That doesn't speak well for where they're at currently with their season tickets if they're giving away 2 tickets for those who have been there for 7 years....unless of course the turnover has been so horrifically bad in Tampa that there aren't really a whole lot of STHs who have been around that long.

 

I know that a few years ago when we were getting hammered about our blackout issues and ticket sales, Tampa was already starting their slide.  Within a year or two, they were nearly back to where they were back in the 80's in the old sombrero where they'd play to 3/4 empty stadiums.  I remember dating a girl in HS whose father was an executive with Hershey.  He did a bunch of business down in the Tampa area, and through his connections, landed a deal with the Bucs to sell candy in the stadium.  They gave him season tickets for his entire family which was he, his wife, and 5 kids.  The kids hated going, but any time he invited me I'd snap up the ticket just to go see NFL football.  It was pretty awful at the time, but those who were there pretty much had their run of the place. 

 

It sounds like they're reverting back to the "good old days" in Tampa. 

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