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DEL.ICIO.USWithout Vick, Falcons’ fans vanish
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Terence Moore
In news worthy of a yawn, the Falcons just announced that they’ve sliced the price of tickets for next season in the nose-bleed section of the Georgia Dome.
Nice try.
I guess.
First, we’re talking about the nose-bleed section. Second, if the Falcons can do something about putting a Michael Vick clone in one of their uniforms, they’d have a better chance of putting more fannies in their stands.
The Falcons have to win, too, which they did just four times in 16 games last season before home crowds that were mostly invisible at times.
Anyway, prior to last season, all of those sellouts during Arthur Blank’s six years as Falcons owner weren’t about the momentary lowering of ticket prices in the Georgia Dome’s extreme upper deck. They weren’t about offering more tailgating opportunities for fans. They weren’t about colder beer and warmer hot dogs.
They were about Vick, period.
Consider this: After the Falcons sold every ticket at the Georgia Dome before their 2003 season, they were among the NFL leaders in no-shows during the regular season. That’s because Vick broke his leg in the preseason and didn’t return until late in the year.
It’s all about Vick for the Falcons. It’s always been all about Vick for the Falcons, and maybe you’ve heard: Courtesy of the feds and dogfighting, Vick and his quarterback magic aren’t available to the Falcons or anybody else for a while.
So I guess the Falcons could slash ticket prices and give a Michael Vick bobble head doll for every game. Then again, that only would work if the Falcons could give Vick’s head, body, legs and everything else for all of those games.
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