Tepper: Stop the Stadium from Being Overran on a Constant Basis

[Seltzer]

This is my biggest request as a 16 season (and unfortunately counting) PSL holder.  Tepper needs to address this as soon as the season is over.

I hate the losing, full stop, but nothing has made me question my commitment to this team more than the stadium being taken over by opposing fans.

I'm tired of experiencing it, I'm tired of trying to bring my son into Panthers fandom with all of it, and I'm tired for all the loyal Panthers fans who have tried to stick by the team.

Another wasted season is bad enough... if I am going to have to suffer through this BS excuse for an offense, the least I can ask is to endure the humiliation amongst actual Panthers fans without having to have other fans gloat while I waste another day and several hundred dollars on what is proving to be a futile endeavor.

It's just adding a layer of embarrassment and humiliation that I can't continue to ignore...

Tepper is worth $14B+.  If he cares about this fan base, he will do something as soon as humanly possible, finances be damned.

I understand winning is the best thing for the fanbase, but in lieu of that (since "developing sustained success" evidently is a 5 year-plus plan), I need something from Tepper that lets me and the other loyal fans know he cares.

It's not even the money, although the financial commitment is significant.  I'm tired of pouring my heart and soul into supporting the team live when it seems like no one cares.

I'm not a blowhard who says I'm not going to watch (b/c I will), but I can't continue to waste my time and money and Sundays with my son on this nonsense.

I'm not spoiled enough to believe I deserve a win as a fan, but I do deserve a better stadium experience.  

If Tepper can't provide that, he should sell the team to someone who can.  

I'd rather have a half full stadium of Panthers fans than a 3/4 full stadium with 40+% opposing teams fans.  And that is honestly the case at this point.

It's absolutely out of control and is more demoralizing to me than anything else.

I can continue to be patient on this master plan, but not with the current disregard for PSL owners who want to support the team.

Tepper should cancel the PSL's for owners who sell their tickets consistently and buy them out.  It may be a short-term loss, but he should be worried about the current trajectory of the Panthers most loyal fans towards apathy.

It simply cannot continue like this if the Panthers want the support from the most committed fans.

End rant, but I know there are thousands of other PSL owners like me that have had enough of the BS.

[uncfan888]

I'm starting to think he doesn't give a fug 

[Cdparr7]

I sold mine in the late 2000s because we moved further away and the commute would be terrible each week. But I have went to many games since, last being in 2019. I can remember there being almost as many Bucs fans as Panthers fans in the 2018 game where McCaffrey hurdled the guy. And that was before the Brady era.

[AceBoogie]

Well I actually forfeited my 4 PSLs this year. Couldn’t get anybody to buy them and I’d be damn if I pay thousands of dollars for a team with Sam Darnold at QB. 
 

Win games consistently.

Stop signing bums at QB. 

Understand that fans would rather watch a rookie play bad than someone else’s mistake fail again. 

[Cdparr7]

Just now, uncfan888 said:

I'm starting to think he doesn't give a fug 

[NanuqoftheNorth]

It is this sort of fan experience that led to JRs firing of George Seifert.  Within two years the Panthers were in contention for a Super Bowl. 

Tepper knows what he needs to do.

[BlackPanther21_]

Exactly this. The amount of red in the stands today was ridiculous, I do not know how Tepper sleeps at night with this crap happening. Hopefully he does something about it quick if he truly cares about the team and city.

[Shotgun]

He doesn't care what fans are there. Money is money.

[Seltzer]

7 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

I'm starting to think he doesn't give a fug 

He better come out after the season with an update on the grand plan and what he is going to do to earn the continued support of the fans.

The team has progressively gotten worse under Tepper.  I don't see a sustainable long-term plan... wasn't that the point??

[Kuhndog94]

Tepper cares about his bottom line. Nothing else. 

[Randolph Panther]

It looked and sounded bad today. Maybe 75 percent NE fans

[BlackPanther21_]

Just now, Shotgun said:

He doesn't care what fans are there. Money is money.

Yep, he is Carolinas version of Jerry Jones.

[Seltzer]

7 minutes ago, Randolph Panther said:

It looked and sounded bad today. Maybe 75 percent NE fans

It was probably 40-45% Patriots fans and the rest Panthers fans.  We literally had nothing to cheer for in the 2nd half.

Towards the end of the game it was definitely 75% Patriots fans, same as it was against the Eagles.

It's depressing to even write it, and it sure as fug sucked in person.

[Kuhndog94]

1 minute ago, jackson113 said:

Haven't seen Tepper since the wheels fell off...

The wheels fell off when he bought the team. We're just tumbling down the mountain, now. 

Edited November 8, 2021 by Kuhndog94