War on ESPN?

[IcyPatriot]

I'm open to any and every idea on fighting back the national media campaign lead by ESPN and being waged against the Patriots. For whatever reason, Mr Kraft & the Patriots organization have not been able to defend themselves and I've had it.

I'll throw the first proposal out there;

Picket ESPN studios - This could force our voices to be heard. We'd need a spokesperson who could represent the Patriots, their fans and the truth who could speak to the media and deliver our message. AND we'd need a huge turnout!

What do you guys think?

I have a life and a family to support. A few more Lombardi's will do the job.

 

[PatriotsReign]

Whatever you do you will be characterized as a loony Patriots homer denying facts. (I know you have facts for them that they ignore, but that is not what they'll say.)

I say the only revenge is to get this, or whatever and the NFL network. A large group, say for opening day hits them in the wallet.

You want to hit them in the journalistic ethics and will fail because they have none.

Great input...so do you think if thousands of us call Comcast and tell them we all want the NFL network for no charge that it would help?

 

[Sean Pa Patriot]

I hope for the sake of all of us that this over tom, because if this is dragged out any longer, its become a joke

 

[PatriotsReign]

Hate to burst your bubble; especially if it is a lovely bubble.

Let's use some ball park numbers. What is the US population 6,000,000?

Let's say 300 million are actively NFL fans. (I think I'm over estimating, but let's say I'm including NBA fans who are casual NFL fans, etc.)
1/32 of that is Patriot fans. That is 3 million let's assume about 50% rate of people going along with the boycott. (Primarily Red Sox fans, etc.)
1.5 million sounds huge, but 1.5 is 0.5% of the 300 million.

If you boycott, do it because it makes you feel better, but expect to have about 0.5% effect.

I'm not trying to show you up, but the total US population is 300mil+ so the number of NFL fans (solid fans) would be more like a max of 10% or 30mil. So let's assume 1/30th are Pats fans so that's only 3million total....

Well, you get the picture. We can't have a significant financial affect on ESPN.

 

[PatriotsReign]

Kind of like how in New England a failed steroids test means that you should have a lifetime ban? Of course, if you get caught taking HGH, that's OK...like I said, allegiances alter perception.

You're right on this analogy. They're basically the same offense and I imagine pretty common amongst NFL players.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

Brady absolutely ripped ESPN today on the Big Show, I think the war is definately "ON"

 

[cmasspatsfan]

Schlepper still wont let it go, putting his own spin on it and still ranting. What a frigging douchbag.