PATSNUTme

So we have lost most of the off season to the lockout. No free Agency period,no OTA's or Mini Camps so far. It's been boring to be a football fan.

But when does being bored become being pissed? When does being pissed become being outraged?And if you are outraged what are you going to do about it?

It's a tough one for me. This is not baseball, basketball, or hockey. But I'm going to reach a tipping point some time, and I don't know what my reaction will be if/when I do. I think I'll be a whimp and do nothing besides being disgusted. It is football after all so I watch and care just as much as I always have because I'm a football

When do you think you will reach your tipping point and how will you react once you do?

convertedpatsfan

I think I was close to the tipping point, but the draft helped. It's kind of wearing off though.

I know not a lot happens around this time anyways, but we could at least speculate on things. We don't know what the CBA will look like, which players might be available in FA depending on rules, or what the salary cap (if there is one) will be. So all we're left with is the legal stuff, which is an awful substitute.

Mike the Brit

Good question.

I'm not a season ticket holder (another fifteen years on the waiting list?) so it's not my money that supports the NFL (apart from all of the pickup trucks/Viagra/Coors Light I buy to keep the networks' advertising revenues high enough to pay for the TV deals ...)

So I guess that my anger at the stupidity of both sides will stay just that.

If they lose a season, then it will make a huge hole in my life, that's for sure, but the only thing that could make me re-assess my football fandom would be if the whole structure of draft and salary cap went. But not even the NFLPA could be that stupid. Could they?

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Dufflebagz

Ouch, that's a long wait....supposedly I'll have em in another 1-2 years (fingers crossed), luckily my Aunt has had ST's for awhile.

My tipping point? I think that will be missing a good amount of training camp...I'm already pissed but that will put me over the edge. I'm not sure how I'll react other than anger but I won't stop watching football, I can promise you that.

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Deus Irae

Since this isn't going to be an issue of taking away a season that's already in progress, I don't know if I'll ever hit a tipping point for outrage. Apathy is much more likely.

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Frezo

Yup, I'll hit that point of apathy when a reg season game goes away.

Mike the Brit

That's why I'm trying to keep the risky behaviour under control (not taking Viagra while drinking Coors Light in my truck ...) I'll wait it out!

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patsfan-1982

ill be kinda pissed if there are any games missed but as far as free Agency i dont think the pats were going to do much more then sign a jag or two so at lest the outher teams cant get any better and OTA's it's just a bunch of guys running around in shorts who cares... call me when and if the season starts

ausbacker

NFL fits into many sports that I follow world wide. The tipping point for me will be when most of these competitions are winding down and NFL season is set to start around September.

Koma

If there is still a labor impasse in mid-July and training camps do not open on schedule, then the quality of football this season will suffer (assuming there is a season.)

If a deal is reached by the end of July or the middle of August, maybe the impact will be limited, but the games won't be as sharp as we are used to. In addition to existing teammates having a shorter time to prepare for the season, rookies and FAs will have a much smaller window to learn new playbooks and systems.

I don't think I will ever reach a level of outrage about this. If I was 10 years younger I might care more, but I'm not a season ticket holder or a Sunday ticket subscriber, so I don't have a financial commitment.

If this season is lost, I'll be disappointed and miss the NFL, but there is still college football, other pro sports and the RWC this fall. I suppose I could also spend more time with the family.