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Some of these points hold water but others don't. Again, franchises like the Chiefs, Bills and Browns have worse - WORSE - playoff records the past two decades but don't have any problems selling out. And those markets are similar to Cincinnati or smaller.
Plus, unlike KC, which is relatively isolated, Cincinnati can draw from Dayton, Lexington, Louisville, elsewhere. Even take Columbus and Indy out of the equation, there should be more than enough people in the 2.2 million Greater Cincinnati metro, the Dayton metro, the Lexington and Louisville metros and some stragglers from Columbus and elsewhere to sell out a relatively small NFL stadium. Let's face it: PBS isn't exactly Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
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I know that I wouldn't drive in for a 5-5 team from those places. In terms of the local area, Cincinnati is pretty darn small by NFL standards. Yeah, some other places are small too. Doesn't mean Cincinnati isn't.
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Finally, they don't have "40+ inch full HD televisions" in every other city?
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Of course they do. They generally have much larger fan bases too.
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Nothing moves the radar around here. It's a bad sports town.
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Not arguing that. I am simply saying that this town isn't going to support a mediocre team and right now, that is what the Bengals are.
Just be glad we can watch the game online and it isn't 1997 when we couldn't.