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Grizzlies ranked #1 franchise in all of sports by ESPN 

Post#1 » by darkangle901 » Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:13 pm

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Re: Grizzlies ranked #1 franchise in all of sports by ESPN 

Post#2 » by GrizzledGrizzFan » Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:22 am

This is one of those things that, even though you know it's really nowhere near accurate, it's still really cool :)
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Post#3 » by darkangle901 » Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:25 am

If you look at their criteria, it makes sense. Things like number of wins vs revenue directly from fans.

We were #5 last year, behind the Thunder, Packers, Spurs, and Pacers.

In other words, being a big market counts significantly against you.
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Post#4 » by GrizzledGrizzFan » Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:52 pm

Yeah - point taken. I meant in terms of when one thinks of the #1 franchise in North America in general. I
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Post#5 » by SD2042 » Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:31 pm

I'm kinda shock that the team did achieve the #1 status across all sports. It's a good acolate for the Grizz and should help towards continuing the great work on marketing and bettering the team in the long run.
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Re: Grizzlies ranked #1 franchise in all of sports by ESPN 

Post#6 » by vanjulio » Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:32 pm

Very interesting and how the new ownership has kept a good thing going in the right direction.

It's amazing to be #1 when "number championships" is a criteria so they must have us projected to at least win a title some time down the road.

I suppose this is great for the franchise in attracting ads and business partnerships - maybe even get some more television exposure??? Should at least pick up some ESPN games this season?? :P

Tennessee has so many die hard sports fans though don't they? I was on vacation in Arizona the past week and I saw about a dozen people wearing University Tennessee gear (football season is on). Obnoxious but die hard.
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