It is "Just Business"

[Blackbirds Rule]

[quote name='mongosboy' timestamp='1364233841' post='1414957']
I can see how this topic made a lot of people angry....and that was my intent. Now here we are, all as Raven Fans, angry about being kicked in the gut and shut out of Opening night . Why because the Ravens and Orioles and NFL all are saying what? It is "just Business". So we as fans lose out on the respect we deserve, and as ticket holders we lose a home game....local business loses out on local money. and that is the just business that really counts. So I hope you all see my point a little better now....I do love football, but I'm just sick of where it is going.
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We don't lose a home game we'll still have our 8 home games. we just lose having our first game as a home game. The Orioles still play on that night so businesses will still get money. They may have made a little more money if a deal could've been worked out. We'll still open up the NFL season just on the road but all NFL fans will watch us play that game, and for the entire year will have to hear defending Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens everytime we're mentioned.

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[quote name='mongosboy' timestamp='1363976309' post='1410431']
How sick I am of hearing our revered players, respected coaches, pompous owners, and all of the talking heads of TV, say it is "Just Business". If that is truly the case, why are we fans? We can't afford to be fans any longer, we have to turn into consumers or rather customers, right? The term fan, we all know comes from fanatical, which is way to emotional to be a customer. I think it is time that we let the NFL and the Ravens know, that we know, and the jig is up. The 3 billion dollar entity that is the NFL is build on yours and my back, or better, our wallet. We get nothing free from them, watch it free on TV, nope, we pay through the products we buy, stream it through our computer, nope, we pay through our internet service....see nothing free. Maybe it is time to really let them know, the we do really know. [b]What do you think?[/b]
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I think each and every football fan has a choice: stop watching, keep watching and complain vigorously or keep watching and grouse here and there about our favorite team(s). That's about it. They're not gonna stop making money, they're not gonna stop saying, 'It's just business,' because it [i]is [/i]a business and they're not a charity so very few NFL related things are going to be free. It's our choice to watch or not watch, to pay for merch or not pay for merch and that's the way it should be. Don't like it? Don't watch and/or spend money.

[T-ray]

[quote name='mongosboy' timestamp='1364233841' post='1414957']
I can see how this topic made a lot of people angry....and that was my intent. Now here we are, all as Raven Fans, angry about being kicked in the gut and shut out of Opening night . Why because the Ravens and Orioles and NFL all are saying what? It is "just Business". So we as fans lose out on the respect we deserve, and as ticket holders we lose a home game....local business loses out on local money. and that is the just business that really counts. So I hope you all see my point a little better now....I do love football, but I'm just sick of where it is going.
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Zzzz.... Zzzzzzzzzz..... *wakes up*.. oh hey! How are you today?? I woke up to a bunch of whining and was wanting to know what was wrong. Are you ok, or do you have to make a call in to your psychiatrist?? Lol... in other news today, I love Mexican food!!