The Panthers might not be cleaning house.....

[liljah8303]

I get not wanting to attend the games and spend that kind of money on game day.....but selling jerseys is just sort of spiteful with no affect.

Just a pissed consumer. And to be honest the Nike Cam Jersey was a little tight in the shoulders. Im sure Ill be buying again, the question is how soon?

Dont want to sound corny, but it hurts when we lose. You think about it all week, and have good vibes all week only to be let down. It would be different it only happened every once in a while. So for now Im no longer invested financially or as much emotionally.

[Snake]

What the OP did is really the only way fans can get Richardson's attention...hit him in the wallet. Why not continue to turn a huge profit every year with an extremely conservative (to the point of fault) approach when the money is going to come in regardless if the team wins or loses.

We really all should write JR as well. If he gets 100 letters or emails you have made a impact.

[Panthro]

I wish we could organize to the point we could boycott a single game to show how unhappy we are...he might still get the ticket revenue but would lose out on the concessions and merchandise sales. Which would make him take notice.

[4Corners]

Living out of state, I end up paying over 20 bucks a week to go to a sports bar to watch the game. I have more expendable income lately, but I did this as a poor graduate student, and it wasn't easy. Spending money to sit in a loud place to watch the Panthers game without commentators just to see the lousy Jake show (post 2008) or the lousy Jimmy show was a pain. I went back week after week, of course, but it wasn't easy. And now, we have 3 terrible games out of 5 again this year. I can't imagine spending the amount of money you stadium guys do to watch that sort of crap. I'd be ticked as well.

Valid points. I used to always watch games at my house with my 1 of my room mates but he moved to Virginia like 2 years ago so I started going to a bar near my house to watch games.

Unfortunately, Charlotte is a city where we are always going to have to compete with other fan bases and no where else is this more obvious than a sports bar in the area.

I started watching at my house again this year because its annoying to go spend $40 at a bar and have to listen to obnoxious Yankees or trashy Steeler fans who never been to Pittsburgh talk sh1t and critique your team.

[4Corners]

I spend way more than 20 bucks in a day at a sports bar watching football. That aint poo...

Yep.

[csx]

I wish we could organize to the point we could boycott a single game to show how unhappy we are...he might still get the ticket revenue but would lose out on the concessions and merchandise sales. Which would make him take notice.

It's just a sport. Stop trying to turn it into some kind of important political or humanitarian issue. If you have the time and desire to organize you should get a group together to help people in need, or clean up litter, or anything constructive to humanity.

[Car123]

[j2sgam]

It does suck, but I will be a fan regardless and will continue to buy & wear Panther gear. I sport a Keuchly jersey on most Sundays, and am limiting myself to only buying more gear after they win. I am disappointed that I have to wait to get another hat this season, but its the way it is, nothing I can do about it...

It does not affect the team in any way if I that is the only game I watch paying for all of the Sunday Ticket, or if I watch all of them. A win cannot be achieved because I do or do not buy and/or wear Panther gear all week of any other day. I have a few superstitions that I stay true to, week in & week out, but they are not the cause, and the result at the end of the game is not the effect. Win or lose I am still a fan of this team, dejected as I may be, I am still a fan...

Maybe if I hadnt tattooed a Panther logo on my leg I would feel different, but there is no selling that....

[Panthro]

It's just a sport. Stop trying to turn it into some kind of important political or humanitarian issue. If you have the time and desire to organize you should get a group together to help people in need, or clean up litter, or anything constructive to humanity.

Your kids soccer game is a sport. The NFL is a business which impacts the community and our lives...even you since you take time out of you busy schedule of feeding the homeless to post here on the Huddle.

You did post this from a soup kitchen...right.

[X-Clown]

At least we had a future to look forward to after the 2010 season.

I can't say I'm exited for 2013 either when Rivera, JR, and Hurney are still going to be running this show.

During the 2010 season after about Week 2, it was pretty much a given we were going to lose and get blown out every single game. Once the opposing team kicked a FG to make it 3-0 the game was pretty much over.

While no one likes the way the results have gone so far, other than the Giants game, we have been competitive. And the worst thing about 2010 was that people thought we were going to stick with Jimmy Clausen for another year at QB. We know what happened next.

Seems like too long.

Im not even sure why this is relevant. If I was 12 years old, at the most it could have only been a couple years. Can I help how my age or how long Ive been supporting the team? What if Im 5? I guess those guys dont have a say so, or a right to be a fan? Seeing how theyve only supported the team for a little bit. For a lot of the old fuggers on the Huddle if you havent been a fan since 95, youre not a real fan. A dumb post is dumb.....

To answer the question....Ive been a fan since 2001 the year of Chris Weinke. The 1-15 year. The year we won our first game and lost the last 15. For almost half my life Ive been a fan.....of a shitty product

There is a difference in watching the games and being a fan. Ive been watching since 96, a fan since 01.

It's relevant only because what I've posted above. We have had MUCH worse times as a fanbase than we do now. If you were in attendance during the days of Chris Weinke, Isaac Byrd, and Richard Huntley, then you would remember that.

[X-Clown]

And for those that question the OPs fandom....for shame. He is doing more to improve the Panthers than you ever will by blindly accepting mediocrity

So selling his tickets to opposing fans who will go spend money in our stadium is the best solution and posting about it on a message board is better then actually sending an e-mail or letters to the front office about it?

[csx]

Your kids soccer game is a sport. The NFL is a business which impacts the community and our lives...even you since you take time out of you busy schedule of feeding the homeless to post here on the Huddle.

You did post this from a soup kitchen...right.

Maybe you could plan an Occupy event on the stadium grounds. Start a drum circle, chain yourself to the Sam Mills statue, let the world know of the atrocities being committed.

[Panthro]

So selling his tickets to opposing fans who will go spend money in our stadium is the best solution and posting about it on a message board is better then actually sending an e-mail or letters to the front office about it?

I'm saying just squat on the tickets. Dont sell them...take the hit.

[Panthro]

Maybe you could plan an Occupy event on the stadium grounds. Start a drum circle, chain yourself to the Sam Mills statue, let the world know of the atrocities being committed.

The soup line is backing up with all of your posting...