The Florida argument is a stereotype -- sorta like another post on here about the Devil Rays playing a series in Orlando.
Dolphin stadium is a horrid park in a suburban location. It's not a baseball stadium that was proposed by Wayne Hizuinga before he got the Marlins in 1991. Nor is the stadium and the fanbase that doesn't show up at the team the tale of all Florida sports.
Who holds the NHL attendance record for the playoffs? Oh yeah, that's a florida city. Fickle fans... How many losing seasons did the Buccaneers endure before they were respectable again? 14... 13 of those seasons were double digit loses. I bet you'll call the Buc faithful fairweather fans because we didn't sell out Tampa Stadium over and over again while the Bucs were the worst Football franchise in the NFL.
The Orlando Magic has been desperately mediocre since Shaq and Anfernee Hardaway left the team in the 1990's and still outdraws a Tri-state area based basketball team (the Nets) in an arena with bad sightlines. Why is that? Fickle fans, right?
I'm not even going to get into turnout for college sports and high school sports in state. ANYONE who calls Florida fans the worst fans in sports needs to broaden their horizons.
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