was a high water mark for the Bears, the only time they have won a Super Bowl but give them credit at least they won one Jay Bee

To be honest, this was probably the best Packer play of the 80s...and it was right at the beginning of the decade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA2fHoUkG2g