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September 22, 2014The latest edition of ESPN The Magazine comes fully quipped with outsourced, fan-generated content. In addition to discussing the best at various things (best cover corner, player with whom you’d most like to start an NFL franchise), they used metrics to decide which franchises in the four major sports are the best and created what they dub to be the Ultimate Team Standings.
Consulting firm Maddock Douglas surveyed 1,002 North American fans to form 25 criteria for what you want most in return for the emotion, money and time you invest in the 122 MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL teams. They then pooled regions for thoughts on their home teams and their respective in-stadium experience. And finally, they created a “bang for the buck” metric that took into account affordability (Browns!) and other items that could be grouped into “total return.” They weighted the categories (some more important that others) and viola—rankings.
The San Antonio took home top prize, raking it in on fan relations, honest ownership, player effort and likability, and strength of coaching. The Toronto Mapleleafs came in dead last at No .122 large in part to their outrageous ticket prices and lack of winning anything.
The Cleveland Indians were the highest-ranked Cleveland franchise, coming in at No. 42, carried by their affordable tickets (ranked No. 13 in “bang for buck”) and the strength of their coaching staff. When it comes to ownership and winning, however, the results were not so kind, giving the Dolan family a 95 and “title track” a 108. The Cavaliers, while essentially redesigned, ranked No. 101 thanks to a 115 for players and a 121 for coaches. The Browns picked up the rear, per usual, coming in at No. 110 ahead of only the New York Jets, Detroit Lions and Oakland Raiders among NFL franchises. While largely affordable with the league-lowest average ticket prices, fan relations, the stadium experience, and lack of winning severely anchored down any hopes of a team that has tried mightily to right the ship.
Coming as no surprise, even the best stadium experience in the country (the San Francisco Giants) doesn’t get you much—they ranked No. 32 overall. Winning, however, cures everything.
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So this ULTIMATE! EXTREME! TEAM STANDINGS didn’t take into account that the Cavs are going to win something like 4 NBA titles?
..not very ultimate if you ask me.
Interesting i never heard of this before. Explains what I’ve been saying about the Indians though. I’m surprised about the Browns but happy that the sheep aren’t complete sheep.
Don’t jinx the LeBronaliers! Media day – 9/26 – it’s getting closer!!!!
Of course, the only reason the Browns are ranked so high is because the stadium experience is so affordable; for those of us who live several states away from Cleveland and never have the chance to go to the games, this category is irrelevant and the Browns should rank correspondingly worse.
$hamrok still wants to know how/why Slim Jim Haslam paid a billion dollars for this team.
Don’t they realize the Browns are 3-0 in moral victories and are favorites in the Moral Victory Bowl this year?