re: Anyone Else Interest In The NFL Declined Over The Years?

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yep, it's called growing up I remember the days when I would be depressed for weeks after my team lost. Now I'll be upset for like 5 mins and then I don't give a shite anymore.

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yep

Basketball is my favorite sport and absolutely love it. Use to watch any game on. Now unless it's lsu or hornets I rarely watch outside of home underdog playing good team

Football same. I still keep up and cheer for notre dame but unless lsu I'm not nearly as emotionally invested like I use to be. Still will watch underdog or upset games

Use to really follow the the sabres but now playoffs only and that's if they make it.will casually watch rest of playoffs

Baseball can't watch unless it's cubs


Unless it's my team in any sport I've lost interest. Which is so odd because my love for sport hasn't waned at all but now that I spend Money and time going to my teams I'm financially and emotionally so much into my teams just don't have room for others

My interest has only increased as the years go by. I love tailgating and getting together for games with friends and family. The NFL is a big part of my Sept-Jan activities. I've always been a bigger pro fan than college though.

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ive never been a "rah-rah" type of guy; it always annoyed the piss out of me to attend games and chant OH-IO (for example) 100x a game.

frequently was accused of being a lesser fan because of it...

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i used to get into discussions about this with a friend back in law school (probably 2006ish)

i always hated the "rah rah" fans who really didn't know shite accuse me of being a lesser fan, when i thought having a better understanding of everything made more sense. she disagreed, fights on gmail ensued

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It is starting too with the change in rules favoring offense.

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To me, that is the only thing keeping it mildly interesting. Those years when the Ravens and Bucs were winning it were awful. Even now, it seems like there are only 10 competent QBs and everyone else is junk. It's weird, I totally appreciate a defensive struggle in a college game, but I can't stomach it in the pros. Maybe because it's more of a challenge for college teams to get stops. This game on right now is to me. I'll be somewhat hyped for divisional round and conference championships.

I watch maybe two full Lions games a year. Even when they were good last year, I was usually asleep by mid first quarter.

One obvious advantage of college is the number of games. You can usually stumble on 3 or 4 good games per weekend. That's tough to do with pros.

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it always annoyed the piss out of me to attend games and chant OH-IO (for example) 100x a game.

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My favorite thing to do up until a few years ago was go to 4 or 5 Mich and MSU games a year. Mich/ND '11 Denard armput miracle was the last straw for me. While the stadium looked amazing that night, I was freaking hung over/sobering up most of the game, pissing every five minutes, battling with white trash, jockeying for position in a tiny seat, etc., etc. I would much rather stay home at this point. Hockey is the only sport I really enjoy in person anymore.

Total interest in football is ebbing. The interest that I do have is actually shifting toward the NFL from college.

vladamir vladmirovich putin

oh right. i guess that would make more sense. he does kind of look like Charlie Watts, though.

My enjoyment of the NFL season has waned over the years, and continues to do so with each year. I am into college ball considerably more.

It started changing for me with all the movement of players. You used to really identify with a team more because players more likely than not stayed a decade or more with one team.