What would HAVE to happen for you to not be a fan of the NFL any more?

[woodbuck27]

This is close to my attitude. Non Packer games are usually background while doing other things (usually chasing kids these days). If something interesting happens, I'll stop and watch for a bit. I gave up on Monday/Thursday night football this year because it's too much.

We don't have cable/dish. Packers games, some olympic events, and some college hoops on occasion are the only broadcast TV I really watch now. We have streaming Netflix and I've gotten so used to a la carte programming that I can't go back. As the kids get older and more busy on the weekends I'll probably get game rewind so I can just cruise through the Packers games.

Isn't that the way when you've got family.

[woodbuck27]

This. I used to love watching everything with the NFL. Not so much anymore. Also fantasy football isn't the same either. Been playing Fantasy Basketball and Baseball more lately and the sheer number of games and multiple stats make it far more fun.

and I'm the other way.

I'm absolutely and totally wound into football and much more than just Packers.

I love football to where I don't even have much time for the HABS .... the Montreal Canadians when I'm away from a Condo I keep in Quebec and wintering in Ontario.

[Smeefers]

Uh, I guess I'll answer the thread question because I think commercials are just a neccessary evil when you deal with all the awesomeness of the NFL.

For me to quit the NFL, I'd have to hate the product on the field. It would have to go soft. Real soft. Flag Football soft.

[denverYooper]

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 5m
Give it two years. RT @Justin_Felder How long before QB's snap counts are sponsored? "FORD!!! F-150!!"

[MadtownPacker]

Uh, I guess I'll answer the thread question because I think commercials are just a neccessary evil when you deal with all the awesomeness of the NFL.

For me to quit the NFL, I'd have to hate the product on the field. It would have to go soft. Real soft. Flag Football soft.

My thoughts exactly. I'll keep smoking the crack as long as it keeps getting me high.

[Joemailman]

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 5m
Give it two years. RT @Justin_Felder How long before QB's snap counts are sponsored? "FORD!!! F-150!!"

In Detroit maybe. In Green Bay? Sargento! Johnsonville!

[woodbuck27]

My thoughts exactly. I'll keep smoking the crack as long as it keeps getting me high.

Are you up on all the outrage and this ass hat? We get a dose of Rob Ford almost daily in the news up here.

He's OK he's ALLRIGHT.

Come on crack pipe ...

Fight - Fight - Fight.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/06/05/rob_ford_with_slain_man_heres_the_house_where_the_photo_was_taken.html

[bobblehead]

when i was little, i was a packer fan, not a football fan. for awhile i didn't even know they're was awhole league of teams. that lasted until about college, then i became a football fan and watched and paid attention to every game and every team (but the packers were still the only team i cheer for).

lately, i have reverted back to being more of just a packer fan. i don't pay attention to other teams, i don't watch other games

so i guess i've already quit on the nfl. if the packers were to ever fold, then i would have no more use for professional football at all

and i can pretty much agree with everything that first post said in your link

With you here Red. The only reason I watch other games is because I live in Las Vegas and bet them. Take that away and I am only a Packer fan at this point. Take away us winning consistently.....

The OP in that link pointed out the commercial breaks. It makes non Packer games unbearable (when I'm watching football alone). Early in games you literally see this sequence. TD, commercial, XP, commercial, Kickoff, commercial. Between TD (actual game action) to team B taking the field (actual game action) you get from 6-9 minutes of commercial. They do this early to ensure they get the spots in while viewership is still high, but in the process I lose interest and change the channel.

[bobblehead]

Asking what would make me stop watching it is a lot safer question than asking why I still watch.

Asking that question, making you look at something seriously can lead to interesting answers.

Woody: don't blame the Zebras. They're only human, and are certainly doing as well as they possibly can. I have come to the conclusion that their position is untenable.

Agree that technology has put a spotlight on the officials. Superzoom HD from every angle makes it easy to spot every mistake.

[Striker]

Uh, I guess I'll answer the thread question because I think commercials are just a neccessary evil when you deal with all the awesomeness of the NFL.

For me to quit the NFL, I'd have to hate the product on the field. It would have to go soft. Real soft. Flag Football soft.

Pretty much this. As long as the Packers are around and the game remains a contact sport, I'll watch it.

[Pugger]

I don't want to see actual NFL teams in Europe. I wouldn't stop watching but it would be a huge pox on the NFL.

I'm with ya there!

We also don't need more teams or a longer season unless they increase the roster sizes.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Pretty much this. As long as the Packers are around and the game remains a contact sport, I'll watch it.

My wife expects football to go the route of boxing. She might be right...

[Cheesehead Craig]

My wife expects football to go the route of boxing. She might be right...

Perhaps the players will dress up in those giant sumo suits. Now that's entertainment!

[Maxie the Taxi]

[smuggler]

I'm with Red. I don't care about the NFL as much as I do the Packers.