Chiefs Ranked As 21st Best NFL Fan Base

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Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports

We all know the Kansas City Chiefs have some of the best, most loyal fans in the NFL but a recent study by two students from Emory University’s Sports Marketing Analytics program would disagree.

The students just released an in-depth study in which they think they have cracked the code on which NFL teams have the best fan bases.

And KC came in at #21.

Here is the list:

1. Dallas Cowboys

2. New England Patriots

3. New York Jets

4. New Orleans Saints

5. New York Giants

6. Indianapolis Colts

7. Chicago Bears

8. Baltimore Ravens

9. Pittsburgh Steelers

10. Tennessee Titans

11. San Diego Chargers

12. Denver Broncos

13. Washington Redskins

14. Green Bay Packers

15. Carolina Panthers

16. Houston Texans

17. Philadelphia Eagles

18. Minnesota Vikings

19. Cincinnati Bengals

20. Cleveland Browns

21. Kansas City Chiefs

22. St. Louis Rams

23. Seattle Seahawks

24. Buffalo Bills

25. Miami Dolphins

26. San Francisco 49ers

27. Jacksonville Jaguars

28. Detroit Lions

29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

30. Arizona Cardinals

31. Atlanta Falcons

32. Oakland Raiders

Here is a brief explanation:

"In our series of fan base analyses across leagues, we adjust for these complicating factors using a revenue premium model of fan equity. The key idea is that we look at team box office revenues relative to team on-field success, market population, stadium capacity, median income and other factors. The first step in our procedure involves the creation of a statistical model that predicts box office revenue as a function of the aforementioned variables. We then compare actual revenues to the revenues predicted by the model. Teams with relatively stronger fan support will have revenues that exceed the predicted values, and teams that under perform have relatively less supportive fan bases. We provide more details on the method here and here."

I am not even sure why they keep doing these studies. I think most NFL fans are pretty terrific. Some teams have more fans than others but there are all kinds of factors that effect that.

What do you think, Addicts? Is tis study bogus?