Put it into perspective: What would have to happen for you to stop being a Panthers fan?

[Ivan The Awesome]

Death. 

[UnluckyCharms]

I was born two months after the Panthers played their first game. I have literally been a fan my entire life since my parents immediately adopted the team as their favorite. At this point I think the only thing that could cause me to reevaluate my fandom would be the team moving out west. Until then I will happily sit through whatever drama/ 1-15 season/ disappointing year we may endure.

[Raleigh PF]

I've been a fan of the Cincinnati Reds, Carolina Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes since I was born and since the franchises existed in their current cities.

I know how to deal with pain.

[Anybodyhome]

On 11/18/2018 at 6:41 PM, ickmule said:

I’m still a fan, but i no longer care if they win or lose and I expect very little from them.

My sentiments, exactly. I love the game and I'll watch any football game as long as the matchup seems interesting, but I no longer care about the Panthers winning or losing.

My threshold was after the lockout year, the decision by JR to field a crap team that season and realizing after almost 20 years of owning a PSL, that I was being fleeced.

[Khyber53]

If they pack up and move. Short of that, it's the rest of my life.

[RumHam]

If the team moved or if the owner turned it into a cash grab where no effort was being made to build a contender. Something like the Hurricanes or Hornets, but even then i still support them but i'm not making time to watch games if you can't field a competitive team.

If tepper ends up jordaning the panthers, then i'll take a step back.

[Sgt Schultz]

I moved from the Carolinas three seasons ago, but I am still a Panther fan.  So, my location doesn’t necessarily matter.  Here most people are Cowboys or Broncos fans, with a few Cardinals fans thrown in for good measure, along with the usual number of people who identify with the Raiders for image.  

The Panthers moving could do it, unless they moved to Albuquerque or Colorado Springs.

I’ve always been more of a fan of the NFL fan than a particular team.  But about three years ago my interest in the NFL declined.  There are a number of reasons, none the least of which was I got tired of the lunacy of going to instant replay to look at a catch, and coming to the conclusion that it was a catch but knowing they would overturn it.  When they got to the point that they needed two physicists, a mechanical engineer, and a lawyer to determine whether something was a catch or not, I was pretty much done, other than my interest in the Panthers.

I am more of a Panthers fan than an NFL fan these days, but Panthers games on the tube here are rare.

2017 was critical mass, when my sum total of watching pro football was about three games worth.  Two of those were the Panthers finale against Atlanta and the playoff game against the Saints.  I watched 2-1/2 minutes of the Super Bowl (my wife wanted to see the end of it).  I’ve watched more NFL this year, but not like I did a few years ago.

The league could probably do something that would make me lose interest in the Panthers, by completely losing interest in the NFL.  That may be more likely than the Panthers doing something or me just losing complete interest, since I have been a professional football fan for 50 years now.

And for those worrying about the Panthers organization, I spent roughly the first 20 years of my football fandom as a Cardinals fan.  No discussion of futility and ineptitude at the organizational level can be complete without a serious discussion of the St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals.

[GoPanthers123]

If they move to New Orleans and rename themselves the Saints. Otherwise I’m a fan 4 life.

[Fox007]

Clemson thrashing Bama has me well enough for a long while so meh fug the Panthers if Clemson keeps winning chips I have a team that's won it all so it doesn't matter as much. Same with Basketball, all legit Carolinians have a College hoops team to root for and win one every now and then. (NBA lol though)

[GeorgeHanson]

On 1/18/2019 at 11:40 AM, RumHam said:

If the team moved or if the owner turned it into a cash grab where no effort was being made to build a contender. Something like the Hurricanes or Hornets, but even then i still support them but i'm not making time to watch games if you can't field a competitive team.

If tepper ends up jordaning the panthers, then i'll take a step back.

If a "cash grab" is of concern kinda surprised you were ever a Panthers fan.

As for "jordaning the panthers"....

....you can rest assured that David Tepper is the polar opposite of (the totally inept) Michael Jordan when it comes to owning and managing a major professional sports franchise --- they literally could not be further apart on the scale of qualified ownership.

[The Huddler]

im a fan no matter what

[Anybodyhome]

On 1/18/2019 at 11:40 AM, RumHam said:

if the owner turned it into a cash grab where no effort was being made to build a contender.

I'm guessing you haven't followed Panther football over the last decade?

[Peppers90 NC]

I reach a high level of maturity 

[panthersphan]

Easy.

 

They’d have to relocate, plain and simple

I mean come on, there’s no damn way I’d be cheering for the LA Panthers (if Chargers moved back to SD or something), Portland Panthers, San Antonio Panthers, St. Louis Panthers,  Los Panteras de Cuidad de México, etc etc

 

The onnnnnnly chance of the Panthers moving and me still being a fan (to some extent, probably wouldn’t be as diehard).... would be if they moved to Toronto, my birth city. Huge Leafs and Jays fan already, but the Toronto Panthers, now that would be f’n weird.

 

The Carolina Panthers. /thread.