Agree if revenue generation is being discussed. However it isn’t the focus of the OP.
Attendance is important. Players feel supported. It’s the primary factor behind home court advantage. The secondary advantage being players don’t have to travel. Any followers of JC know how much emphasis he placed on fan support at games.
'Agree if revenue generation is being discussed'
fair enuf, i'll agree.
'However it isn’t the focus of the OP.'
ain't giving u this. the implication of the op, heck, it even has the word 'bad' in the title, is judgmental, and i don't agree that attendance alone is sufficient to judge anything aboot those programs.
attendance is nice an all that, but
it ain't got nothing to do with some team's success, like for instance,
the Tampa Bay Rays, and a bunch others, college and pro.
people don't attend rays games, or marlin games for that matter, but if you tool around Florida, u'll often see the game on in homes and bars/restaurants. definitely more rays on that then marlins, especially north and west of broward.
go too far north, and it becomes Braves turf.
too far west, and it's still rays, tho some turn on the astros, and the braves.