News: The Jacksonville Jaguars are finding it difficult to sell season ticket packages despite last season's 11-5 record and a playoff win against the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to profootballtalk.com. The team is still 4,000 non-premium season ticket sales away from avoiding local blackouts of their 2008 regular season home games.WhoDatSay: It wasn't too long ago that the New Orleans Saints had a similar season-ticket sales problem. However, that's when some fans were still wearing bags over the heads. Jacksonville, on the other hand, is coming off a string of impressive seasons, and figures to have made moves this off-season in an attempt to compete with Indianapolis and New England for AFC supremacy. That combined with one of the better head coaches in football and a roster of experienced talent would seem to have fans eager to gobble up season tickets. The reality? The team puts up tarps to cover large sections of empty seats in Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. If the NFL is really set on relocating a franchise to Los Angeles, Jacksonville figures to be a far more attractive option than New Orleans, given that the Saints have a lengthy waiting list for season tickets after going a lousy 7-9 and have just recouped considerable sums of money from the state. Enjoy it Who Dats -- we're not going anywhere.
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Good News I guess. That's interesting - I thought they had a healthy market in Jacksonville.
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