Comments on: The QB Blast: Less Camp Access Is Sound Business

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:02:04 +0000

Thanks for the compliments Kyle!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:41:49 +0000

Enjoyed the column, but I have one comment for Carlson. A baseball game is always better in person, especially at the Trop where the views are awesome. You can see so much more of all the things that make baseball baseball. TV never compares. THat’s one thing I like about the dome. You can just focus in on the game and never worry about the weather or planes, etc. …Liking Joeraysfan.com. Great sites Joe.

By: Louie the HATER!

Louie the HATER! — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:03:10 +0000

Just exactly what demand are the Bucs trying to increase by reducing the supply? Do they really think this is going to motivate more grateful fans to show up on game day? I’m no economist, but I don’t think it’s going to work like that. In fact in the short term, I think it could have the opposite effect.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:57:36 +0000

An addendum to Jeff’s fine column:

One reason many if not most NFL teams do not charge for training camp is that per an NFL rule, if a team charges admission to a training camp, it also must allow other teams access to tape/film of the same practice. That’s why the Redskins stopped charging. Financially, it was a major success as each practice was like a street fair or carnival.

Football coaches by nature are obsessively paranoid. They see black helicopters and IRS agents around ever corner. Just the thought of allowing practice video to be shared is enough to induce seizures among many coaches if not an outbreak of hives.

Think about it: There’s gold in them thar hills to charge for training camp. If NFL teams can rape fans for $8 a beer and $20 (in many cases, far more) for parking, you think they’d pass up easy money to charge fans to watch a practice?

Of course, there’s always a chance this rule can change. As Jeff suggested, enjoy the free practices while you can.

Jeff, this was a dynamite column. Thank you.

By: RastaMon

RastaMon — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:29:53 +0000

back in the day all you had to do was drive your pick up along the fence line,amid the cabbage palm and palmetto, climb into the bed and watch as long as you wanted….

By: Flemming

Flemming — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:45:30 +0000

Nice thought and probably very wise, but just open the doors Glazers. I loved going over on the weekdays before work. Even to just watch them catch punts or run footwork drills. The Bucs should open the doors. They don’t always have to entertian. …It’s not like they don’t have security all over the complex anyway.

By: J3m

J3m — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:26:48 +0000

Terrific analysis. I used to visit camp in otown and really appreciated it. Fans of the team will go whenever and wherever possible…we should enjoy the opportunities given and stop complaining. It’s just camp