Hyperion Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 It would greatly enhance their ability to attract UT fans who despise the team being called Tennessee, people in East Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky. Nashville is widely regarded as one of the up and coming cities and is very popular nationally. As an owner why wouldn't you want to be associated with that? Being called Tennessee limits regional and national appeal and doesn't help you in Tennessee. You are right that winning helps most but branding the team to its maximum potential is good business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitansFan23 Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Where are all the Jacksonville fans? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiscotitansfan Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 14 minutes ago, Hyperion said: It would greatly enhance their ability to attract UT fans who despise the team being called Tennessee, people in East Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky I get that but how does that help the owners $$ when there is profit sharing on most things in the NFL. Why would someone spend millions on millions on millions for anything other than have more people root for you from the comfort of their home across the state. If we are winning that would happen anyway, if we are winning the games will be sold out no matter the price or opponent. There is very little monetary advantage to AAS to attract people who are jaded by the name simply because they care about the SEC more than the NFL, that isn't even taking into account how much and how long it would take to break-even from spending a fortune to change the name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiscotitansfan Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 @Hyperion, I looked it up in terms of revenue sharing. TV contracts are paid out evenly, NFL.com purchases are paid to the NFL and split out evenly, 40% of the gameday tickets are split evenly throughout the league. If someone is buying apparel physically at a store (the only thing I could see as a real monetary advantage) and they aren't in Nashville there is a good chance it wouldn't be Titans gear in the first place. If your whole theory is that there will be more "Nashville Titans" at Walmarts in Alabama, I don't see anyway an owner would want to rebrand the entire franchise for that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No1TitansFan Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Ironically they chose to be Tennessee rather than Nashville in order to appeal across the state; one of the things Bredesen did when they were wooing them was have some people go to Cracker Barrels along I40 and take pictures of all the people outside of Knoxville enroute to a Vols game. Memphis was chosen as the interim site because not only was Vandy's stadium not up to NFL standards, there was a big pro football presence there; unfortunately there was also a lot of resentment that Nashville beat them to the punch and there was somewhat of a rivalry since Nashville had only recently become the biggest city in the state at that time. The Titans did intentionally build a huge radio network to generate regional appeal with outlets in KY, AL, AR and MS. They allowed smaller market stations to obtain broadcast rights at cheaper than the going rate, problem is they started sucking around 2004 with the exception of 2008 which ended bitterly disappointing after 1 playoff game and haven't sniffed the playoffs since. Winning would cure many of their appeal deficit issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scine09 Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Peyton Manning has absolutely nothing to do with that map. Those states and areas have been Broncos areas for years, going back probably to the 80's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somedude Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Broncos are all that's ever shown here. Now you know why I hate them. Even when the Titans played the Broncos..they did not show the game here. Fuck CBS and fuck the broncos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scine09 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 3 hours ago, Somedude said: Broncos are all that's ever shown here. Now you know why I hate them. Even when the Titans played the Broncos..they did not show the game here. Fuck CBS and fuck the broncos. That doesn't make sense. If the Broncos are all that's ever shown wouldn't they show the Titans-Broncos game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charleytolar Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 21 hours ago, scine09 said: Please trust me, the Patriots are by far the most popular team in Rhode Island. It's not even close. Rhode Island is practically the Patriots home state because, as I said, they play in a stadium closer to Rhode Island than Boston. And the players stay in Providence for regular season games. It is 20 miles from the Rhode Island border. I lived in Rhode Island for 4 years. It's Patriots #1, Giants #2, probably Jets #3. There's not even a Steeler presence there. My point was only that fandom is primarily driven by television and not just geography. The two are somewhat related, but watchable teams will pre-dominate when the local TV execs weigh in. There are always going to be exceptions here and there, but one must also consider that many of the voters are not going to be the kind of fan to show up at a game or wear jerseys or caps of any team... so their fandom is invisible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scine09 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 1 hour ago, charleytolar said: My point was only that fandom is primarily driven by television and not just geography. The two are somewhat related, but watchable teams will pre-dominate when the local TV execs weigh in. There are always going to be exceptions here and there, but one must also consider that many of the voters are not going to be the kind of fan to show up at a game or wear jerseys or caps of any team... so their fandom is invisible. That may be true but the study said that Rhode Island is a Steelers state more than any other team. Which is just completely false. Like I said, I lived there for 4 years. And I am in Rhode Island at least a couple of times a year. The Steelers at best are the 3rd most popular team there and probably at best 4th. And no one comes close to the Patriots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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