Arizona Cardinals # 33 in ESPN Ultimate Standings

by Drullin'OverDaCards on Jul 2, 2009 3:21 PM MDT

Wow! Playing in the Superbowl and settling in to the new stadium got the Arizona Cardinals a 51 place jump from 84th to 33rd in ESPN's (fairly meaningless and arbitrary) Ultimate Standings of 122 pro sports franchises. You can look at all the teams here.

This years rank: 33

Last Year's Rank: 84
Title Track: 56
Ownership: 82
Coaching: 11
Players: 41
Fan Relations: 65
Affordability: 60
Stadium Experience: 24
Bang for the Buck: 14

The site defines the above categories:

Bang For The Buck (BNG): Wins during the past three years (regular season plus postseason) per revenues directly from fans, adjusted for league schedules.

Fan Relations (FRL): Openness and consideration toward fans by players, coaches and management.

Ownership (OWN): Honesty and loyalty to core players and local community.

Affordability (AFF): Price of tickets, parking and concessions.

Stadium Experience (STX): Quality of arena and game-day promotions as well as friendliness of environment.

Players (PLA): Effort on the field and likability off it.

Coaching (CCH): Strength of on-field leadership.

Title Track (TTR): Championships already won or expected in the lifetime of current fans.

Nice to see the Cards getting some respect. No more Rodney Dangerfield quotes for us.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Revenge of the Birds' (ROTB) editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of ROTB's editors.

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respectability?

Are we the top NFC West team?

Also, I love that only 10 franchises in all of sports can say that they have better coaching than the ARIZONA CARDINALS. Who doesn’t love them some Whiz?

I've won the same lifetime achievement award twice....yes I'm the Most Interesting Man in the World

by Bezekira on Jul 3, 2009 6:59 AM MDT reply actions

I think it's pretty fair.

I personally believe that the Bids got a bit of a bad rap here. They finally have a genuine revenue stream with the new stadium and it seems they are spending accordingly. I know an old rep takes time to be shed, but I think they are turning the corner. They just have to keep leaning right until the corner is fully turned.

When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson

by Red Reign on Jul 4, 2009 11:14 PM MDT reply actions