I'ts a population issue
For the most part, except for Greenbay all cities with pro franchises have in excess of One Million people. Cities like New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Memphis and Jacksonville have a population base to draw from in the city as well as the suburbian area.
For example, Jackson, MS. has a population of about 184 thousand, and Birmingham about 266 thousand...I'm sorry, but the numbers just arent there to facilitate a pro franchise.
Out of the numbers I mentioned for Jxn and Bham it's even a smaller number if you factor in economic ability for some residents to pay.
I remember going to the Mississippi Pride games a couple years back. Their marketing gimmick was come see Jackson State, Alcorn, Valley, USM, Ole Miss and Mississippi state play on the same team...I went to every game because I was fiending for football during the summer. One thing I noticed in addition to the low attendance, was I saw the same faces every game.....all 2000 of them.
I just did'nt get why no one was coming, the football was pretty good, you got to see some guys that used to play in the pros (Birmingham had former Dallas RB Sherman Williams), they even sold Beer in the stadium.
But alas, it failed because Mofos are just cheap....I guess they would rather save up their money on a new outfit so they could Model it during the fall football season.
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