Leagues and Governing Bodies

NFL TEAMS WILL NO LONGER ANNOUNCE NO-SHOWS WITH ATTENDANCE

8.25.1997

          NFL teams will "fall in line with the rest" of the pro
     sports and release only the number of tickets distributed for
     games, after NFL attendance figures had reflected the actual
     number of people in the stands in years past, according to
     Mike Chappell of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS.  Teams will no
     longer announce "no-shows" in releasing attendance figures.
     Colts Exec Dir of Operations Pete Ward: "We have been the
     only (pro) league that has offered the no-show figure to the
     public. ... Why offer something publicly that will be focused
     on with a negative slant?"  NFL VP/Communications Greg
     Aiello: "Our policy hasn't (changed).  It's up to the
     individual clubs what they announce.  That always has been
     the policy" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS, 8/23).

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