(01-05-2018, 05:34 PM)DragonFury Wrote:

(01-05-2018, 05:22 PM)Chazz Wrote: Isn't the Jacksonville market way bigger than the Bills market?
Edit: Pro Sports TV Markets

The Jags market IS bigger than the Bills market.

TV markets are calculated from the population of the county a team is in and the counties directly bordering the "home" county. So for Buffalo that includes the counties of Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Wyoming, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua. It doesn't include Monroe County or anything from Canada even though a significant portion of Bills are from those areas.

When people spout off pure numbers, it shows how clueless they are.  

1) How long has Buffalo had a team?  Jacksonville?  Most people that I know had already formed allegiances with teams long before the Jaguars had a team.  I'm not from Jacksonville.  I've only been here since 1991 and it's more common to meet somebody who has, or whose family has, relocated.

2) How many people migrate to Buffalo?  Guess where the majority of the people that migrate to Florida come from?  New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania...cold climates.  So these people that migrate to Jacksonville are now automatically in the TV market.  Does that immediately make them Jaguars' fans?  I'm sure Chazz and all of his buddies would immediately become Jaguars' fans...right?  Do you have any idea what percentage of people here are transplants?

3) How many major military bases does Buffalo have?  I honestly don't know.  These citizens are generally transient.  So guess what, they have other teams that they root for, or are not in town long enough.  

4) And I laugh when I see that Orlando is considered part of the TV market.  For one, I see many Orlando residents on this very board that complain that they can't get the Jaguars down there.  Plus, Orlando is over 100 miles from Jacksonville.

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