Yahoo Sports: Dolphins to honor Tebow before game vs. Broncos. Wait, what?

[21MadFan]

Imagine that your local professional football team organizes a ceremony to honor a recent national championship by a nearby college team. That doesn't sound like a bad idea, does it? No, of course, not. Unless ...

• The beloved star of the college team you're honoring now plays for the team that will be attempting to beat the home team that day;

• You're essentially inviting a horde of fans of that beloved college star to attend your game, where they could end up rooting against the home team, because of their passionate allegiance to said beloved star;

• Your stadium also serves as the home field of a different college team, which happens to hate the college team you're honoring that day, and those fans could end up booing the hell out of the other college team's celebration.

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[dsciambi]

I don't understand this at all. Since when did NFL teams celebrate stuff that happens in the NCAA? Not only that, but it's not exactly like Gainesville is anywhere close to Miami. I feel bad for Dolphins fans.

[AKM311]

Why feel bad for Dolphin fans? Miami fans are the worst fans ever.

They are the definition of bandwagon fans. They are doing this because they need tickets to sell.

[Warhead36]

This is almost as ridiculous as the Miami Heat's only two retired jerseys being Michael Jordan and Dan Marino.

[ouvan59]

I don't understand this at all. Since when did NFL teams celebrate stuff that happens in the NCAA? Not only that, but it's not exactly like Gainesville is anywhere close to Miami. I feel bad for Dolphins fans.

The same reason the Nats advertised in Philly. If your fans don't support you the team will try to draw in people any way they can. You can feel bad for them if they were selling out but they don't always.

[Stophovr6]

It could only happen in Florida. Suck for Luck is in full go mode down there and the fans wanted Tebow.

[kiingspadee]

Not to mention - Tim Tebow could not even BE on the Broncos. Sorry but you do not celebrate what someone does in COLLEGE

[Conn]

Wow, this whole "celebration" looks like its going to be a huge cluster****. Someone's got dollar signs in their eyes.

[Boss_Hogg]

ticket sales must really be down in Miami.

[pjfootballer]

This is almost as ridiculous as the Miami Heat's only two retired jerseys being Michael Jordan and Dan Marino.

Is that really true? Wow. I know they were an expansion team, but they could at least retire Rony Seikely's #4 or Glen Rice's #41.

[thebluefood]

Apart from college, Florida sucks at sports. They don't deserve a single franchise.

[ouvan59]

This is almost as ridiculous as the Miami Heat's only two retired jerseys being Michael Jordan and Dan Marino.

WTF? Why would they retire either of them?

[DeMarco Murray 29]

WTF? Why would they retire either of them?

Marino is just an honored number. Not really retired. A couple players have since worn 13. They are honoring his work as a Miami Dolphin.

Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning's jerseys are both retired from Miami.

[Bang]

oh, but he's such a nice boy.

~Bang

[ouvan59]

Marino is just an honored number. Not really retired. A couple players have since worn 13. They are honoring his work as a Miami Dolphin.

Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning's jerseys are both retired from Miami.

Still don't get Marino. I also don't get Hardaway. He was a good player while he was there but he was neither there a long time, the team never won anything and he wasn't a great player while there. They are going to be out of numbers pretty soon if guys like Tim Hardaway are getting their numbers retired. And I really don't get Jordan.

[Dan T.]

ticket sales must really be down in Miami.

This is my guess. The Dolphins were at 90.1% of stadium capacity in 2010. That was 7th worst in the league (ahead of only the Chiefs, Lions, Bills, Rams, Bucs, and Raiders). (Redskins were only two slots above them, at 90.7%. But the Skins ranked 2nd in average attendance and in total attendance, behind Jerrah's Boys.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_attendance

[SonOfWashington]

Hahaha, that is too funny. How can this be true? Seriously.