Was the Blackout Successful ?

[TLO]

I'm glad to see how many people this site reached and how much black was in the stands today. I'm proud to be part of a group of fans who WILL make a difference.

Thank you to all who have done the hard-work planning and putting this together.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by JD10367

I think the Blackout and SOC movement will be successful. Because a guy like Hunt probably doesn't care about much: he probably doesn't care what people think of him, say about him, think about his hiring of Pioli, think about the way the team is run... but he probably DOES care about one thing (the same thing they all care about): MONEY. Money will be the sole reason he fires Pioli and Crennel and gets rid of Cassel. What the fans say? He couldn't care less. What the TV analysts say? He couldn't care less. What the NFL standings say? He couldn't care less. When the fans start not showing up, and stop giving him money? He's gonna perk right the **** up, and soon. There are three more home games for the Chiefs, with the final one being a late-season one against the Colts which might have playoff implications for them and thus be nationally televised. With each game, the stands will get emptier, the crowd will get more garbed in black, and the publicity will get uglier. The shit flows downstream: it's already covered Cassel and Crennel, has almost covered Pioli, and--if Hunt doesn't do something--will soon start to cover Hunt himself.

In football its impossible to lose money well in the NFL.

Really, the only motivation owners have is, do they really want to win? even if we go 0-16, they will still make money. If only 20,000 fans show up, they will still make money. All it hurts is the people that work in in the stadium and the business around it.

It sure in the **** isnt hurting Clarks Wallet at all.

[Ace Gunner]

The NFL's revenue-sharing model is universally lauded as the reason pro football continues to thrive in tiny markets like Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The bulk of the league's revenue - approximately $4 billion in 2011 - comes from broadcast deals with NBC, CBS, Fox, ESPN and DirecTV. That income is shared equally among all teams. Income from licensing deals - everything from jerseys to posters to team-logo beer coolers - is also shared evenly.

Ticket revenue is split using a slightly different formula: the home team keeps 60 percent of "the gate" for each game, while the visiting team gets 40 percent.

Other sources of revenue - things like the sale of luxury boxes, stadium concessions and the like - are not shared, which does give teams in bigger markets or with state-of-the-art arenas a significant edge in profitability. The new CBA attempts to remedy that in two ways. First, the league will set aside a percentage of revenue in a stadium fund, which will be used to match teams' investments in their facilities. Second, there will be an additional "luxury tax" levied on high-revenue teams, with the receipts set to be distributed to the lower-revenue clubs.


http://basketball.about.com/od/nba-v...-Leagues_2.htm

[RINGLEADER]

It would cost a normal person seven figures to get the exposure that SOC got during the game broadcast. I'd say that alone makes it a huge success...nevermind all the other things that have happened!