My opinion is that professional sports in South Florida, particularly in Miami have an elitist following, similar to that in LA, where the fancy types who can afford high cost tickets come around. "Da U"s football attendance does not parallel its hype.
FLorida and FSU are a different story, northern Florida schools with true grassroots support. These are diehard fans who probably are not of the variety that can afford, again, to pay expensive ticket prices for fabulous teams. In my opinion, thats what separates a city like Miami from Detroit, because Detroit supports both its college and professional teams, whereas Miami doesn't support either.
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