Fan Or Fanatic?
 

The title speaks for itself. Are you a fan or fanatic?

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I'm a recovering fanatic.

I used to eat, drink, and breathe everything Saints and NFL related but life after marriage and mortgage got crazy and my focus has been on many other things.

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You don't survive the A. Manning, K. Stabler and Richard Todd era's as a fanatic, that would be Lunacy....One would have to be a true fan, or just crazy....I fall into the crazy, FAN side but not fanatic, as I have learned over the years...success can be fleeting.

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Does getting a fleur de lis tattoo make me a fanatic?

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Fanatical in youth. Wiser fan as I age.

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At this point, fan. I perhaps was fanatic at one time, but am getting too old for the stress.

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Used to be a fanatic. More of a fan now. Life, family and the invasion of politics into sports have pushed down the importance of Saints football and other sports for me.

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Probably a fan. I'm usually not unbearable after a loss, even a bad one. But I have a sentimental streak about sports and tend to get emotionally invested at times. I mean, tonight I am getting almost choked up wondering if I just watched Federer's last Wimbledon, with all of the memories of the last 20 years just rushing back into my head. 😢 Paralells with Brees' last game?

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I am a full blown fanatic! I used to be a football fanatic but as you mentioned the invasion of politics shot that to hell. I don't watch football anymore but I wouldn't miss a moment of of a Saints game to go outside and get paid. I love the Saints but hate what Godhell has done to the game.

I'm a fanatical Who Dat for life and my house is visible from outer space. Just look for the fleur de lis. :bng:

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At the stage in life that I am just a fan.

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I am actually quite surprised that we do not have more fanatics on this board. The energy spent by the members here is just amazing. Who dat!

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I seriously do not understand the difference. I have always been a fan and am fanatical about it I suppose. I have read some say they are only fans because they don't get destroyed over a loss. I get disappointed over a loss, but no where near as upset as most around here that claim to be "just fans". When we lose I mostly just move to the next game after a brief respite.

And that brings me to wondering what would be a negative interpretation of being a "fan" versus being a "fanatic?

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Fanatics live and breathe Saints football. I'm definitely a fanatic who doesn't hold it against people who are just fans....well mostly. :wink:

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Absolute Fanatic 38 years.
Season Ticket Holder / Tailgate organizer.
Watched 1/2 a game last year that was on at my cousin's house.
Don't know what their record was last year or how far they got in playoffs.
(I think they lost to Tampa. Dont know the round.)
Same reasons as cited by others above.

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I am still a fanatic and usually go to training camp but I just feel deflated without Drew and don't want to watch a QB contest with two players that I don't believe in. I'm still a fanatic who will be scouring the internet for news from camp though. Who Dat!

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I actually believe in Winston now. In Payton's offense I can easily see him becoming an all round elite QB.

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I’ll mention the elephant in the room and say I became less a fanatic of the league when they started taking political stances. My fandom decreases the more they do so.

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Politics doesn't affect my fandom at all one way or another. It means nothing to me compared to the enjoyment I get out of my Saints. Zero. Zip.

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Glad you feel that way.

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Absolutely. It looks like the NFL is about to kick up the SJW bit even more.


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Gotta make everyone feel special. The league is turning into a political propaganda machine.

Dear NFL, I don't care if a player is gay, black, white or if they identify as a goddamn tree stump. I just want to watch football without hearing about it!!!

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He's such a tool bag. Lol

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Best bag of tools you'll ever come across.

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So be it. Doesn't bother me. It might weed out mouth breathing, knuckle draggers. Of course, not meaning to demean any of you that may be mouth breathing, knuckle draggers.

:D

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surely im reading this wrong.

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When I was younger, I could literally recite statistics and rosters from virtually all of the major sports teams. But for those reasons above, especially kids, I've become a very casual sports fan. Even as a hardcore baseball fan, I might not even catch a handful of games on TV anymore. Football on Sundays I don't even care to watch. The NBA has become non-existent. I'll still catch the majority of LSU games football games though.

And honestly, I don't even miss it.

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What? My attempt at humor or the reference to it not bothering me? I don't let politics of any nature get in the way of my entertainment.

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The NFL has become a soap box for players to air their grievances. It's so bad that I even have a hard time watching my Saints. If I weren't a Saints fanatic I'd give up watching completely.

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You probably need to learn to ignore any of it that distracts from your viewing pleasure. You aren't alone, however. Far too many people let politics control their whole lives. All I watch on TV anymore are sporting events and History Channel shows. It's not that news programming upsets me one way or the other, it's just that I don't care one way or another anymore. It no longer bothers me if people are pro this or pro that or anti this or anti that.

I refuse to let any of it get in the way of my enjoyment. I don't know how many more years I'll have on this Earth so in the scheme of things it is all meaningless.

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I'm not 100% convinced ill watch the NFL this season and so cancelled my gamepass subscription.

Years ago I'd be itching for the season to start, just doesn't get me excited like it used to.

Rule changes, political agendas, being screwed out of big games, all have taken their toll I think.

The only reason I had twitter was to keep an eye on Saints news and its just a ****show now, everyone is called a racist for having an opinion that doesn't match other people's. Its just tiring.

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Sorry to hear that. Getting screwed hurts, of course, but "**** happens", you know. As for rule changes and politics, rules don't bother me one way or another. As long as both teams have the same ones it's all still NFL football to me. And politics seem to play far too much of a controlling role in people's lives today. I'm sick of politics. Or more precisely I am sick of people complaining about politics. I am ready to identify as apolitical.

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So I'm personally someone who has very little political knowledge or interest in it, I think that's why it's disjointed me so much. I honestly feel like I can't look anywhere for NFL news without it being in conjunction with the some political agenda, BLM or otherwise. Its just tiring to me.

I may feel different in a few months, but at the moment I'm leaning towards not spending Sunday nights watching it. In years past, that notion has never even crossed my mind, I've had a gamepass subscription since 2008 and this year is the only one when I've felt indifferent enough to not be bothered about keeping it.

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Fan is short for fanatic so…

yes.

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Man, I would be like a thoroughbred at the gate this time of the year. I just wanted to jump up and down I was so excited... Like a kid the night before Christmas.

Most of the time, now, it completely escapes my mind.

In the old days, Id have the schedule memorized and my projections for how they fall tv-wise, as well as my projections for wins/losses (every year we were going to win the super bowl.... from 1983 on) I watched (and some of you here will remember me openly praising how much I love PRESEASON games.
I WENT to preseason games. I also WENT to training camp in MS. I live in Houston, TEXAS. Planned my vacation around it.

I used to start losing my mind, getting on wives nerves in July.

Now its 2021, and I cant tell you when opening day is, or who they (used to be "we") play. You can call me any name you want. Knuckle-dragger, whatever. I used to be called a Fanatic. My money is green, and Im not sure I'm an isolated case.