The Gr8est
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I agree. We're addicts and the NFL has our fix.
At some point, there will be a tipping point. At some point, it will be like the NBA.
However, we've seen three weeks of debacles thus far, and which one of us is not going to turn on the Buffalo-New England game this Sunday?
I agree with those that use the phrase "playing with fire." I have no idea what/when the tipping point will be. Maybe it will be a gradual process, maybe something will swing the balance.
But all I know is, for now, people are watching the NFL at higher rates than ever and the NFL has more parity than I can ever remember. So what has Goodell really lost by employing these hack refs?
Yeah we're addicts, but for me personnally, there are limits.
I have followed the Pats since I was a small boy, hoping against hope that the team that I followed so religiously, and had failed me so consistently, could somehow make it to the top and be the NFL champion.
I was finally rewarded in 2001 and the past decade has been more than I could have hoped for. That said, I have been souring somewhat on the whole NFL experience to the point that if the NFL gave me a good reason, I could walk away and not look back.
I would never be able to muster up any enthusiasm for another team, and it is not the Pats who are making me feel this way; it is the NFL itself, although certainly the overreaction and demonization of the Pats by Goodell and jealous fans of other teams has contributed mightily.
I suspect that the fact that the Pats are still a premiere franchise and look to still be a special team worth watching has held sway to keep me invested, but make no mistake, when the Pats hit hard times again, I will be done with the NFL.
Unfortunately, if the current referee debacle continues I may move in that direction sooner than planned.