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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui
But are they really? I mean I think the Pirates would love to have the fanbase the Steelers have. They wouldn't have been facing money issues that way.
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No, they would love to have the revenue-sharing, TV deal and salary cap of football. Fanbase is largely irrelevant when it comes to revenue (outside of a small % of merchandising). A large chunk of "Pittsburgh fans" root for both.
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Originally Posted by panerd
Oakland has been in the World Series in the past 20 years? And correct me if I am wrong but wasn't Oakland extremely disliked when they were winning World Series?
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Great point. Hated in the early 90s and then not hated in the mid 2000s. Sam fan base, I'm guessing success had something to do with it.