wasnt their stadium always half empty when they sucked?
2007-12-10 06:52:16 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Maybe because everybody who claims they're real Patriot fans were the same ones who showed up when they sucked?
Ever think of that one smarts?
Tiger: They have to re-assess the fact that they're from Boston so they won't get jumped on in advance for being the real deal. Anybody can say they're a Patriots fan, but it takes a great deal of knowledge to back it up. What is it with you people not being able to accept that there ARE real fans of successful teams? It's not like 100% of their fanbase revolves around people who only started liking them around 2001.
2007-12-10 06:55:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
are'nt all stadiums of crappy teams half empty , its not just the Patriot fans ......you telling me when the Colts and Pats were fighting for 4th place in the AFC east that the Colts stadium was packed to capacity i think not Indy and the rest of the league have there fair share of wagon Jumpers ..
been a Pats Fan since 1988 season ticket holder since 1993 im 32 years old and can honestly say i havent been a Pats Fan since birth i was 10 their 1st Super Bowl so at 10 you kinda really dont know whats going on did i root for them in the Super Bowl vs the Bears of coarse my family has been season ticket holders since 1980 the reason i have season tickets they were a graduation gift from my dad in 1993 he Paid the 1st year and told me i was on my own if i wanted to keep them . growinig up it was kind of hard to root for a team that you couldnt see on TV they were always Blacked out . You got stuck watching Buffalo or the Giants .
2007-12-10 15:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by Dan M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can you name the different "names" that our previous stadium had when they built it in Foxboro in 1971? (without searching the internet) Here is the first one: Schaefer. Two more left, before they built the new stadium. Or were you not even born yet? I know what my answer is on that one.
Season ticket holder from the OLD stadium. Section 212 row 19 on the nice and cold metal benches. How is that for a NON bandwagon fan...these questions are getting so OLD.
2007-12-10 15:28:41 · answer #3 · answered by lkycharmz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their stadium has sold out since the Krafts took over, prior to that they had difficulty in the years that there was talk about moving the Patriots out of new england, once the Krafts purchased the team there was still talk about moving the stadium, but not taking the team out of new england and they didn't have any trouble after that. As far as current ticket sales streaks, the Patriots are 9th best streak in the NFL for sold out games, just behind the KC Cheifs and Dallas Cowboys. The Washington Redskins have the longest streak. Short streaks belong to teams like the Bengals, Bills, Chargers, Raiders and Colts who have not even managed to sell out every game with Manning.
2007-12-10 15:00:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
First of all, it's a NEW stadium and it's never been half-empty. The NY Jets played yesterday, to about 3,000 people in the cold/rain for 4 hours vs. the Cleveland Browns... is there a "better" Jets fan, sitting on his rear in sunny Los Angeles and watching the game over satellite in HD?
Secondly, if you don't live near the stadium or even on the East Coast.. then many, many people are supporting the Patriots. In fact, they'd be bankrupt, if they depended on you watching TV from home vs. fans that are there.
Then of course -- there's the REALITY of sitting in an ice-cold stadium on a November or December afternoon in damp weather, freezing your rearend off on a steel seat/ bench in that old, open wind, crosswind, bone-chilling stadium.. which gets all the more colder, when your team isn't winning. Have you EVER done that, even once? (I have, and I'm a NY Giants fan)
If you're going to "ask" a question just to rip on people.. then: Stick to topics you know, because this isn't one of them.
2007-12-10 14:59:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A bit of a generalization there don't ya think there slugger. I could write 3 paragraphs about how I've been a Patriots fan for life and how I remember when Dick MacPherson was the coach and when you couldn't see games on tv because they were blacked out.. But I don't have to prove Sh*t to you so bite me.
2007-12-10 15:13:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was too young to get a job, therefore too broke to buy a ticket. Not to mention the fact I'd have had to bum a ride to the stadium. That of course would have to be ok'd by my parents, and I couldn't see them letting a 12 year old kid attend a Pats game alone. I did however manage to watch them on TV or listen to them on the radio instead. You don't actually have to attend the games to be a fan. I'm sure you have season tickets of course, to your 49ers team. I'm sure you've attended every single game regardless of what happend on Sunday.
2007-12-10 15:04:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What crappy team's stadium isn't half empty? The Jags have had 3 blackouts this year, and aren't having anymore since they started doing good again
2007-12-10 15:16:07 · answer #8 · answered by -Jason HAM- Long Vive Le Jambon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh...Because that's their home team?...I'm originally from Boston, and have always followed the Pats...Yeah...When they sucked too...Guessing you're either a Colts or Cowboys homer...Where were YOU before the Colts had Peyton or before the Cowboys had Tony Romo?
...Darth, don't forget about Tony Eason and Irving Fryar...
2007-12-10 15:12:14 · answer #9 · answered by Terry C. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, actually I went to several sold out games the year they went 2-14 right before they drafted Drew Bledsoe.
Seems someone here doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.
2007-12-10 15:10:59 · answer #10 · answered by joecon113 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋