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saint0917
December 2nd, 2008, 07:56 AM
Perhaps Steelers fans could buy even more stuff.

Fresh off a huge, but rare win against the New England Patriots, the National Football League team lost on a different national stage yesterday, when a study released by a New Jersey market-research firm showed that the Steelers slipped to third nationally in local fan loyalty, after finishing first last year.

While Steelers fan support stayed nearly the same, interest in the NFL's Green Bay Packers and Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox surged past them, the survey of 12,000 sports fans in 122 sports markets showed.

In better news, Pittsburgh-area hockey interest in the Penguins went from 20th last year among franchises in North America to eighth. Interest in baseball's bumbling Pirates stumbled from 72nd to 90th.

fan loyalty (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08337/932037-66.stm)
brownbear
December 2nd, 2008, 11:03 AM
Perhaps Steelers fans could buy even more stuff.

Fresh off a huge, but rare win against the New England Patriots, the National Football League team lost on a different national stage yesterday, when a study released by a New Jersey market-research firm showed that the Steelers slipped to third nationally in local fan loyalty, after finishing first last year.

While Steelers fan support stayed nearly the same, interest in the NFL's Green Bay Packers and Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox surged past them, the survey of 12,000 sports fans in 122 sports markets showed.

In better news, Pittsburgh-area hockey interest in the Penguins went from 20th last year among franchises in North America to eighth. Interest in baseball's bumbling Pirates stumbled from 72nd to 90th.

fan loyalty (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08337/932037-66.stm)

The Steelers' fan base has always extended far past Pittsburgh alone, and that should be factored in to fan loyalty, which I consider to mean that you follow the same team even after you move away. Because Pittsburgh's population has gone done over the last several decades, obviously there will be fewer local supporters, but it creates fan bases outside of the city from relocated fans. For example, Atlanta has one of the largest Steeler fan bases in the country (myself included in this category).