New York Jets not represented on FanSided “Fandom 250”
The annual FanSided Fandom 250 has been released, and the New York Jets do not appear on the list.
New York Jets fans are some of the most passionate in all of sports. It’s really difficult to think otherwise when you simply look at the team history. It is going on 50 years since the team won a championship and fans have stayed with the team almost that long. There are fans that have been attending games all of their lives, via individual game tickets and/or season tickets. They go through family lineages just like they do with more successful teams.
No ultimate success in nearly half a century. The fans are still around. If that isn’t passion, we all need to read the definition again.
Our parent group, FanSided, puts together a list of top 250 fan bases annually. We call it the Fandom 250. It covers all type of fan bases, between teams, athletes, programs on TV, and everything in between. Believe it or not, Jets fans are not represented on this list. Television programs are represented on this list, but not the Jets.
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This fact becomes even more surprising when you look at some of the criteria that it takes to make the list:
"Over the course of a year, FanSided editors meet multiple times to discuss, study and rank fandoms. Weight is given to what is “hot” or buzzworthy over the course of the year. What happened in a calendar year is a large component of the equation. But fandoms get points for longevity, size and worth as well.The great equalizer to be what we call the “passion barometer.” The quality of a fandom is just as important to us as size and longevity."
OK we can give them the fact that it hasn’t been a very eventful calendar year. Winning five games to date and cutting players would not read as being very exciting. But Jets fans didn’t even make the top NFL fan base list. Jets fans meet the other criteria, and meet it easily. The fan base is huge, passionate and been around a long time. We should be SOMEWHERE on this list.
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The tri-state area is well represented:
- Aaron Judge (250)
- New York Rangers (224)
- Derek Jeter (162)
- New York Giants (159)
- New York Mets (119)
- New York Knicks (75)
- New York Yankees (20)
Even the Bills are ranked number 81. So FanSided did recognize many of our teams and players. However, it’s amazing that Jets fans do not appear on this list. They are some of the most passionate across any of the landscapes.