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There are plusses and minusses on both sides.
I discount the cost, traffic, etc as well as the tailgaiting because its about the game.
It is interesting how people disagree about which is a better way to view the game. TV limits how much you can see, but actually influences what you watch. At a game you can watch individual battles for the entire play. You can see the secondary, and the sidelines. You can see what the QB sees downfield. The other half of it is, you can miss something important if you are looking in the wrong spot.
If you sit in the stadium and follow the ball like a TV camera, you miss the advantages of being there. However if you don't understand how to watch football, you will miss important things happening while watching a WR block a corner, for example on a run up the middle.
To me, by far, the reason to be in the stadium is the excitement. This goes hand in hand with how good the team is I'm sure, because there wouldn't be as much excitement watch your home team Browns stumble.
When I watch on TV, whether at home or in a bar, I want no one talking to me or distracting my attention. I want 100% focus on the game. In the stadium it enhances that.
Finally, the reason to stay home, at least in my case, is the negative, complaining fans who gripe all game long about how much someone sucks, and how there is no way we will win. I have a couple of those in our section, but at least the buddy of the worst one has started to bust his balls over it.
I discount the cost, traffic, etc as well as the tailgaiting because its about the game.
It is interesting how people disagree about which is a better way to view the game. TV limits how much you can see, but actually influences what you watch. At a game you can watch individual battles for the entire play. You can see the secondary, and the sidelines. You can see what the QB sees downfield. The other half of it is, you can miss something important if you are looking in the wrong spot.
If you sit in the stadium and follow the ball like a TV camera, you miss the advantages of being there. However if you don't understand how to watch football, you will miss important things happening while watching a WR block a corner, for example on a run up the middle.
To me, by far, the reason to be in the stadium is the excitement. This goes hand in hand with how good the team is I'm sure, because there wouldn't be as much excitement watch your home team Browns stumble.
When I watch on TV, whether at home or in a bar, I want no one talking to me or distracting my attention. I want 100% focus on the game. In the stadium it enhances that.
Finally, the reason to stay home, at least in my case, is the negative, complaining fans who gripe all game long about how much someone sucks, and how there is no way we will win. I have a couple of those in our section, but at least the buddy of the worst one has started to bust his balls over it.