![]() ![]() Rhule was Tepper’s first head coaching hire in early 2020. Plus the team hasn’t known on-the-field success under owner David Tepper, who bought the team in July 2018.That’s because of a revenue decline stemming from the team’s success, as well as because of COVID, when game attendance was either not allowed or greatly limited. Roaring Riot has also trimmed its staff from six to two, Luttrell says.This year, Luttrell has four trips with fewer than 50 Panthers fans confirmed to attend. They’re totally uninterested in the team and I don’t blame them.”īy the numbers: Even during losing seasons in the past, Roaring Riot would routinely travel with around 300 fans to away games. “At this point they’re not even angry anymore,” said Zack Luttrell, who started the Roaring Riot in 2008. That helps erode any home field advantage - and it dulls the mood of fans. Plenty are not only not traveling to see the team, they’re not even showing up to home games. Why it matters: Plenty of Panthers fans are apathetic. When casual fans opt out of paying to see a habitually losing team, all you’re left with is the small cadre of diehards with season tickets. They’re 1-4 and just fired head coach Matt Rhule. ![]() What’s happening: Empty seats at Bank of America Stadium - or seats filled with opposing fans - have become an increasingly common sight as the Panthers’ losses mount. It’s hard to know if opposing fans outnumbered Panthers fans, but it sure looked like it. Bank of America Stadium was a sea of red jerseys last week during the Carolina Panthers-San Francisco 49ers game.
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