Chiefs Why do you watch the Chiefs during a bad year?

**Bearcat** · 10-12-2008, 09:15 PM

For several years I watched because it was a habit... I guess because I was a "true fan". Every week I'd get excited for Sunday, and would watch no matter what...

Now I watch for the entertainment. I have a hard time watching NFL games live when I don't have anything else to do, especially on CBS, because of all the commercials. I no longer feel obligated to waste time watching the team fall further into irrelevance. I didn't see the Patriots game, and I've turned off every other game except the Broncos game by halftime. I couldn't imagine spending over $100 and then wasting 6+ hours at Arrowhead to watch something as bad at the home opener, just for the sake of watching the game (if I was a long time season ticket holder, and/or hosted or went to a big tailgate, knew everyone that sat around me, it would be a little different... I'd still probably leave by the 3rd quarter though).

Outside of the purposes of it being a social gathering or something on the television while doing other stuff, IMO, it's pointless to watch something as awful as last week's game. There's no gameplan, no improvement, and worst of all, not heart.

I'm no longer a glutton for punishment.

View Poll Results: Why watch the Chiefs in a down year? (Check all that apply.)
I get enjoyment on a game by game basis	23	30.67%
I get perverse enjoyment out of watching them suffer	7	9.33%
I have Chiefs on my fantasy team	6	8.00%
I like the drama and the chance that they could win	20	26.67%
I like to follow the careers of individual players	19	25.33%
I think it's cool to be hypercritical, and this makes it easy	6	8.00%
I like to evaluate our talent	33	44.00%
I like to watch our star players even if the team is doing poorly	23	30.67%
I want to see the rookies	38	50.67%
I want to watch in case a fan can nail Herm with a battery or snowball	18	24.00%
I write for WPI or another publication	2	2.67%
I’m going to watch football anyway, so it might as well be KC	26	34.67%
It's a habit.	31	41.33%
It’s more about eating and relaxing than the actual game	10	13.33%
It's tradition for me to watch	28	37.33%
The work of art that is a Colquitt punt, gently turning high in the sky	20	26.67%
There might be a great play for the ages that I would otherwise miss	12	16.00%
You never know when a Cinderella winning streak could start. Think '99 Rams.	11	14.67%
My superstitious behaviors are needed to help the team	4	5.33%
I don't watch them during bad seasons	1	1.33%
Udder (Specify Guernsey, Jersey, or Holstein below.)	4	5.33%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll

10-12-2008, 09:15 PM	#1
Bearcat Would an idiot do that? Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arizona Casino cash: $-1085069	For several years I watched because it was a habit... I guess because I was a "true fan". Every week I'd get excited for Sunday, and would watch no matter what... Now I watch for the entertainment. I have a hard time watching NFL games live when I don't have anything else to do, especially on CBS, because of all the commercials. I no longer feel obligated to waste time watching the team fall further into irrelevance. I didn't see the Patriots game, and I've turned off every other game except the Broncos game by halftime. I couldn't imagine spending over $100 and then wasting 6+ hours at Arrowhead to watch something as bad at the home opener, just for the sake of watching the game (if I was a long time season ticket holder, and/or hosted or went to a big tailgate, knew everyone that sat around me, it would be a little different... I'd still probably leave by the 3rd quarter though). Outside of the purposes of it being a social gathering or something on the television while doing other stuff, IMO, it's pointless to watch something as awful as last week's game. There's no gameplan, no improvement, and worst of all, not heart. I'm no longer a glutton for punishment. __________________
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