The Stupid Double Standard in the Media

[JawnyBlaze]

Just now, PanthersATL said:

"small fanbase" <> "small market". Two totally different things.

The "market" in this sense is the group of people who are buying your product.  The product is the Panthers.  The people buying the Panthers are the fans of the Panthers.  Ipso facto, small fanbase = small market in regards to this discussion.

[Reynman]

Looking for love in all the wrong places...enjoy the process

Championships = Relevancy

 

[Marguide]

2 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Charlotte =/= Panthers.  There's tons of Redskins, Steelers, Cowboys, etc fans in the Charlotte and the Carolinas.  The Panthers fanbase has to be one of the smaller ones in the league (I'd guess bottom 10).  No facts or stats or numbers, but if I'm wrong I'll be surprised.

Exactly.

Green Bay is a tiny market, but they have a huge fanbase and draw viewers. 

We don't have that yet, but it is achievable if the team has sustained success.

[JJT]

3 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

The "market" in this sense is the group of people who are buying your product.  The product is the Panthers.  The people buying the Panthers are the fans of the Panthers.  Ipso facto, small fanbase = small market in regards to this discussion.

Ipso facto, gaudeamus igitur, tempus fugit, et tu, Brute?

[PanthersATL]

9 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

The "market" in this sense is the group of people who are buying your product.  The product is the Panthers.  The people buying the Panthers are the fans of the Panthers.  Ipso facto, small fanbase = small market in regards to this discussion.

when the press talk about "small market", they mean the size of the potential market - not the size of the existing audience. The overall market size (by DMA) is much much larger than the press is willing to admit.

 

[firstdayfan]

I think the biggest problem is the fact that we don't blow the doors off teams.  Washington excluded, most of our games have been close and even several have been in serious jeopardy.  So I guess with that we don't "feel" like a dominant team, hell, even I have trouble with it sometimes.  But you're right, the stats speak for themselves.

[Davidson Deac II]

6 minutes ago, firstdayfan said:

I think the biggest problem is the fact that we don't blow the doors off teams.  Washington excluded, most of our games have been close and even several have been in serious jeopardy.  So I guess with that we don't "feel" like a dominant team, hell, even I have trouble with it sometimes.  But you're right, the stats speak for themselves.

You might be right, but I also think that not having any big name offensive players besides Newton plays into it.  We are kind of a no name offense. 

[juliosantos]

People hate the panthers they hate cam . When we had 3 wins and had a chance to make the playoffs we were the laughing stock of the league with everyone saying how bad the nfc south was now that dallas is in the same situation they are all riding on dallas saying we are going to get upsetted and the best qb in the history of the nfl tony romo is just going to come out and pick our defense apart because we dident play anyone even though they are talking about a poo team with 3 wins.  Also love the fact that they put pats over us every week even when they almost lost twice  and we blew the skins out and also lo

[Louie]

The "Double Standard" comes from several things, in my opinion:

1. The Carolina Panthers are still a "new" football team. While I don't think 20 years is new, even my wife says things like, " The reason they don't respect you is because  you are and expansion team." Lol, she grew up in the North where the Lions and the Bears have been around forever. There is still parents who are fans of other teams, like the Redskins, Cowboys, and Steelers, who dress their local children in their teams' jerseys. I swear it makes me want to have a talk with them and ask WTF are you doing to this kid? I can only hope, IF Carolina can win a superb owl AND string together a few years more of playoff apperances, some of those kids will convert, if from nothing else from positive peer pressure!

2. The Panthers have really been inconsistent. I remember the most media love we received when we went to the superbowl and the media was in love with our defensive line under John Fox. Then, even after Chris Jenkins left, the media still would say, " That's the best defensive line in football." We knew it wasn't true, but the media really doesn't know our team like we do and they kept spouting off asinine common statements like they are fact.

3. The media doesn't know us yet. The national media is still saying things like, "well, they won the division last year with a lossing record at 7-8-1" "How good are they?" "They haven't beaten anybody" Many national media types just spout off the same responses other reporters are saying. They really don't know because they haven't watched the games, just read the stats. They are lazy as fug.

4. They are biased. Some of the National media types try to seem neutral, so they have "journalist credability", but we can esily pick out the ones that clearly are homers for the Pats or Packers. Let's face it, how can they grow up loving sports enough to want to be a sports reporter, but not have a favorite NFL team? The Panthers don't have those fans yet, but they will, especially if they keep winning!!!

Also, I want to add, I can't wait to hear Skip Bayless and his whiny ass on Friday after we hand the Cowgirls another loss, and most likely destroying their little fantasy of Tony Romo is the savior that will lead us to winning the NFC East and making a run! 

FUG THE COWBOYS!!!! I'm going to call into WFNZ whinner line just to scream "Q How bout them cowboys!!!!"

[caatfan]

19 hours ago, pantherjack77 said:

speaking of media anyone see Skip Bayless this morning on First Take saying we are overrated?...not impressed with 9 of our 10 wins...of course it Dallas week so...

 

We could go 19-0 and Skippy would say we're overrated. I hate that guy.

OTOH other talking heads are now saying we're the best team in the league. If you look at the Panthers the way they're playing now, there are no real weaknesses. 

[Mr. Scot]

I don't give a flying rat's ass about stats.

If I want to know how good a team is, I watch them play.

I've watched us play.

We're good.