I more than understand that the Packers are owned by the "people" but the people don't exactly run the franchise or considered the CEO of the franchise. The people pony up 200 bucks for a certificate that say that they now own a share in the team, but they can't profit from the share, nor do I believe can they sell it. It was a very brilliant way of making money for the Packers, hell they should do it again and soon.

Anyways, the Market really has nothing to do with it, again that is baseball not football. The Packers have rebuilt Lambeau Field and they absolutely rake it in from that place and from the sponsorships of business in the great state of Wisconsin.

Packers in a very odd position, they are the smallest professional sports city but yet they don't have the problems, they are run like a big market town. Of course that has a lot to do with the fact that they are winning football games, this has been a very successful two decades, strongest of any franchise in the NFL and it has paid off in a big way. Just look at this forum and count how many fans of the Packers show up here that have no connection to the Packers, hell the guy that runs this place just came to Wisconsin last year.