NFL fans need a union

[nathanlt]

We're getting left out in the cold.

There are so many decisions the NFL makes that completely ignore what fans want.
Free agency is terrible for the quality of play that the NFL produces. Parity has brought the league down. Without powerhouses, upsets are meaningless.
Fans shouldn't have to put up with the roster changing so fast they can't even get a jersey that will last more than a few years.
The NFL has input from the fans by TV ratings, ticket sales, and merchandise, but we are not organized enough to make any statement whatsoever.

There's a saying, "accept the things I cannot change" That philosophy is the reason that we as fans are looking at a season of parity and that's why Dallas fans have to face this t.o. garbage. Why can't we just watch a season without him?

The answer is that we are too fragmented, so that fans know their personal opinions have no real chance of making a difference, so they continue to accept whatever the NFL feeds them.
I know that my personal opinions on the NFL don't sit well with a lot of you, but I'm telling you, as long as fans don't have a voice, they will continue to get fed the junk they're getting fed now. It will get worse.

NFL fans pay the way of the owners, players and the whole show, yet they don't have a unified voice. We should have one.

 

[Alexander]

I thought you quit posting?

 

[Yeagermeister]

The only fans that have that right are the Packers fans that own stock in the team.

 

[sacase]

Some of us actually enjoy parity. Its no fun if there is no compitition.

 

[Doomsday101]

We're getting left out in the cold.

There are so many decisions the NFL makes that completely ignore what fans want.
Free agency is terrible for the quality of play that the NFL produces. Parity has brought the league down. Without powerhouses, upsets are meaningless.
Fans shouldn't have to put up with the roster changing so fast they can't even get a jersey that will last more than a few years.
The NFL has input from the fans by TV ratings, ticket sales, and merchandise, but we are not organized enough to make any statement whatsoever.

There's a saying, "accept the things I cannot change" That philosophy is the reason that we as fans are looking at a season of parity and that's why Dallas fans have to face this t.o. garbage. Why can't we just watch a season without him?

The answer is that we are too fragmented, so that fans know their personal opinions have no real chance of making a difference, so they continue to accept whatever the NFL feeds them.
I know that my personal opinions on the NFL don't sit well with a lot of you, but I'm telling you, as long as fans don't have a voice, they will continue to get fed the junk they're getting fed now. It will get worse.

NFL fans pay the way of the owners, players and the whole show, yet they don't have a unified voice. We should have one.

We have the right to watch the product or not.

 

[Yeagermeister]

We have the right to watch the product or not.

Very true

 

[4lifecowboy]

Only thing that scares me is that eventually all games will be on the NFL network, and we would have to pay. That will probably be my line in the sand.

 

[THUMPER]

We have the right to watch the product or not.

As much as it sucks, that is about the extent of our "rights" as fans.

 

[iceberg]

We're getting left out in the cold.

There are so many decisions the NFL makes that completely ignore what fans want.
Free agency is terrible for the quality of play that the NFL produces. Parity has brought the league down. Without powerhouses, upsets are meaningless.
Fans shouldn't have to put up with the roster changing so fast they can't even get a jersey that will last more than a few years.
The NFL has input from the fans by TV ratings, ticket sales, and merchandise, but we are not organized enough to make any statement whatsoever.

There's a saying, "accept the things I cannot change" That philosophy is the reason that we as fans are looking at a season of parity and that's why Dallas fans have to face this t.o. garbage. Why can't we just watch a season without him?

The answer is that we are too fragmented, so that fans know their personal opinions have no real chance of making a difference, so they continue to accept whatever the NFL feeds them.
I know that my personal opinions on the NFL don't sit well with a lot of you, but I'm telling you, as long as fans don't have a voice, they will continue to get fed the junk they're getting fed now. It will get worse.

NFL fans pay the way of the owners, players and the whole show, yet they don't have a unified voice. We should have one.

we do have a union. it's called our own voluntary participation in watching the games. if enough quit and their $$$ gets hurt, they'll change.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

we do have a union. it's called our own voluntary participation in watching the games. if enough quit and their $$$ gets hurt, they'll change.

Union = Striking

Non Union = BoyCotting

Different but similar for the purposes of this thread.

We don't like it, we boycot the product.

 

[nathanlt]

we do have a union. it's called our own voluntary participation in watching the games. if enough quit and their $$$ gets hurt, they'll change.

The only problem is, the NFL has no idea what fans want. They don't have a voice or spokesman. That's a problem. Some of us are getting railroaded!!

 

[superpunk]

The only problem is, the NFL has no idea what fans want. They don't have a voice or spokesman. That's a problem. Some of us are getting railroaded!!

The whole boycott thing hasn't sunken in yet, huh?

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

The whole boycott thing hasn't sunken in yet, huh?

:laugh2:

Insane in the membrane
Insane
in the brain!

 

[Crown Royal]

The only problem is, the NFL has no idea what fans want. They don't have a voice or spokesman. That's a problem. Some of us are getting railroaded!!

It's not their problem what we want. Write a letter. As long as they are making a profit (and they are), they are apparently pleasing enough of us. The money we pay seems to be a good spokesman.

Tell you what - I think there should be a union of Zest Soap Buyers. You know, a union of consumers that can elect a spokesman to tell the soap company what we want.

Oo - OO - OOO!!!! I got it! I think we should form a union of people who watch Days of Our Lives. Really, I'm sick of evil twins.