Lack of respect for the Panthers is because...

[Jangler]

They disrespect us cuz I can't bake a triple layer cake. Sorry.

[PghPanther]

What is the difference?

I'd take winning football games over a popularity contest...and respect from who?

Media?........Fans?

Do they play the games?

The teams in the NFL and their players know what the deal is...........and they may or may not admit that when a camera or microphone is shoved in their face but respect in the NFL is there amongst those who know it most............and that is what counts....

 

 

[SOJA]

wait...wait...wait Carson Palmer has never won a playoff game?

[WOW!!]

Real Reason....

The "this is a passing league" narrative. ..

And the Panthers have Ginn, Cotchery, Funn Funn, and Brown... 

All these analyst want a exciting outside threat at WR.. And can't figure out how we're winning without one...

[mwright350]

There are a million different "reasons" because there isn't some sort of massive media conspiracy against us with a driving force behind it. "Analysts" are paid to give opinions which get viewers, not to be analysts really - viewers are drawn in by conflict, by seeing someone they agree with, or by seeing someone they can hate because they don't agree with them.  Personally I think the "media disrespect" or whatever and how it waxes or wanes is more an indication of popular support for the team outside of the home market than anything else.  

Simply put the larger and more active our fanbase becomes outside of the home market (which only comes through sustained success and time) the more the media coverage will skew to the positive (though even now, really, it's not nearly as bad as a lot of people around here make it out to be)