You are correct. I live in Pittsburgh and this is the same problem we have with the pirates. If the team is making $$ they don't have to win if the fans come anyway, but if the fans stay home, they have to put a winning product out on the feild to make $$. The only wrinkle here is that if the fans stay away, whoever buys the team next will most likely move it. so, better to go to the games now and hope for a future owner who cares, and some money from NYS to upstate NY (ok, that's a dream) to get a new stadium.