In all fairness I don't think the half time shows are the issue. I don't think people are staying away because of them, just like I don't think people are really coming because of them.
It is a waste of money that does hurt the bottom line though. A bottom line that isn't as a large as it once was.
I think the half time shows are irrelevant.
People aren’t seeing who’s playing at halftime and basing their decision to go the game on that. They are deciding whether or not to go by how well the team is playing. The most important thing the team can do to acquire fans is fielding a good football team. One with good players and competent people running it.
Where Rhodes has really missed the boat is using these acts at halftime. People use halftime to go to the concessions, go for a smoke and go to the rest room. The majority won’t be paying attention to who is playing other than what they hear on the loudspeaker or see on the TVs while their in concessions lineups. Do you need to hire an act for that?
If he wants to hire an act as a bonus for the fans they should either be playing before or after the game, which is what was done for years by others before he got here. He’s another guy who thought he could reinvent the wheel and has failed spectacularly. The worst part is he actually thinks this stuff is more important that the team itself. It was reported he took money out of the football budget to pay for Vanilla ice. Football isn’t his priority and he’s the guy in charge of everything. It’s mindboggling to see that was allowed to happen to this franchise. This organization is in even worse shape now than it was at the end of the Maccioca era. Who thought that was possible ten years ago?