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Am I the only one that sees a problem with that statement?

Sorry, but you guys in Tampa will be lucky if you can see 1 game next year. Losing Cadillac and Ruud, two of the biggest names on this team, sure didn’t help things. Especially Cadillac, who was loved by everyone in the city.

Joe can honestly say he doesn’t know one person dropping hundreds of dollars for season tickets because of a backup running back. And the way certain people in this market with loud voices whipped the masses into a froth to run Barrett Ruud out of town, if anything Ruud leaving will boost ticket sales.

I understand the plan that ownership and team staff has in place, but seriously, do something to at least decrease the amount of blackouts. Do something to make your team more known and more popular to the public. That would help. Josh Freeman for example, should be getting A LOT more love from the public and more attention on BSPN and NFL Network, especially considering Sapp is on there. He’s a rising superstar and carried the team on his shoulders last year. But no, all I hear is about Mark Sanchez (thank god we didn’t draft him). In other words, market the team a little better.

Gotta stick up for Team Glazer here. They fought to get the Bucs on national TV in London (yes, Joe knows in doing so they pissed in the faces of season ticket holders). Team Glazer fought to get the Bucs on night games, which they did. They hold more practices open to the public. They held another fanfest-type practice at the stadium, all free. Hell, Bryan Glazer is even doing interviews for select media outlets which was unheard of previously. What exactly do you want them to do, sign a bunch of name slugs like Braylon Edwards so the fantasy football types can play with themselves at night knowing they can pay to watch the second coming of Michael Clayton drop passes for a boatload of cash?

As far as the NFL Network and BSPN, what, is Team Glazer supposed to stick a sawed off shotgun in the faces of the program directors of both networks?

In case you haven’t noticed, Freeman has yet to play in a playoff game and Sanchez — not that good of a quarterback to be sure — has played in two straight AFC title games and also plays for a team in the NFL’s top market, i.e. eyeballs, i.e. cash.

The NFL Network isn’t a charity, it’s a money making operation meaning more eyeballs = cash.

Come on Patrick, you are better than this.

I understand the plan that ownership and team staff has in place, but seriously, do something to at least decrease the amount of blackouts. Do something to make your team more known and more popular to the public. That would help. Josh Freeman for example, should be getting A LOT more love from the public and more attention on BSPN and NFL Network, especially considering Sapp is on there. He’s a rising superstar and carried the team on his shoulders last year. But no, all I hear is about Mark Sanchez (thank god we didn’t draft him). In other words, market the team a little better.

Thats the diff.

If the bucs do that well, fans will be there. And no, missing the playoffs does not qualify.

Training wheels are off, time to man up.

@Thomas 2.2 — One could make the argument the Lightning fell from the top because its previous ownership didn’t re-sign their talent. But Joe’s not about to play ring around the rosie tonight with you.