Locke wrote:This is why I'll never be considered an NFL fan. I'd never go to a Super Bowl over my arm chair when I have all the awesome food (that is way better than some shitty stadium food), way more comfort, no loud obnoxious dumb fucks around me spilling shit on me or bumping into me or cheering for the wrong fuckin' team, and no line for the bathroom.. plus more booze.
I guess I'd go if I won an all expenses paid trip with paid room and board and paid food and paid private skybox or some shit, but other than that I wouldn't go to a Super Bowl even if my favorite team was on if I have the option to be comfortable in my own home with a 50 inch flat screen TV.
Yeah and I think this is why sooner or later the NFL is going to have some attendance problems. Ticket prices keep rising, but with the economic times we're in right now it's getting harder and harder to justify shelling out the hundreds of dollars it costs for a gameday experience at an NFL stadium when you can have an experience that's AT LEAST as good in your own home for a shit ton less money.
I was soooo close to getting tickets to the Packers/49ers game the other week, but if I'd have brought a friend or my girlfriend with me it'd probably have been a $500 dollar outing taking all expenses into consideration. Uh, no thanks. Instead I watched at home, got a 6 pack of a good IPA for 8 bucks, grabbed some chips and dip and DIDN'T have to brave the -10 degree temperatures, so I'd say I came out ahead.
The blackout rules they have are awful, too. When fans aren't paying money for tickets, the solution isn't to not show the games on tv, it's to lower the fucking ticket prices, haha. How exactly do you expect support for a local team to grow when local fans can't even watch the games on TV? Makes zero sense.