New Orleans Saints rank 4th in NFL fan support, loyalty, according to report
 

We've always known the Who Dat Nation ranks among the most loyal and passionate fan bases in sports. Now there's analytical evidence to prove it.

Saints' fans rank among the most loyal and supportive in the NFL, according to a new report by sports marketing professors at Emory University.

The Saints ranked fourth in the NFL behind the Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots and New York Jets, making them the most ardent fans among all small-market NFL clubs. The only other small-market teams in the Top 10 were Indianapolis (No. 6) and Tennessee (No. 10).

Professors Mike Lewis & Manish Tripathi measured team box office revenues relative to team on-field success, market population, stadium capacity, median income and other factors to rank the teams.

"The Saints are a more recent success story, but the team's new success combined with limited professional sports options in New Orleans has created a very strong fan base," the report said.

Saints fans will also love the report's ranking of their archrivals, the Atlanta Falcons: No. 31. Only the Oakland Raiders prevented the Falcons from a last-place overall ranking in the NFL.

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Of course we all know that collectively the B&G is the top 1% of all Saints fans :)

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No surprise here, I believe this was already a well known fact.

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And they wonder why everyone calls them fair weather fans.

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Suprised that Green Bay wasn't higher.

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Hmmm. Doesn't say much for Atlanta.

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Don't pick on the ATL. They can't help it if football is too hard to understand.

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4th are you kidding me.

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Listening to Falcons fans on NFL Sirius this morning lol!

"Matt Ryan is unstoppable"
"Julio Jones will be the best WR in the league this year"


Last week the same guys wouldn't even call in.

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Saints fans will also love the report's ranking of their archrivals, the Atlanta Falcons: No. 31. Only the Oakland Raiders prevented the Falcons from a last-place overall ranking in the NFL.

:lolup: Ha Ha Ha Ha ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.......ROFLMAO!
Good God. I needed a good laugh today and this did it. :p

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Kinda surprised. Have you read how our fans unfairly rip certain players constantly?

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I think most people are quite critical of their players. One way of looking at is that they give a damn, which in turn means they are offering their support. Another way would of course mean that they are just unfairly knocking their team.

Anyway, i'm going to spout off about how I go a few times a year and I'm from England so I represent Mega fan-dom ;)

On another note, I was at the Atlanta road game last year and in fairness to the guy, a Falcons fan started speaking to me and told me how nice it was to see a full stadium and with so much support. In his own words he said it was disappointing the Falcons fans are only filling the stadium because the team is doing well and that when they played Chicago, there were more Urlacher shirts in the stadium than any Falcons player!

Summary. They suck. We don't. Who Dat

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Yeah, Shanle and Harper disagree. ;-)

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We will always be #1 in my book, good years and bad.

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Only because we want the best. I like both of them!!

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I think we're third, as the very least.
I would allow Green Bay to be above us, because they have to sit in a
Freezer.

Maybe the Jets, because they've had as many bad seasons as us, and
their recent history really sux.... worse than we have over the long
haul.

As far as blasting our own players, I dont get that. Until I, myself, can
suit up and do a better job, I dont see a need to appoint any of our guys
Team Goat. I see every player as somebody's kid. And I dont suffer from Dollar Envy, so their salary is irrelevant. If you got off your fat ass and exercised every day, you could make a million dollars too. Plus you couldnt take one single practice- you'd run away crying. So I support your right to hate on Jason David, or Fred Thomas, or Johnnie Poe, or whoever. I just think its dumb.

This does not apply to kickers. You should burn kickers in effigy, when they
mess up, and also slap their mothers.

Back on topic - We are the best fans in sports, especially you old guys.