(12-12-2017, 03:37 PM)Perkolater Wrote:

(12-12-2017, 02:58 PM)Krayz_Jville_D Wrote: choosing when to spend my money to go to games doesn't make me a band wagon fan... I couldnt stop rooting for this team if I tried, and trust me, over these past 10 years, it would have been much easier to do so, but once I am a fan of a team, I go to my grave with that team... You should hear the other teams I root for in other sports... absolutely none of them are perennial winners, in fact, they are all perennial losers, atleast over the last decade, and then maybe people would understand my passion/anger lol.  I have grown up knowing nothing but competing and sports and competition, it is what I am, and who I am.  For better or for worse.  I get to touch a lot of young people's lives for the better with my passion for competition in sports due to my job, but yes, at times, sometimes more then I would like to admit, I get carried away and can look foolish.  But my passion and dedication is NEVER in question.

I dont live in jax, few hours south, used to go to college up there and went to games all the time, its been a while, was going to go earlier this year but something came up and I had to cancel.  Already told my wife I will be going to a home playoff game no matter the cost, and should we make the superbowl, again, no matter the cost, I'll find a way there.  When you root for the teams I do, over my lifetime, to have a team possibly get there, might be the only time I live to see it, and I wouldnt miss it for the world

OK, I will accept that at face value and cut you some slack   But let me add this, I live west of Orlando, I drive back and forth to games every Sunday and have for years.  I've traveled to see this team both home and away (including London) for years both when they were good.. then during the way too many bad years and now while we are on the upswing.   Not ONCE have I ever posted (or even thought for even a secomd) that I hope they lost a game nor have I stopped spending my time and money on them (in fact a few years ago I stepped up to club seats so my $$ cost actually went up).  

If you were in my shoes and read your previous posts and the post today about the team earning your appearance at a single game what would you think?

All that being said... get to the game.. be loud and then get back to another one!

In no way was I trying to say I am the best fan or spend the most money.  I'll be honest, after many years of bad play, I was not spending my money to go see them lose, didn't mean I wasnt a fan of them or didnt watch the games, so kudo's to you for still doing so, and I mean that I am not saying it condescendingly

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(12-12-2017, 03:43 PM)Dakota Wrote: Sorry, but wishing for the Jags to lose simply isn't something a fan does. You turn in your card once you walk through that door. You all know who you are. We know who you are too. There are still threads out there in cyberspace that show the ultimate revocation of one's fanhood.

that's completely false, rooting for the team to loose when they are already out of things so that they get better players is common sense

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