We are only ahead of a team that is likely gone after this season and a team that played their home opener in a 5k capacity stadium. 21.Chicago Fire............9.....128,487.....14,276 22.Columbus Crew.......9.......93,618.....10,402 23.D.C. United...............2.......17,524.......8,762 GREAT JOB Andi and NRod.......
That is true, but it only amounts to a swing of about 1,000 people, when projected over the season so far, and only about 400 over the season as a whole.
If it wasn't for Zlatan it would have drawn in the 11k range, oh and many of the announced crowds were BULLSHIT......So without Zlatan and actual attendance numbers we would be averaging in the 11,000 to 12,000 a game.
I don't subscribe to that line of thinking. A lot of people that went to the Zlatan game would have ended up at a different one. Yes, he does pump up the numbers but not everyone there showed up just for him. EDIT: #HauptmanOut
If I recall, it was a pretty crappy day, 30's with snow, so I'll stick with my prediction that the crowd would have been around 11k. #HauptmanOut
I wrote a big "What If?" It gets weird, but fun. https://www.hottimeinoldtown.com/20...tman-didnt-make-it-to-the-2007-gold-cup-final
Read the article. Some food for thought. Couple of quick comments and factual corrections: According to my limited research (I asked my dad)... Great line! For those who would suggest that Reinsdorf, who's gained a reputation for being cheap especially when it came to Jordan... I have never heard anyone say that. When Jordan came back to the Bulls (after his first retirement), he had the highest contract in team sports history and made more than the rest of the team, through the "Larry Bird" rule. Reinsdorf was a whole lot of bad things, but cheap when it came to Michael Jordan was not one of them. Much like his inability to keep Jordan,... Reinsdorf did not have an "inability" to keep Michael Jordan. Jordan retired (for the second time). Sure, he came back for a third go around with Washington, but that was really nothing more than a nostalgia trip (also, he posted the lowest numbers of his career, he also made about 1/30th of what he made with the Bulls) "In the 1997-1998 season, Jordan made $33.1 million. It's still* the highest single-season NBA salary ever. At the time the salary cap was $26.9 million, and the average NBA team payroll was $32.7 million." *Note is was ONLY topped in 2017-2018 by LeBron James and Steph Curry. Further note, Jordan's salary in 1997-1998 would be about $49.7 million, adjusted for inflation. www.businessinsider.com/michael-jordans-1998-salary-lebron-2014-10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest-paid_NBA_players_by_season https://www.officialdata.org/1998-dollars-in-2017?amount=33100000 http://www.spotrac.com/nba/washington-wizards/michael-jordan-8739/
Reinsdorf wasn't ever cheap the way Dollar Bill Wirtz was, but he never renegotiated a contract. He was very public about his unhappiness paying Jordan that kind of money.
yeah, but Bulls fans did blame Reinsdorf's cheapness for the end of that dynasty. I still think they're at least partly right (I'd posit the lion's share of actual blame lies with Krause's, Jackson's and Jordan's egos, and Reinsdorf's unflagging loyalty to Krause)