Yes. I hated it because most people suck.

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Yes.

But football is FAR superior on TV.

To me, only hockey and maybe basketball are the better sports in person.

I like going to baseball games but that's because I'm not paying attention to the game. Enjoy the weather, hang with friends, have some brews. The miserable people are the ones intently trying to follow the game.

Been to just two regular season NFL games in my life, one was for business. I have never been to a college football game. Been to hundreds of baseball games. No reason to see football in person. Much better at home.

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I don't think there's a litmus test for fans. Be whatever kind of fan you want to be. You like something, you like it. But to base the "popularity" of something on a vast amount of people who have merely a passing interest is kind of silly. As for my White Sox fandom, there's a guy named James Duda who runs a Facebook group who went to like 88 Sox games last year. I certainly wouldn't claim to be the fan he is.

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The hardest part about going to a game is the investment and opportunity cost.

Getting to the stadium to tailgate at 7-8am, game from 12 - 3:30 and then head home. It's a long ass day.

Plus you miss all the other glorious football games.

Watching football in person is great. You can see the development in the grand scheme. But without replay you miss subtle things that are quickly pointed out on TV. It's a trade off.

But mostly it's the opportunity cost of not being able to see other football games.

The thing about baseball versus football/hockey/basketball is with the last three you go because you want to see the game. With baseball it's like 95% enjoy the nice weather and 5% watch the game.

Well, OK. I guess you can go ahead and prune this thread, and I'll expect not to hear this line of reasoning in future sports popularity debates.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Will you be at Miller Park on Saturday by chance? I just grabbed tickets.

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Yes.

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GO BEARS!!!

Also, the weather pretty much blows for football. It's better in college because it is done by Thanksgiving and then you can go to warm weather destinations for bowls like Florida, Texas, and Detroit.

To use a JORRism, if baseball games were being played outdoors in December no one would be there. Many stadiums are empty in April and Wrigley is almost always empty in October.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

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Freedom is our Strength.

Way the hell back when, when the KC Cougars first opened up shop, I simply adored going to those games precisely because nobody was there (maybe a few hundred scattered all over the place) and for $6 it was front row wherever I felt like ... I could just sit there and watch baseball without having snot-nosed kids and soccer moms and drunken idiots bothering me with their ... well, breathing for one thing. I could sit there unmolested by the great unwashed, have a few beers, have a few smokes, yell a few off-color words, all without anything other than the game set before me. Of course, that's a rather narrowly specific set of circumstances set forth by a complete loon, so ... yeah. Still, I think baseball in person is better in certain ways, but I'm a sicko that wants to actually watch the game and all its minutiae, or at least as much as I am aware of.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

My little sidebar...I have been to many games. One of them was Super Bowl XXXVIII (38?) ....That is Janet Jackson Nipple Gate...However being there at the game, and I had great seats....I didn't see the "breast" part of her show. I didn't even know it happened. That is also the game where a fake ref came out at halftime....and proceeded to go streaking across the field. I saw that "boob"....and saw him get tackled hard by one of the Patriots. So being at the game..or watching on TV resulted in me seeing a boob in one form or another. A friend called me while at the game saying "did you see it?".....and I said "yes", not knowing the Janet Jackson nipple gate had even happened. So had a weird conversation as I talked about the streaker and he talked about JJ.

Here is a clip on youtube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Ccqhb2-wU

PS - One of the better SB's ever...with Patriots winning on last second field goal. Weird dynamic was Steven Tyler, Snoop Dog, and others were in a luxury box behind our section and were totally "acting the fool" while this dramatic ending was happening...much of the sections in that area were torn between the action on the field what looked like a rock star - strip club behind them / us.

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Proud to be UNVERIFIED.

College football is often better in person.

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Yes, dozens. My interest in the NFL has waned lately, but it is the most popular sport.

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Never been to an NFL game, and if someone invited me to a Bears game, I'd decline.

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No, just Bears games.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Good choice.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Yes...something like 3 or 4 preseason games and a regular season game...the tickets were free every time however.

yes, at least one time per year

people who think it is better on TV are clueless.

Great time, even in the cold

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Yes. All but maybe one or two seasons, I've gone to at least one Redskins game for the last 15 years.

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ouch

It's cool to see other cities/stadiums, plus my dad and I have gone together for the last five years. No ragrets. Father-son time, yo.

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Yes.

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Not a mult.

Yes, but its probably been close to ten years since I went last.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

I have been to six, and they were all Lions at Bears. Five at Soldier Field, and one in Champaign, where Marty Mornhinweg chose to kickoff in overtime (under the old rules).

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

The future of non-luxury box attendees at NFL games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIRkJfKYKeo

Yes, I have been to many a game as a child and as an adult. One time a FG went over the net, I jumped to catch it and the next thing you know, I'm on Letterman.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Whoa bros, fuck yeah I've been to like an assload of NFL games. i remember one time me and T-Y drove down to a Rams game and pre gamed the fuck out of the day before going in there and like they were playin' the Patriots or some shit. And we were all like "Tom Brady's a fucking faggit brah!" hahaha it was totes hilar. and there was this hot bitch, i think her name was jamie or some bitch ass name. she was lettin' her tads hang out and then got kicked out. i have no idea how we got back home that weekend but i remember wanting to totally bang that chick. st. louis has some weaksauce pussy for the most part but it's easy money, brah. for reals.

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Dude, you are my bro.