Meanwhile, over in Tampa, similar things are happening.
The Glazers have made virtually zero investment in the playing staff and are miles below the NFL salary cap, despite being in the top 5 in ticket prices in the NFL. As a result ticket sales have fell off a cliff and the Tampa Bay Bucs are facing having all their home games blacked out on local TV as they haven't sold out one game -
http://tickets.buccaneers.com/ - basically in the NFL if you are any good tickets are harder to pick up than a dog turd about to liquify.
Steptoe and Sons are broke ladies and gents, despite what Fergie might have you believe and the days of them splashing £20m plus on big name players are in the rear view mirror