italian pat patriot

no: i will see it alone as my wife and my son will sleep (probably they will 'hear' me)
i took 1 day off from office as the game is playied here in Europe in the real night (from 1 to 4 am...)

sporadically i see some games with a friend of mine (a GB fan) and another one (a SD fan)

they like a lot the NFL and they do not dislike the Patriots too

but i'm very excited to see my beloved red uniforms and the awesome old Pat the Patriot on the helmet

Lloyd_Christmas

I was born and raised in southern Maine and I always liked the fact that the New England Patriots were my "home" team despite the fact that they played in Foxborro, Ma.

I think the "New England" is more inclusive and a vast majority of the teams fans are not from just Boston, not just Massachusetts, but from many of the states in New England... and that was true even before they starting getting good. Many football fans in New England (including Boston) in the early years were Giants fans and the greater inclusion of the NE Patriots name couldn't have hurt in pulling those fans to the Patriots.

The Patriots' stadum is not in Boston and, in fact, Boston has been hostile in the past towards their attempts to have a stadium there, so they have no right for the name change in my opinion. If anything, the Foxborro Patriots or the Massachusetts Patriots would be a more appropriate name change... but I don't want those either.

I don't buy the argument: Boston Bruins, Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, so the Patriots must be Boston Patriots. Football has nothing to do with those other sports and there are plenty of other things about those sports and/or teams that I don't want the Patriots to emulate either.

Lastly, the team is the Patriots. Everyone knows that the real patriots were not just from Boston, MA. It is fitting that the team is the New England Patriots since that includes the entire region where the revolution began. It also sounds better IMO than the Boston Patriots.

I think it would be dumb to change the name back now and would feel like a slap in the face to the many Patriot fans from other New England states.

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SoCalPatsfan90

I'm torn... I like how the name sounds. But I'm a fan of the New England Patriots because I was born in New England, not in Mass. I was born in Groton CT., so I like the all encompassing name...

dalero

One of your folks in the Navy?

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