Quote:Worst thing in the world?  Hyperbole much?

 

 

There's zero reason for the Jaguars to go to Daytona for a gimmick game where they MIGHT find a few new fans who somehow have managed to not realize there's been an NFL franchise playing 93 miles north of the International Speedway for the last 20 years.  If there are fans who are interested in the Jaguars, that trip is the same distance north as it is south.  Why can't they come to Jacksonville to experience the NFL in an actual NFL stadium instead of at some multi-purpose facility?  If it's about convenience for them, you're not going to reap any real reward there. 

 

Novelty?  It will wear off after one viewing.  Then it goes back to being a speedway. 

 

What the Jaguars are doing with media in that area (radio, print, and TV) will do 1000x more to firm up their presence in central Florida than playing a practice game at the speedway. 

 

Sorry, but we can hook those same kids in by making sure the games and all Jaguar related programming are broadcast to the Daytona market.  That booming metropolis of 125k (I'm counting Ormond and New Smyrna to get them beyond the 62k they actually claim) sitting 90 miles south of EverBank is not going to become a rabid Jaguar market because of a preseason game.