tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post2157580206166519050..comments2023-10-16T06:09:53.892-04:00Comments on Scott Says ...: A Redskins fan rips Panther fans ages 23 and overUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-46080446075355345562014-10-16T16:42:27.401-04:002014-10-16T16:42:27.401-04:00This guy is right on. Same thing applies to the Ja...This guy is right on. Same thing applies to the Jacksonville Jaguars, Columbus Blue Jackets, etc. By the way, what is with the super generic names. Panthers? Jaguars? They sound like high school teams. I guess the NFL ran out of creative names.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-16211028936278499732011-10-29T09:14:00.635-04:002011-10-29T09:14:00.635-04:00Not sure the Redskin fan's bright line test ap...Not sure the Redskin fan's bright line test applies to everyone. When I was a little kid, I was a Cowboys fan if I thought about football at all...I liked their team colors, and I loved Roger Staubach. Then the 'Boys took an ugly turn character-wise and as I got more into college basketball and the Charlotte Hornets, I stopped watching the NFL. Moved away to Richmond a few years after Charlotte brought in the Panthers franchise then moved back as the Panthers were going on their Super Bowl run. The excitement was contagious and I started tuning in. Finally learned something about football and I've been a fan ever since...even during seasons like last year. And I still don't like the Cowboys .... TOO MUCH DRAMA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-46996636821309170182011-10-28T13:57:32.207-04:002011-10-28T13:57:32.207-04:00This letter is following the guidelines right out ...This letter is following the guidelines right out of the low IQ section of the Sore Loser Handbook.<br /><br />If your team gets beat on the field...<br /><br />a) Insult the other team's fans. For example, they don't fill the stadium, our fans were louder, or they leave early.<br /><br />b) Talk about Super Bowls from long ago. However, one should avoid this tactic when talking to a Steelers fan.<br /><br />Mr. Redskin, this letter really resembles a Dallas fan move. And, I thoroughly enjoyed watching quiet Redskin fans leave early last Sunday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-58726096938703506162011-10-28T09:17:20.230-04:002011-10-28T09:17:20.230-04:00I am 59 - and born in Charlotte. I think the guy ...I am 59 - and born in Charlotte. I think the guy is probably right. How else do you explain last year's attendance.? Do Green Bay, Pittsburgh or Buffalo fans stay home when their team is not in a good place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-42511379823194917922011-10-28T09:03:36.569-04:002011-10-28T09:03:36.569-04:00Grew up loving the Cowboys...but when your home st...Grew up loving the Cowboys...but when your home state gets a team you have to switch. Never understood why anyone would remain 100 percent loyal to a team from somewhere else. True loyalty is hometown pride.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18124301473638263601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-77922305006488997432011-10-28T04:11:49.143-04:002011-10-28T04:11:49.143-04:00Some really good responses from fans of all ages. ...Some really good responses from fans of all ages. In some places some people treat football as religion and I could see how you wouldn't want to be "disloyal" to your old team if you moved to NC but I don't agree with his theory.<br /><br />The kid goes by the assumption that at a young age everyone has a football team they root for and that's simply not sure. There are other sports you can follow and other interests you can have that aren't sports related. For me, I didn't follow football till I was around 15 and that was when I first saw the Panthers. Ever since then I have been a diehard Panthers fan and diehard football fan in general. I'm 23 now and I will always root for my hometown Panthers team wherever life takes me. But if someone different chooses to root for another team, that isn't there hometown team, by all means. Love me some cold brews on Sundays and Panther football!<br /><br />Go Panthers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-12581402422719772742011-10-28T00:02:27.118-04:002011-10-28T00:02:27.118-04:00THIS IS JUST A SORE LOSER!!!!!
THAT IS THE THEORY...THIS IS JUST A SORE LOSER!!!!!<br /><br />THAT IS THE THEORY!?!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-10383995765479229792011-10-27T23:24:06.639-04:002011-10-27T23:24:06.639-04:00From Dan
This was a great idea Scott. Love hea...From Dan <br /><br />This was a great idea Scott. Love hearing the luv from true Panther fans. Yes- people are entitled to root for who they want. But I'm entitled to my mine opinion. And I always get irritated with these Charlotte Deadskin fans. Glad all the Panther fans are letting them have it here. Keep piling on Panther Nation. Go Panthers- the true and only Hometown Team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-79720596864475992272011-10-27T22:52:03.795-04:002011-10-27T22:52:03.795-04:00I understand why he would use that argument (it...I understand why he would use that argument (it's the only one he can come up with), but it's completely unfounded. I was in the Army until a couple of years before the Panthers were founded and loved football, but didn't really have a "favorite" team. <br /><br />I had always yearned for a team which I could call my own and not have to share with a city or state in which I didn't live. <br /><br />After having been stationed in New York and California, I had been following the 49ers and Giants more than anything, but even then never felt they were "my team". I was simply borrowing them from strangers living elsewhere.<br /><br />When the Panthers were founded, I finally had "my team". I quickly lost interest in following any other NFL team and have been a die-hard Panthers fan ever since. <br /><br />Personally, I don't trust someone who shuns his local team to follow a team hailing from a place where the person doesn't even live. It's kind of like turning your back on your family to spend time with a family across town with which you really have no ties. But, that's just how I look at it. It doesn't surprise me to see a Redskin fan think that way, though. :p<br /><br />Dewayne Gore<br />Owner, Panthersfanz.comPantherFan007https://www.blogger.com/profile/00697582542006488827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-33330354857059886302011-10-27T21:09:11.381-04:002011-10-27T21:09:11.381-04:00How bout this I was an Oiler Fan, even though i ha...How bout this I was an Oiler Fan, even though i have always lived in NC, because of Bum Phillips,Earl Cambell,and the Carolina Blue uniforms and They moved to Tenn or were getting ready to move in '95 so it was an easy transition to being a Panthers fan. i'm 37.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-38365569640139847562011-10-27T20:42:44.573-04:002011-10-27T20:42:44.573-04:00This Redskins fan is either:
1) being an instigat...This Redskins fan is either:<br /><br />1) being an instigator<br />2) deluded<br />3) mad that Charlotte residents don't like his Redskins anymore because they got a team of their own<br /><br />4) or mad that the Panthers thumped the Redkins this past week. <br /><br />Probably all of the above. I respect someone who supports the local team and community more than someone who lives here and can't let go of some irrational, retarded connection with another city's team. If you love the Deadskins so much, then move to DC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-30800545013484185132011-10-27T18:55:49.597-04:002011-10-27T18:55:49.597-04:00I'm of the opinion that once you turn 18, what...I'm of the opinion that once you turn 18, whatever team you root for is the team you are stuck with. There are a few exceptions, though. If your favorite team moves out away (did anyone expect all of Cleveland to keep rooting for the Ravens?) or if a new team arrives in your area. I imagine the latter is the case for Panthers fans in the Carolinas.<br />I'm 26, and I've been a Panthers fan since I was 10. Prior to that, I was a Bengals fan. I've lived in New Jersey all my life, but I adopted mid-90s expansion teams as my favorites because that's when my interest in sports really emerged.<br />So because I was 10, not 8, and had a favorite team prior to the Panthers' existence, should I not be trusted? Sounds a little ridiculous.Scott F. of New Jerseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-11997751462507530262011-10-27T14:52:45.445-04:002011-10-27T14:52:45.445-04:00Precludes the notion that one could be a huge foot...Precludes the notion that one could be a huge football fan but not have a team. This guy makes the assumption that everyone has to have a team he passionately follows - when in reality many who grew up in Charlotte in the '80s merely had preferences. Big difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-13646021009373899952011-10-27T14:45:48.496-04:002011-10-27T14:45:48.496-04:00I would say he'd sing a different tune if the ...I would say he'd sing a different tune if the Redskins had been, what's the word.... oh, good, sometime in the last decade. I promise a Colts fan wouldn't write crap like this. <br /><br />In fact, this is the type of fight the sports-fan friend you don't like starts in a bar when he's had a bad day and wants attention.Elonbravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050444335151014408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-45480116734048597462011-10-27T14:27:24.751-04:002011-10-27T14:27:24.751-04:00I was born in 1952 and raised in NC. Sure, I grew ...I was born in 1952 and raised in NC. Sure, I grew up watching the Redskins and Falcons, because that's what the TV networks gave us. I was a lukewarm fan of both teams, but they were both two states away, and my true loyalty was to the Tarheels. Along with thousands of other Carolinians, it was a proud moment to see the NFL come to the Carolinas with the Panthers franchise. Our loyalty was given to the Panthers immmediately, and the tradition will only grow. It's easy to see how fans from the oldest franchises take great pride in their tradition going back many generations, but that's their loyalty and heritage. They can look down their nose at the fans of the newer franchises all they want, but we have our own team now, and we take great pride in it.<br />We no longer need to borrow a team to root for, thank you very much.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969699073479113213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-85131462200432284012011-10-27T12:39:07.513-04:002011-10-27T12:39:07.513-04:00I don't have time to read everyone else's ...I don't have time to read everyone else's comments, and this may have already been presented as a reason, but here goes...<br /><br />I am a DIE HARD Panthers fan and I'm 25 years old. The Panthers were the first and only NFL team I have ever pulled for. I grew up with football going on in the background on my dad's TV and whatnot, but I never really got into the game until later down the road. When I was little, I saw the game as long and boring. That, of course, if far from the case now.<br /><br />I now live in Los Angeles as of two months ago (moved from about an hour outside of Charlotte). I subscribed to DirecTV just so I could see the Panthers play every Sunday. I make weekly Panthers Youtube videos previewing and reviewing the games. When home visiting family over the Christmas holiday, I'm going to do my best to make it to the Bucs game on Christmas Eve (since I haven't been able to go to one this season). My apartment and closet is decked out with Panthers merchandise. My laptop background is a version of the Panthers logo.<br /><br />Bottom line is, I support this team with all my heart and soul. Just because I'm over some magical number in the age category does not make me any less of a fan. GO PANTHERS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-27931895712685321762011-10-27T12:33:24.359-04:002011-10-27T12:33:24.359-04:00can we also talk about how anybody that ever trans...can we also talk about how anybody that ever transferred schools, changed jobs, broke up with a girlfriend, changed a dinner order after placing it, changed outfits after dressing, changed the channel during a show, etc. etc. etc. .....<br /><br />....by the same merit "can't be trusted" it's sports, it's not blood in blood out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-89713570270996144052011-10-27T12:13:07.421-04:002011-10-27T12:13:07.421-04:00No matter how much you might like a team from anot...No matter how much you might like a team from another region, it's not your own. The Redskins were never the Carolinas' team. It was merely a good-enough-until-we-get-our-own team. Nothing more.<br /><br />I grew up liking the Saints because my parents spent some time in New Orleans when they were younger. But they were never my team. Same with the Braves and any other non-NC team I might have followed.<br /><br />So when we got the Panthers, just before my 15th birthday, "I" got the Panthers. Even now, after I've moved to New York, I still have the Panthers.wshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01589152769926483998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-60657788007583224682011-10-27T11:13:32.710-04:002011-10-27T11:13:32.710-04:00I'll cop to "abandoning" my favorite...I'll cop to "abandoning" my favorite team. I live in California and was born a 49er fan. But when ownership changed and they decided not really care about football, I lost respect for the organization.<br /><br />Then in 95 when the Panthers came along I hitched my wagon to them.<br /><br />HOWEVER, I am a TRUE Panther fan! Anyone that wants to challenge that I tell them this... I live in a town where the games are never televised and I have to go somewhere to see the games! I am the only one in this town to sport any Panther gear... AND I supported my team and was faithful during their 1-15 and 2-14 years! SO I challenge ANYONE to say I'm not a true fan!Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13793752412525145425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-89671381539387501902011-10-27T10:36:04.058-04:002011-10-27T10:36:04.058-04:00This is ridiculous. This guy really is uneducated ...This is ridiculous. This guy really is uneducated or intentionally acting plain dumb.<br /><br /> First of all, I'm 37 years old and a passionate Panthers fan.I have been a football fan since middle school and watched it religously. Before the Panthers came to existance, I had several teams I "Liked". Such as the Bears, Steelers and Bills. But I'm from NC and I was never passionate about any of those teams, just like them. I'm a proud Tarheel and I LOVE my State, and where I'm from in the Mountains. <br /><br /> So, of course when the Panthers came along I "abandoned" those other teams. Why? Because they aren't my home STATE team. I'm no longer gonna have a favortie team from another State when my home State now has a team, Why would I? Its not good logic. Thats just crazy to think I would still give my loyalty to a team from another State just because they were around before my team. I give my loyalty to my State and my State team.alanbaldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710858741597509191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-70018071998084083452011-10-27T10:17:31.424-04:002011-10-27T10:17:31.424-04:00Looks like quite a few holes have been poked in th...Looks like quite a few holes have been poked in this theory, but I must offer my observations as well: (1) 'Kids,' in general, prefer to cheer for a winner - the proverbial "My dad can kick your dad's butt;" (2) 'Kids' also tend to cheer for teams for which their parents cheer (shared experience); (3) the '23-year old' rule is arbitrarily imposed suggesting 'kids' under 8 cannot independently choose a team for which to cheer and that 'kids' over 8 can (fallacy of composition); (4) disloyalty is but one of many possible explanations why people change their favorite team.<br /><br />Case in point: I have a friend that grew up in Philly and was a die-hard Eagles fan, but when he moved to Florida and couldn't see the Philly games AND the Eagles kept disappointing him by faltering on the brink of winning a championship, he changed his loyalty to a Florida team: not solely because the Eagles were losing but ALSO because he could not watch them (NFL ticket didn't exist then). To this day he is a Phillies and Flyers fan, but his NFL loyalty remains with a Florida team DESPITE the fact that he has lived in the Carolinas for over 10 years. I also have many friends that grew up in the Carolinas and are still die-hard Redskin fans, Cowboy Fans, Steeler Fans, etc. <br /><br />I grew up as a Redskin fan in the Carolinas (Billy Kilmer, Sonny Jurgensen, Art Monk, etc.) because they were the only team broadcast here every week and my father loved them. <br /><br />When Carolina was finally awarded a franchise, I immediately became a Panthers fan. Not because I was disloyal to the Resdkins, Cowboys, Steelers or any other team, but because I finally had a home team for which to cheer. My loyalty has never wavered despite bad seasons with Dom Capers, the disaster that was George Siefert and both the great and not-so-great John Fox era. <br /><br />To quote a Nobel Laureate, "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?" (J.M. Keynes)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-38200999849340453192011-10-27T10:14:01.302-04:002011-10-27T10:14:01.302-04:00This obviously struck a chord with people and I am...This obviously struck a chord with people and I am loving all of the response.<br /><br />I completely disagree with the letter.<br /><br />I am 32. I was 15 when the Panthers started and I had no NFL team. My dad was a Cowboys fan, so my house never cheered for the skins even though they were always on TV here in Greensboro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-48343015284764016522011-10-27T10:10:44.963-04:002011-10-27T10:10:44.963-04:00I'm 26 been a Panthers fan my whole life. I&#...I'm 26 been a Panthers fan my whole life. I'm a PSL holder of the Panthers in Section 523. I can actually agree with this guy in a way. I have seen fans where they will pull for the Panthers but when their first team comes in they change their allegences. That is one of the reasons why visiting fans get into our stadium. Losing has a little bit to do with it but it didn't start last year. I would say normally a Panthers fan 30 or over probably has 2 teams. But in closing I don't care if the Panthers are your first or fifth favorite team if you are in our stadium pull for our team.E-Man's Sportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137366162448934044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-19048489079378755312011-10-27T10:08:46.942-04:002011-10-27T10:08:46.942-04:00This person completely ignores the fact that suppo...This person completely ignores the fact that supporting your local football team is to support your local economy. This guy sounds like a sociopath in hiding.Derpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-39588195328449061832011-10-27T09:38:10.661-04:002011-10-27T09:38:10.661-04:00Another thing that people have to remember is that...Another thing that people have to remember is that many people in this area were Redskins fans before the Panthers arrived, even for multiple generations. Those loyalties don't always die easily. Also, many transplants are from other cities and carry their loyalties with them. A Steeler fan would die rather than switch teams just because he moved to Charlotte. That's how deep the loyalty goes. But that's when the fan moves from his hometown to a new city. I guess it's easier to conceive of a fan switching teams when he lives somewhere that never had a team and then one is dropped in his backyard. I know many transplants here that cheer for Philly, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Washington, Green Bay and would just as soon have their hearts ripped out then switch to the Panthers. By the way, I was among those cheering for the Redskins, and have been for 40 years.SkinsFanForevernoreply@blogger.com