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What do the Panthers mean for you?


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Long story short…was supposed to move to Charlotte at same time Panthers were named newest NFL team. Never did move but I still fell for the team hook, line and (mostly) sinker. Live in Richmond, but my heart is in BOA Stadium on Sundays. And occasionally my ass is too when I can get down there. 

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The Panthers got me interested in the NFL. I moved to Winston-Salem from New York when I was 6 years old, and neither of my parents were football fans, really.  I was a big Wake Forest basketball fan since my dad played there back in the 70’s, but football?  Not so much.

I was 11 when the Panthers were formed, and I watched a few games the first year.  Then, from ‘96 until now, I’ve watched most every game.  When I lived in Charlotte from ‘08-‘10, I went to every home game.

Apathy is a hell of a thing.  The past several years have been hard to watch, and now with 2 kids, I find even less of a reason to tune in every week to watch us lose.  My kids, despite the sucking, are Panthers fans - so there’s that.  I really hope we can turn it around, because I really miss being super passionate about the Panthers.  It just seems like Tepper doesn’t care.. and if he of all people doesn’t care, why should I?

 

 

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Panthers are the longest relationship I have ever been in (27 years). I have made folllowing them a hobby and is part of my everyday life. Whether we suck or we are great, I have never changed routine. It's most likely never going to change, and will be passed down to my children, as long as they are interested. 

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It's a part of my home. I had lived all of my life in the Carolinas, with the exception of middle + high school when we moved to NJ + MD, but as soon as I graduated I came right back down. I remember hating the Falcons, and that was the team most of the folks in the upstate at the time followed. I followed the 49ers until Montana was traded to Kansas City, but the Panthers had been announced then as well so I only had 2 seasons of watching the Chiefs + 49ers until the inaugural 1995 season.

During a really tough point in my life when I didn't have access to much, the team went to their first Super Bowl and my family sans me went. It stings to this day, but in 2015 I had the best year of my life. Got married, had our son, and then the Panthers went 15-1 + to the Super Bowl! While I didn't get to go to this one either, I also didn't get left behind like I did the first go around.

It's... idk, it's just a constant in my life now that I enjoy diving into as a relief from the hustle and bustle of the every day.

EDIT: Also worth mentioning that when my wife and I had first reconnected (we had known each other in HS but never seemed to be single at the same time), I was on my way back from a Panthers game. Our first date was when we beat the dog poo out of her Giants when David Wilson out of VT iirc was their RB (looks like she's getting her revenge yet again this year). I was a season ticket holder during that time and we made it a point to go to as many games as we could. Got to see the MNF game where Cam beat Brady live (after almost getting arrested before kick-off 😮), the Seahawks playoff win, the Cardinals beating, and more.

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Used to be the only team that I really dug into.  Knew all the players, their contracts, FO staff, how the players liked to spend their time.  Watched every game at least once, most times once more during the week.

Now?  I come on here to make sure they haven't moved to St. Louis after ever loss.

Still want them to do well, but have decided that I don't want to care enough to even have it put a frown on my face on Sunday at 4.  I have much bigger fish to fry now, and outside of fairly trying to get in front of a TB on Sunday, I couldn't care less any longer.

I'm sick of supporting bad actors, so I no longer will.

@RoaringRiot still gets my money tho.

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I was 15 the first year the Panthers played. Before that, I was a Redskins fan because my dad was. I was a Vikings fan because of my brother. I was a Packers fan because of my older cousins. When the Panthers came about, my dad started keeping up with them. About that same time, I was going into 9th grade, and starting to drive and interested in playing sports. He actually took me to the game at Kenan when the Redskins played the Falcons when the NFL  tested the market for football in the Carolinas. Anyways, me and him started watching them religiously. It was a father/son bonding experience. Us watching Collins, Lathan, Mills, Walls, Biakabutuka, Moose, Jake, Foster, Morgan, Smitty, Peppers, Williams, Stewart, Cam, Kuechly, JJ Jansen was as much a part of Sundays as going to church was. We never missed anything. We occasionally would find time to go to a preseason game here and there. Ive never actually been to a reg season game inside of BOA. Been to multiple preseason ones though. I guess to me, the Panthers to me mean spending time with dad, whether it involves winning yells, or absolutely yelling/cussing the dog poo out of Rhule. Hopefully when son gets older, it'll mean the same to him......sans the cussing cause Rhule will be long gone by then...and also if I haven't completely given up on the Tepper run Panthers Era......which is really, really, really hard to do.

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