so I've got to ask.. is it worth it being a fan of this team?

[rayzor]

At what point do you just let go?

Why would you hang in there?

[ProcessBlue2]

I've been a fan for a long time. I was young the first few seasons but still kept up with the team distantly. Didn't really become a "die-hard" until probably 99/00 or so. 

I have never seen the team go through a rut like this or have this level of hopelessness season to season. I guess this is what some of the other franchises went through. I think we will eventually figure it out, I don't know if that 3, 5, or 10 years from now- but eventually the tide will turn.

It's hard to be a fan right now, and like I have told people:

• If your mental health can't take the strain, do yourself a favor and just come back later.
• If you don't have the money don't waste your money on gear, tickets, etc. Do it when you can. 
• If you have other things that are more important, focus your time and energy on those things, the Panthers will still be here.

There is a very large portion of our fanbase that used to pack BOA stadium that is lying dormant right now because of one of the three points above.

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[blackcat]

I started to let go when we lost the Super Bowl and checked out for good when Cam left the first time.  Since Tepper took over, this team has done nothing but stink and devoting any time/effort/mental space is a waste.  I own PSL's and haven't been to a game since before Covid.  There's just nothing to be excited about and I don't see that changing until after this season.  

[Cullenator]

Too pigheaded to quit...

 

If next weeks game looks like the last two (and Ive got no reason to believe it wont)  Ill just go back to watching RedZone and enjoying Sundays.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

As a fan who doesn’t have the $$$ go to games I will say it is easy to stick with them passively. For PSL holders and people investing a lot of time and money I think it is a different animal.  Those folks should be pissed off.  

[Jon Snow]

I'm just following them out of habit now. I have no emotions in the game anymore.  Stopped having that in 2016. It's only out of morbid curiosity that I still watch the games anymore. I now just want to see how bad it can actually get under this owner. Kinda like watching a train wreck that you just can't look away from. That's all I have left.

Edited September 16 by Jon Snow

[Shotgun]

[Bear Hands]

Even as a mod, I'm getting close.  

My dad gave up his PSLs he got year 1, finally, this year.  They're not in Charlotte anymore, finally were like its not worth trying to give away half of these that they won't travel in for.  Everyone in my orbit is out of Charlotte minus a select few.  There's not much tying me to the team anymore.  

My parents are both from Chicago, I live in the north shore, my wife & I just had our first (boy), and I'm seriously thinking he'll grow up a Bears fan (I know, not that much better haha).  And I was perusing through some old photos of me as a kid, and realize my dad had me in Bears & Cubs gear all the time.  Moved to Charlotte in 92 as a youngin' and when the team came, the fandom just happened to us all.

Not a big football merch guy, but all I've got left is one Kuechly jersey that I never wear and a carhart Panthers hat that is for hiking/house work.  Times are a changing and honestly, I'm tuning out.  

I dettached from the Hornets about 3 years ago entirely.  This feels eerily similar to when I was just completely dettached emotionally from a fan standpoint.  And it's just football at the end of the day.  I just want to watch some fun games at this point. 

  

 

[Leeroy Jenkins Ph.D.]

As a Panther fan living in Houston, it is hard to stay interested.  My kids have switched over to watching the Texans.  I can't blame them.

 

To be honest, I find myself feeling a little embarrassed to be seen around town wearing my Panthers gear.  

[DeAngelo Beason]

These days I consider myself more of a follower than a fan.  There's no point in expressing any passion about this franchise.  I've just been working on my golf game on Sundays.

When it comes to football in general, I delight in watching the greatness of Patrick Mahomes continue to unfold.  I'm really enjoying watching Brady fanboys melt down as Mahomes assaults the record books.

[SOJA]

Most people in my life outside of this psycho place know me as a Carolina Panthers superfan. 

But at this point it's become an abusive relationship. I'll still follow along peripherally but my interest is way way way down from what it used to be. 

[PantherPhann89]

I never watched college football growing up, only NFL. I never rooted for a team because one never represented my state,  SC, only players. I liked Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Walton Payton and Emmitt Smith. I considered them to be high character players. This is why I'm a fan of the Carolina Panthers. I won't stop being a fan because we suck and we do absolutely suck. I believe in supporting teams that represent my state much more than choosing a team with a winning record, that's a follower, not a fan...

[Joe Bear]

45 minutes ago, rayzor said:

At what point do you just let go?

Why would you hang in there?

I don't have any investment. 0-17 reflects on Tepper, not me. Besides, they're going 0-17 next year, too.

[Joe Bear]

I saw the 26-3 final and thought, "Not bad."