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Post by Want To Know on Mar 14, 2007 12:40:50 GMT -5
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Post by Canton Cougar Fan on Mar 14, 2007 13:51:11 GMT -5
Has anyone called the Riverhawks office and asked them?
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Post by Free Agent Fan on Mar 14, 2007 14:11:14 GMT -5
I hear things..........I hear things.....
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Post by picman on Mar 14, 2007 14:15:40 GMT -5
Well Joe what the point in telling us you hear thing if you don't tell us what
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Post by Free Agent Fan on Mar 14, 2007 14:18:34 GMT -5
Because I can't base them up with facts....yet. But, I know J'town players were hoping Manny caught the Td that wasn't called. Once I get some facts, then I'll post. But, from what I heard after last week..................it doesn't look good.
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Post by exit322 on Mar 14, 2007 14:41:29 GMT -5
Yeah, Johnstown doesn't look to be in very good shape. But I don't have any more than any of you guys.
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Post by slocoma on Mar 14, 2007 14:42:17 GMT -5
Damn, I just bought a gross of rubber chickens.
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Post by Free Agent Fan on Mar 14, 2007 14:52:20 GMT -5
Yeah, Johnstown doesn't look to be in very good shape. But I don't have any more than any of you guys. I have more...........but I can't put it down without something to back it up. I heard alot since our game last Friday. But, if anything happens between now and then. You did hear "things" on here first. |
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Post by picman on Mar 14, 2007 15:23:49 GMT -5
I was just picking on you alittle Joe
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Post by exit322 on Mar 14, 2007 15:36:28 GMT -5
It's hard to tell. I will give them credit, MinkMorris' forte is in franchise rehabilitation...so they could do some wonders here. I think they wish they'd have put a lot more money into this and hired some people to do things.
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Post by 123yathatsme on Mar 14, 2007 15:41:12 GMT -5
well if the fold, which i hope they dont, what city would they move to? or what would they do?
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Post by riverhawkfan22 on Mar 14, 2007 17:12:38 GMT -5
I know i'm new to posting on this site but I read it everyday and it's sad to say it but if the riverhawks fold it wouldn't surprise me. I interned down in johnstown last season and say how poor the management is and the team didn't market their product very well. When I went to their home opener this year versus Canton their were probably between 700-800 people there. You can't make a profit off of that and I'm sure their other games have been a disappointment as well in attendance. At that game I talked to my old boss from the riverhawks and he said the team lost over $100,000 last year. As much as I enjoy their games i don't think their future is good in johnstown.
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Post by Sykotyk on Mar 14, 2007 17:21:16 GMT -5
People don't realize but you need to really market. That means upfront spending for things like commercials, ads, billboards, fliers, etc. You can't just rely on trade-offs with sponsors for such things. You can't rely on a TV station promoting the team for you. You can't rely on a newspaper promoting for you. You can't rely on other companies to promote for you.
You have to spend the money and do the leg work. Good marketing has a huge return on investment, yet these teams, as companies, do not want to do any of it.
Teams that go cheap, stay cheap, and are sparsely attended.
Sykotyk
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Post by riverhawkfan22 on Mar 14, 2007 17:58:50 GMT -5
This is Johnstown's 3rd team and 3rd different league for this football organization. In 2000 they played in the Indoor Football League as the Johnstown Jackals that team folded. A few years later the Johnstown team would be renamed the J-Dogs in the NIFL and then that team folded. Now their struggling as the Riverhawks in the AIFA. Indoor football just isn't clicking in this town.
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Post by 123yathatsme on Mar 14, 2007 18:07:56 GMT -5
well johnstown is not one of the biggest of towns either.. even with altuna (sp) and state college close by if they advertised then they would get a big crowd... they COULD get a big crowd because thats football country down there
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