The fan base is melting into the ether

[Carl Spackler]

The arena was packed with Celtics fans no different than the stadium has a ton of Cowboys fans even when the Panthers were a winning team. There are some franchises with cache that get by with that. 

As for our stadium experience, anyone who doesn't remember 2001 need only to go to a game anytime this season.

[Uwontdoit81]

13 hours ago, Shocker said:

No, just the weak and feeble minded.  This team is headed up

[Harbingers]

13 minutes ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

Charlotte fans are definitely performance-based. No support for losing teams. It can’t be that different for other markets as well. The Hornets games will pick up if they keep winning 

Charlotte is a huge transplant city too and all the sports teams are generally quite young. I mean the panthers are what? Halfway through their third generation? So it’ll still be another 5-10 years before the children of life long Panthers fans grow up old enough to continue establishing a base. 

[joemac]

14 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

The arena was packed with Celtics fans no different than the stadium has a ton of Cowboys fans even when the Panthers were a winning team. There are some franchises with cache that get by with that. 

As for our stadium experience, anyone who doesn't remember 2001 need only to go to a game anytime this season.

I went to the Spurs/Lakers game the other night in San Antonio, and the arena was legit 75% Lakers fans.  It was sad, but its not exclusive to Charlotte area sports teams. 

[Harbingers]

5 minutes ago, joemac said:

I went to the Spurs/Lakers game the other night in San Antonio, and the arena was legit 75% Lakers fans.  It was sad, but its not exclusive to Charlotte area sports teams. 

Any small market team vs. a large market team will face these issues unless they are top of the league. 

[Actionman0z]

2 hours ago, TheoJay10 said:

This is nothing new. This fan base has been horrible. Can’t take many serious. I’m a fan of the team and what it encompasses but these dookie bros and jimbo trailer park boys that are loudest on here are just wastes of semen. 

What does the Navy have to do with the Carolina Panthers? ….. I kid. 

[djp14]

14 hours ago, Proudiddy said:

that Vikings poo was over the top and a clear indicator that something isn't right and has drastically changed.

My sister and her husband have been PSL owners since the beginning, and she swears this is getting worse. Never really heard her complain about it before.

[PghPanther]

1) Transient town.......lots of people with loyalty to their born and bred town home teams....They'll want tickets only when their team is in town. 

2) Demographic change.............more Hispanic born per capita than any other city in the US is right here. For them.......football using the feet to move the ball is what the prefer. 

3) Young people don't care.................sports are like cars, houses and families to them...........they are losing interest within generations growing up now..........its cell phones, social media and gaming that rules.

4) Aging PSL owners...........win or lose there is no waiting list to buy them.  

I've worked in marketing in professional sports and have been watching all this since the late 50s ...........so add it all up kids...................and connect the dots..........the apathy for a professional level home sports team is already baked into this town and getting worse. 

Winning solves everything?...........well is used to........ but I'm afraid some don't even care about that.

[raleigh-panther]

18 hours ago, Teddy2SuperBowlHeartBreaks said:

It started with disregarding the most important player in the history of Charlotte sports, then replacing him with Teddy Bridgewater, and THEN replacing HIM with Sam Darnold. It’s honestly been a shitshow.

Cheer up….Nick Foles or Blaine Gabbert are next…..

(I kid, I kid) 

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