Charlotte...Not a football city?

[PandaPancake]

Yes. My section was infested with 49er tards. Save for me and some whacked out pot head, it would have been solely red and gold. Pathetic.

I dealt with the same thing at a bar in Colorado. This guy was yelling the entire game. Even called Cam the N word a couple times. Just a total drunken asshole. By the fourth quarter I yelled, "Just because your quarterback is a douche doesn't give you an excuse"

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[lola]

I dealt with the same thing at a bar in Colorado. This guy was yelling the entire game. Even called Cam the N word a couple times. Just a total drunken asshole. By the fourth quarter I yelled, "Just because your quarterback is a douche doesn't give you an excuse"

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Cocky Kaep fans are quickly becoming some of my most despised groups of people.

[Brooklyn Bully]

so you left right after high school?

 

Nope. Moved there when I was 18.

 

don't you live in a city with a team that exists in another state?

 

Yep. You'll notice I didn't say NYC was a football town. That's because it isn't.

Here's a list of teams that draws fans from multiple states to its stadium: Jets, Giants, Eagles, Kansas City, New England, Bengals, Washington.

So what?

 

So the argument here is if CHARLOTTE is a football city, not two States. Charlotte isn't. Big deal. That doesn't mean it sucks. Great place to raise a family. Great place to get a job. Beautiful. Want to spend Sundays with some savage, hardcore football fans though? Look someplace else.

[RoaringRiot]

 Want to spend Sundays with some savage, hardcore football fans though? Look someplace else.

 

You were trying to make a point about Charlotte not being a football town because it "relies on two states to sell the stadium out". I don't get your point....several teams do.  

 

Charlotte definitely has a long way to go, but you're statement here couldn't be more inaccurate. You obviously didn't look or weren't invited to the right places. 

[Jase]

I challenge the notion that OKC is a basketball city.  Just because they have a good basketball team there now that is well supported doesn't mean anything.  They didn't even have a basketball there until 1992.  The children just played catch with tumbleweeds before then.

[Brooklyn Bully]

I challenge the notion that OKC is a basketball city.  Just because they have a good basketball team there now that is well supported doesn't mean anything.  They didn't even have a basketball there until 1992.  The children just played catch with tumbleweeds before then.

 

Charlotte was one when they first got the Hornets. Remember those days? Sell outs galore, crazy atmosphere. Just like when Raleigh got the Canes. Don't worry, it'll die down. But right now? Heck yeah they are. 

[Brooklyn Bully]

You were trying to make a point about Charlotte not being a football town because it "relies on two states to sell the stadium out". I don't get your point....several teams do.  

 

Charlotte definitely has a long way to go, but you're statement here couldn't be more inaccurate. You obviously didn't look or weren't invited to the right places. 

 

I know there are pockets of good fans. You yourself and your truck prove that. But I'm talking when an entire town gets involved. That's why being small like Green Bay helps. Or being close-knit like Pittsburgh helps. Charlotte is too transplant filled. If you want this to make sense, change it to Football States. Then yes, NC is one. But the CITY of Charlotte is not. I'd argue bigger places like Philly, Boston (if the Pats were there), Pittsburgh, Dallas, and even KC could still support the team the same without visitine fans from nearby towns. It's an attitude and personality issue. Look at the Seattle Sounders. That is some amazing stuff on the ends of the pitch. MAYBE we should lump all the better Panthers fans into one section. Then it'd be wild. Too many bankers, too many old people, too much Southern grace.

[SCP]

I know there are pockets of good fans. You yourself and your truck prove that. But I'm talking when an entire town gets involved. That's why being small like Green Bay helps. Or being close-knit like Pittsburgh helps. Charlotte is too transplant filled. If you want this to make sense, change it to Football States. Then yes, NC is one. But the CITY of Charlotte is not. I'd argue bigger places like Philly, Boston (if the Pats were there), Pittsburgh, Dallas, and even KC could still support the team the same without visitine fans from nearby towns. It's an attitude and personality issue. Look at the Seattle Sounders. That is some amazing stuff on the ends of the pitch. MAYBE we should lump all the better Panthers fans into one section. Then it'd be wild. Too many bankers, too many old people, too much Southern grace.

And too many fans of the opposing team. Panther fans are soft as a group and far too many leave because of weather or traffic or loud fans in their section. This fanbase needs to grow a set of balls and man up, period.

[Brooklyn Bully]

And too many fans of the opposing team. Panther fans are soft as a group and far too many leave because of weather or traffic or loud fans in their section. This fanbase needs to grow a set of balls and man up, period.

 

Yep. Just compare Eagle fan to Panther fan. We don't even come CLOSE. And the whole "just give us time to grow" argument doesn't work. Sure, more kids will grow into fans, but there's no way to know if they'll grow up soft are loud. Charlotte is just a sweet, peaceful city. I mean, go to a Braves game. Then go to a Red Sox, Phillies or Yankees game. Braves fans are soft as hell. Are there ANY "loud" Southern cities? Charlotte, Atlanta, Tampa, Jacksonville, Nashville, etc. All tame. Maybe Houston? Dallas? 

[SCP]

Yep. Just compare Eagle fan to Panther fan. We don't even come CLOSE. And the whole "just give us time to grow" argument doesn't work. Sure, more kids will grow into fans, but there's no way to know if they'll grow up soft are loud. Charlotte is just a sweet, peaceful city. I mean, go to a Braves game. Then go to a Red Sox, Phillies or Yankees game. Braves fans are soft as hell. Are there ANY "loud" Southern cities? Charlotte, Atlanta, Tampa, Jacksonville, Nashville, etc. All tame. Maybe Houston? Dallas?

Jerry World gets owned by the northern teams fans. Same for Tampa, Jax, ATL, and Miami. Can't speak for Nashville or Houston. All I know is its frustrating as hell to go to a game and get fuging owned in the stands. Last year against the Giants they scored on a run play (that was called back) and the upper deck was shaking from the Giant fans going nuts. Same thing when the Packers came here in 2011 and scored to go ahead. The Steelers game this year will be an embarrassment from a fan standpoint on a national stage. Joe D will be proven correct. I challenge people to find ANY other stadium in the U.S. that gets owned as consistently as ours. I go to a poo ton of venues when I travel to catch games and I have never seen anything like Charlotte. Maybe Tampa, Jax, and Miami come close but only for NY teams. Our poo got owned by the Bengals a few years back. The fuging Bengals!

[SCP]

I don't think it has much to do with being a young team. It's the demographic makeup of the region.

[Chimera]

I know there are pockets of good fans. You yourself and your truck prove that. But I'm talking when an entire town gets involved. That's why being small like Green Bay helps. Or being close-knit like Pittsburgh helps. Charlotte is too transplant filled. If you want this to make sense, change it to Football States. Then yes, NC is one. But the CITY of Charlotte is not. I'd argue bigger places like Philly, Boston (if the Pats were there), Pittsburgh, Dallas, and even KC could still support the team the same without visitine fans from nearby towns. It's an attitude and personality issue. Look at the Seattle Sounders. That is some amazing stuff on the ends of the pitch. MAYBE we should lump all the better Panthers fans into one section. Then it'd be wild. Too many bankers, too many old people, too much Southern grace.

So you're saying that the Patriots don't rely on Connecticut or Rhode Island to sell out their games? Or Pittsburgh doesn't rely on West Virginia or eastern Ohio (especially since nobody lives in Pittsburgh anymore)?

KC does have some rabid fans, but when your city is surrounded by cornfields, you're really all they have. No one in Missouri cares for the Rams. Still, are you saying they aren't relying on residents of Kansas or Nebraska?

Jerry World is usually filled with opposing fans.

I'll give you Philly.

The only place I've ever spent time that was nearly 100% behind the local team was Minneapolis. Yet even there, there were still packets of Packers fans. In Seattle, I saw probably an equal number of Steelers decals on cars as I saw Seahawks decals. But I lived there during the Hasselbeck years.

[Brooklyn Bully]

So you're saying that the Patriots don't rely on Connecticut or Rhode Island to sell out their games? Or Pittsburgh doesn't rely on West Virginia or eastern Ohio (especially since nobody lives in Pittsburgh anymore)?

KC does have some rabid fans, but when your city is surrounded by cornfields, you're really all they have. No one in Missouri cares for the Rams. Still, are you saying they aren't relying on residents of Kansas or Nebraska?

Jerry World is usually filled with opposing fans.

I'll give you Philly.

The only place I've ever spent time that was nearly 100% behind the local team was Minneapolis. Yet even there, there were still packets of Packers fans. In Seattle, I saw probably an equal number of Steelers decals on cars as I saw Seahawks decals. But I lived there during the Hasselbeck years.

 

I never said the Pats were a football city. I mean ... what the hell is Foxboro? Put them in Boston and they could sell out with city folk. I stand by my Pittsburgh statement. Keep in mind I'm talking about city support too. Pitt is all about the yelllow and black. CLT is too sprawled. Same with Jax. It's hard to get any sort of "pep rally" atmosphere. I'm jealous of places like Green Bay. I bet the entire town is green and yellow.

 

The Giants and Jets, while they have many fans, feel non existence up here. Maybe it's because they're across the river. But I feel no team support. Then again I'm a Panther fan so I probably don't notice it. But the Yankees support up here is nuts. Even Knicks and Nets support is strong.

[RoaringRiot]

There are tons of NJ people at Eagles' game. TONS...