Do you care about the lockout?

[Saluki]

I care. Starved for Packer news. Worst off season for a lockout to happen. I want to bask in the Glory of what is a GB championship and there is little news and it's all about the lockout.

Hell, (Out of respect, I always call him Pres. Obama, but I can't here), that blanking bears fan still hasn't had GB to the White house. Impeach his A$$.

I think that might count as a team activity. Plus you can't really have the players over without the coaches, that's kinda messed up.

 

[Senser81]

The NBA lockout is much more interesting, because 1) it shows once again that David Stern is the biggest fraud in sports history, and 2) there is actually a chance that the upcoming season won't take place.

The NFL stuff is just lame-ass posturing. We could have f16harm represent the owners and Pitty represent the players, and a deal would STILL get done.


OUT

 

[bucky]

I think that might count as a team activity. Plus you can't really have the players over without the coaches, that's kinda messed up.

The NFL has allowed exceptions for charity events and the championship ring ceremony. I think they can do the White House. Impeach that bears fans A$$.

 

[1ke]

Fuck no.

 

[Blick]

I didn't give a shit in the spring, but now I'm starting to care a little bit. It's the middle of summer, the Royals are being the Royals, I'm ready for some football. I would take a lame ass OTA report right about now.

 

[Scikotic]

I can't sleep at night knowing there is a lockout.

 

[Diivox]

I'm trying not to let it bother me, but it's starting to.

I love the training camp news. I love the pictures of new draft picks and freshly signed FA's jogging around. I love the puff pieces on the new defensive systems and I love the hope that each teams fanbase has for the upcoming season (before all the 49er fans remember Alex Smith is still Alex Smith, before Matthew Stafford breaks his ribs and is out for 12 weeks, before I get fresh evidence to eviscerate the Vikings with, etc).

I love the fantasy draft scouting, I love getting excited for the first preseason game and realizing 10 minutes into it that its just preseason and i dont understand why im so excited.... and then i watch every fucking game on nfl network anyway. in fact. nfl network is pretty much the only thing i watch all preseason. I BECOME football.

I am not ashamed to admit the sport is as much a part of my life as sex, eating, sleeping. with the advent of the internet the NFL season never really ends unless its fucking locked out because rich assholes cant agree with how rich to make each other. I live and die with my Packers and after the worst year of my life the Superbowl run carried me through some dark days.

Fuck yes I miss football.

and fuck the folks in this thread who are pretending to not give a shit just to look cool on the internet

 

[Tailback U]

I don't give a shit at all. I actually won't even care if the season is cancelled because I'll just spend that time doing something instead of just sitting on the couch like a sack of shit for 10 hours.

This entire thing just makes me lose respect for the owners and players. I hate what the sport has become. I really don't want to spend my day watching these idiots play a child's game and whine about making millions of dollars but I am a sucker and I will (assuming there is no lockout).

 

[Houston]

Unfortunately there isn't a lockout on Madden '12 news.


Still gotta hear about all the bullshit they're trying to sell.

 

[killgod]

Not really right now.

I'd miss the season a bit, but NFL has slowly lost my interest over the years. Don't get me wrong, I've went from "obsessed" to just plain "following".

Too much drama, too greedy (excessive commercials and over the top BS during games, just fucking focus on football or otherwise shut the fuck up...I mean I don't care who's sponsoring 2nd and 8 plays in the 3rd quarter of this game)...

 

[bluntside]

I only care about the limited free-agent period prior to training camps opening. Teams are going to be scrambling to sign guys they want and get everything together prior to the first game.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I haven't thought about it once...I mean, so far, in this off-season...no change. I missed out on a few free agent signings I guess? Otherwise, no loss in my NFL fix.

FuckaNFL anyway...

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I think for the hardcore fan, the league has jumped the shark a bit. Its gotten too big for its own good, and its overexposed. I think we are all NFL'd out to some degree. It gets too much coverage. I think its telling that the few people here who are mad about the lock out are GB fans. Of course they're bummed, I would be too.

I'm in the same boat as Killgod. Two or three years ago, I was NFL obsessed. I still like it, a lot, but I don't live it/breathe it anymore. I don't get excited about random games, and never watch Thursday/Monday/Sunday nighterd unless the Rams are playing. I put in my 8 hours Sunday afternoon, then forget about it for six days. I don't live on the internet refreshing stltoday.com/rams like I used to. Haven't logged on to nfl.com in years. Don't care about the draft, even a little, and couldn't tell you right now who the Rams even drafted beyond the first round, which even surprised me when it came up in a thread a few days ago. If you quized me on the 32 first roundrs, i'd get maybe 5 right.

So yeah, everyone here will be back into it Week 1, but I do think the train is slowing down. Everything is cyclical. I think the NFL has peaked, and the lock out will hurt interest to a small degree.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

College > NFL

I hate it when people try and tell me that the "better" football is played in the NFL. Uh, so? Its a ridiculously homogeneous league. The difference between the leagues worst and best is minimal and yet, they both play the same general offense and defense. It just makes for a really dull game most of the time. How many games are truly worth watching during the regular season on a per week basis...1? 2?. And the whole game lacks a real personality at this point. The personality is that boring ass NFL shield...not the players or the plays or the teams or even the fans (that used to be really different and fun all their own like the college game).

At least in college I get a multitude of matchups, a bunch of varying style mashups, and more personality to the whole thing. The NFL is like if the entire landscape of college football was the Big Ten. Unfortunately, only part of the college game is the Big Ten.

 

[MvP]

I think its telling that the few people here who are mad about the lock out are GB fans. Of course they're bummed, I would be too.

This is funny because I came in here to say that as a Packers fan, this lockout really hasn't bothered me one bit.

It's not like GB needed the Free Agency period right away, and considering that Ted Thompson is our GM, we probably wouldn't have signed anybody worth noting. Also, none of our draft picks are players that we REALLY need to develop and begin practicing with the team as soon as possible.

I feel like this lockout may actually help the Packers, because it holds a lot of other teams back. It definitely sucks for the teams with new coaching staffs, new rookie Franchise quarterbacks, etc. who might end up going into Week 1 still unsure of what their team is capable of.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

I think for the hardcore fan, the league has jumped the shark a bit. Its gotten too big for its own good, and its overexposed. I think we are all NFL'd out to some degree. It gets too much coverage. I think its telling that the few people here who are mad about the lock out are GB fans. Of course they're bummed, I would be too.

I'm in the same boat as Killgod. Two or three years ago, I was NFL obsessed. I still like it, a lot, but I don't live it/breathe it anymore. I don't get excited about random games, and never watch Thursday/Monday/Sunday nighterd unless the Rams are playing. I put in my 8 hours Sunday afternoon, then forget about it for six days. I don't live on the internet refreshing stltoday.com/rams like I used to. Haven't logged on to nfl.com in years. Don't care about the draft, even a little, and couldn't tell you right now who the Rams even drafted beyond the first round, which even surprised me when it came up in a thread a few days ago. If you quized me on the 32 first roundrs, i'd get maybe 5 right.

So yeah, everyone here will be back into it Week 1, but I do think the train is slowing down. Everything is cyclical. I think the NFL has peaked, and the lock out will hurt interest to a small degree.

How much of that has to do with your team stinking?
When a team has no chance interest is always down anyways no ?

I was a diehard baseball fan prior to 1994. I haven't followed baseball since. I still love the sport but remain unable to get myself back into it.
I would be afraid of the same thing happening to football.

A significant username change and spending more time chatting with liquidrob arent exactly dreams come true.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

College > NFL

I hate it when people try and tell me that the "better" football is played in the NFL. Uh, so? Its a ridiculously homogeneous league. The difference between the leagues worst and best is minimal and yet, they both play the same general offense and defense. It just makes for a really dull game most of the time. How many games are truly worth watching during the regular season on a per week basis...1? 2?. And the whole game lacks a real personality at this point. The personality is that boring ass NFL shield...not the players or the plays or the teams or even the fans (that used to be really different and fun all their own like the college game).

At least in college I get a multitude of matchups, a bunch of varying style mashups, and more personality to the whole thing. The NFL is like if the entire landscape of college football was the Big Ten. Unfortunately, only part of the college game is the Big Ten.

Problems:
1. Without a div1 alma mater how does 1 choose what teams to follow ?
2. Even if you become a fan of a player they will be gone in a few years.
3. Still no championship game.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

How much of that has to do with your team stinking?
When a team has no chance interest is always down anyways no ?

I was a diehard baseball fan prior to 1994. I haven't followed baseball since. I still love the sport but remain unable to get myself back into it.
I would be afraid of the same thing happening to football.

A significant username change and spending more time chatting with liquidrob arent exactly dreams come true.

My team was 1-15, then 2-14, back when I was still ultra hardcore two or three years ago. We've got a gret young QB who looks like the real deal, but I'm just not into it like I was before. This probably explains why I'm apathetic towards the lockout. That, plus I have zero doubt they will play Week 1. I was never a big preseason/training camp geek anyway.

 

[ThunderHorse]

idk,

I'm pretty obsessed with Football so It's been in the back of my head.

It hasn't really bothered me or anything, I fully expect it to get done (too much $ on the table).

What's annoying for me, like others have said, is I can't see anything about the guys we drafted, how they're doing in OTA's, blah blah blah. Indianapolis has probably had one of the most important drafts they've had in years. They've got 2, arguably 3 rookies here ( in rounds 1-4) who are going to be expected to contribute significantly and they can't even get a playbook.

 

[manchild24]

I can give two shits about the "lockout" what the hell are we missing? All these fucking draft picks would be holding out anyway.

We didnt miss a game, a fantasy football draft or the NFL Draft. What you do see though during these times are the players that care about themselves and dont show up to workout with the rest of their teams.