What impact does limited or potentially no fans have on teams

TheMarathonContinues

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I just do not see it being any advantage or disadvantage since all teams will face the same situation. It will come down to playing ball and out performing the other team. Only home field advantage will be one team does not have to travel and stay at the hotel. lol I get what you are saying but in the end if all teams are faced with the same situation then in reality there is no advantage or disadvantage
I can't speak for every team because I don't watch every team all season like I do the Cowboys but the Cowboys, Steelers, etc. they travel really well. There use to be some seasons where our road record was just as good as our home record if not better. Cowboys have a advantage on road games because of it. We play Arizona this year....that's usually a home game for us. Washington Commanders is usually 2 extra home games for us. Cowboys benefit from this probably more than any other team in the league.
 

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I'd say no for myself personally. It just wouldn't feel the same. But for players you never know.
If it’s the difference between 8 million/year and 0, they’ll learn to adapt.

Jacksonville always has the worst crowds. Did the team that went to the AFC Championship 2 years ago not want to play?
 

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If it’s the difference between 8 million/year and 0, they’ll learn to adapt.

Jacksonville always has the worst crowds. Did the team that went to the AFC Championship 2 years ago not want to play?
I'm not saying they wouldn't play. But they wouldn't have near the interest. Just my observation. I think that's the way it is for competitors. No one wants a roll over they want the best. Lebron has said just as much and this is a guy who is worth almost half a billion.
 

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I can't speak for every team because I don't watch every team all season like I do the Cowboys but the Cowboys, Steelers, etc. they travel really well. There use to be some seasons where our road record was just as good as our home record if not better. Cowboys have a advantage on road games because of it. We play Arizona this year....that's usually a home game for us. Washington Commanders is usually 2 extra home games for us. Cowboys benefit from this probably more than any other team in the league.

I understand, there will be no big home field advantage there will be no disadvantage it will be for the most part and even playing field. it will come down to 1 simple thing out playing your opponent. When you get right down to it that is what the game is about, going out on game down and out performing the opposing team.
 

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I was going to bring that up. Just pump in fan noise. The Commanders are already fully set up.
That's an interesting thought. I wonder if they would encourage teams to have artificial crowd noise. Not sure if that would be a good or bad thing for the players. Also not sure if that would be good for the broadcast or not.
 

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Teams that have less experienced centers will benefit. They won't have to deal with hand signals and noise to set blocking assignments.
 

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I understand, there will be no big home field advantage there will be no disadvantage it will be for the most part and even playing field. it will come down to 1 simple thing out playing your opponent. When you get right down to it that is what the game is about, going out on game down and out performing the opposing team.
I agree. So let me ask you this.....do you believe this result in more upsets or less?
 

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The league and Jerry in particular will find a way to profit. The revenue generated from television will be through the roof. In hard times people turn to distractions such as sports. Hell they've been doing that since the Roman empire.

I wouldn't be suprised to see stadiums open to 25% capacity or something of the like. I dont know how that effects season ticket holders, but could see those prices soaring with limited supply vs demand.
 

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I'd just cut to the same shot no matter what happens:

"Cowboys score on a quadruple reverse!"
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"No...call overturned by holding"
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50% of the fans that attend Cowboys home games are not there for football anyway. They will find other places to sit in uncomfortable seats drinking high priced cocktails.
 

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I agree. So let me ask you this.....do you believe this result in more upsets or less?

Hard to say, I think upsets will still happen since there will be days where a team just is not playing up to their abilities
 

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Ive always wanted to hear the field more. Wouldn't it be awesome to listen to all the trash talking back and forth? In absence of crowd noise it would be really cool to have mics down on the field. Im sure it wouldn't be rated G though lol.
That is a perk for the viewing audience. Knowing the NFL Though....I don't know how they'd let us hear with all the expletives but maybe they'd truly be Able to censor it. FCC would have a field day.
 
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It would be interesting to experience watching a game with no fans or cheerleaders from a production standpoint. There are a lot of camera takes with the crowd and the noise to pump up the game for viewers. I guess they could still have the sideline mics on but at a distance. My concern is that is would just lead to more commercial time. I wonder if it would lead to better officiating given that the refs would have less distractions. The announcers would certainly have their hands full too keep excitement in the game.
 
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