so my ignorant B-I-L came back after I explained why his comments about GB were wrong and worthless.
He rambled on and on and on about Chicago and totally missed the point which is so typical. After all if he was smarter he would not be a bares fan.
This is all in a post from him and my reply to each of his comments:
First he told me how the bares have sold out for 28 years! I told him I was so happy for them. That it is actually 29 years which would be 8th longest in the NFL and to come back and talk to me about it when they get up to 54 years which is where GB is now.
Then he says that Chicago could fill a stadium of 70,000 after all they have a waiting list of 21,000+ which is "The LARGEST in the NFL" (He used the caps) I mentioned to him that I was talking about an 80,000 stadium not 70,000 and that it is cute that the bares have 21,000 on their list. Compare that to the 105,000 on the GB waiting list. Ten teams have more people on their list than Chicago.
I once again mentioned that Chicago area is 9.5 million while GB is 300,000 so why the need to try and compare cities?
I also said that he may think Chicago could sell out 70,000 seats but evidently the City of Chicago and the McCaskey's don't. Why else would they have removed 5000 seats when they remodeled? I mentioned most teams add seats when they remodel but not Chicago they go smaller. I said when MN finishes their new stadium Chicago will be the second smallest stadium. That has to be embarrassing.
In his post his final shot was that GB fans must be fair weather fans to take so long. I flipped back to the season ticket waiting list and said wiki has the bares with only 7900 not the 21,000 he claims. that Forbes shows the list as only 3300. I mentioned that the Forbes count is a few years old so it probably isn't accurate today. But what that means is that bare fans are the fair weather fans.
He did not reply. I guess he took his beating. If he does come back again, which I doubt he has the guts I will make it very personal. I will ask how many games he has forked out the dough to go watch his beloved play. How many cold weather games has he attended. How many 8 hour trips has he made to follow his team. I already know the answer to all three questions is "none". So I will then ask him how a fair weathered bares fan who only sits 40 minutes away from the stadium can criticize Packer fans when he has never been willing to do the same himself. BOOM. Alas he doesn't have the guts to take the real beating that is in store. He likes to dish it out but can not take it. It is probably for the best for my wife and her sister's sake.
Note to Dakota- Sorry for using so many stats but with a knucklehead like this guy who seems to make stuff up you just have to show him he is wrong with the real numbers.