Cavaliers Near Top of Franchise Rankings
WaitingForNextYear —
ESPN released it’s annual Ultimate Franchise Rankings, you know where they poll fans and take into account ticket prices, chances of winning and a host of other factors. Here is a link to the methodology for determining the list. The Indians have been near the top of this list for awhile, but find themselves falling out of favor. In fact, the Cavaliers surged ahead to #5 on the list (#1 was the Angels) after finishing 49th last year. The team ...
ESPN Ultimate Franchise Rankings Says Angels Best at Doing Right By Their Fans
The Jaunt —
... Termed the “Ultimate Standings,” ESPN has compiled its 7th annual franchise rankings list based on several components such as Bang for the Buck, Stadium Experience and Fan Relations (go here for full methodology). All 122 teams in the four major sports get analyzed by way of fan surveys and expert analysis of team operations. This year, Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Angels have prevailed as the decisive champion of the fans. ...
ESPN Franchise Rankings: How Canadian Teams Fared
TheScore.com Blog —
... They did this by ranking franchises by a number of different factors—like ownership, affordability, fan relations, the players, coaching, and one they called “Bang For The Buck” in which they calculated “wins during the past three years (regular season plus postseason) per revenues directly from fans, adjusted for league schedules.”—and then provided composite, overall ranking. You can read a more detailed explanation of their methodology here. ...
The Oakland Raiders are not very fan friendly
Just Blog Baby | An Oakland Raiders Blog —
... The list ranks professional franchises in North America based on a very scientific set of parameters to ultimately decide what franchise gives fans “what they want”. Parameters such as “affordability”, “title track” and “bang for the buck”. ...
Chicago Bears Come In #69!
Windy City Gridiron —
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on how they calculated the value of a franchise to it's fans, The Method. ...
Saints Rank No. 52 Among All Professional Sports Franchises
Canal Street Chronicles —
... No. 52 would just be ridiculous), though some of that is taken into consideration, but more on each organizations relationship with their fans. It's fairly unusual to see each franchise from all of the major sports being compared to each other so these standings are pretty fun examine.
For a little background on how the rankings were created, you can read the introduction article here as well as a bit more in-depth explanation here. Basically, this is how it works:
The eight major categories that make up ...
ESPN Ranks Hurricanes Number One - A Closer Look
Canes Country —
... Peter Keating, the author of the article, describes his exact methodology here. To make a long story short, a consulting firm from Chicago helped with the analysis by polling 1,000 fans and asked them a variety of questions related to their favorite sports franchise. The questions included 21 topics which were eventually grouped into eight different categories. They received over 50,000 responses which were all used in the analysis. ...
