Sheldon Brown wants to be traded

[Sgt PSN]

It's an emotional investment.  Not a business or capital investment.  You and I have the same emotional investment in the team, even though you spend thousands on seats, and I watch the game at a sports bar.  You have no more "right" to bitch than anyone else, no matter how much more you spend.  Your opinion is in no way more valid than anyone else's - even though you spend thousands on tickets.

I think I've said it enough different ways.

youre insane if you dont think i have more riding on the teams fortunes and how its run than you do...we arent even equal emotionally because i root for my hometown...you root for the eagles i root for philadephia...which is why i get so upset at banner representing the citys team like he does....for example you could care less about his beef with the city right now because you dont give a rats ass about philadelphia...nor should you

i dont give a shtein what anyone says its philadelphias team not jeff luries...and if you dont think that matters ask the people in cleveland if they followed the browns to baltimore before they got their own team

as for the money youre wrong there as well...spending a couple thousand dollars a year not to mention the time i put in ups the ante and causes me to hold the team to a different standard than not all but many other people that dont spend money on them...is there people that dont have season tickets that hold them to the same standard as me of course there is...but believe me you tend to look at a team in a different perspective when youre spending tons of time and money on them...

i know this because i look at the eagles in a different way than the other three teams in the city and i admittedly hold them to a slighty different standard...doesnt mean im a bigger fan of the eagles than i am the flyers sixers or phillies just as it doesnt make me a better fan of the eagles than youre...its just a different kind of fan and a different perspective

igy, i've been arguing on the same side as demon on this one and i do root all philly when it comes to the major sports.  if philly had a professional hopscotch team, i'd root for them too.  i was born and raised there and had i done anything with my life besides join the military, i'd probably still be living there.  so am i held to a different standard because i don't drop mega coin on season tix every year?  is my level of emotional commitment any less than you or other season ticket holders?

you are looking at this completely from the wrong perspective.  you're saying that because  you spend money on season tix (along with the cost of travel, parking, food, bev and time) that you automatically hold them to a higher standard than someone like me.  i drop a few hundred bucks every year on sunday ticket just so i can catch all of the eagles games on tv.  last year was the first time in close to 10 years i didn't make it to at least 1 game, either home or away.  normally when i go to a game it costs me no less than $700 when you factor ticket cost, air travel, hotel and food.  and that's just for 1 freaking game. 

so when i am able to go, my cost per game far exceeds what most local folks shell out.  even when i was living in north carolina and was able to make it up for like 3 or 4 games in a season, i was still dropping over $150 on gas plus the cost of tix and parking.  and then driving back home sunday night after the game so i could go to work on monday. 

i'm not throwing this out there to make it look like i'm some sort of super fan.  i'm saying it because us out of towners make just as much of a commitment as the local folks when it comes to following these teams.  in fact, i would go so far as to say that i have to put a lot more effort into follwing philly teams than anyone within 100 or so miles of philly.  because i don't get local coverage on tv, radio or in the newspapers.  i have to rely on the internet and cable television. 

so to say that spending money on season tickets somehow translates to you being able to hold the eagles to a higher standard than me or any other non-local fan is total bullshtein. 

[ice grillin you]

no youre the same because youre from philly so you root for the city not the eagles

on the investment argument we will have to agree to disagree

[Sgt PSN]

oh.  ok.  as long as i'm part of the in crowd then.  farg demon. 

[ice grillin you]

theres no club in the world like it...there is nothing better than being in a random city in a bar and running into another person from philly who calls you out cause you have a sixer shirt or flyer hat on...next thing you know theres shots all over the bar and your liver hates you again

philadelphia LOVES philadelphia like no other place on the planet

[General_Failure]

Nobody else will, so it kinda has to.

[ice grillin you]

lol...too true

whats funny about philly is tacony hates mayfair and mayfair hates feltonville but the northeast loves the northeast and hates south philly except the northeast and south philly love each other and hate the rest of the world

its really a beautiful thing

[General_Failure]

Just like every family in the greater Philadelphia area. We're not talking to south Philly because of what they said about our Sharon.

[Tomahawk]

theres no club in the world like it...there is nothing better than being in a random city in a bar and running into another person from philly who calls you out cause you have a sixer shirt or flyer hat on...next thing you know theres shots all over the bar and your liver hates you again

philadelphia LOVES philadelphia like no other place on the planet

I'm not from Philly but have done shots galore with the Philadelphians in random cities because I was wearing an Eagles jersey.

[Father Demon]

You're a bizarre dude, IGY.  Sometimes I wish I could see everything as simple.

And you just lost your "I'm from Philly and you're not" argument. 

Born and raised, dude.  I left because of joining the military.  And I still call Philly home (even though technically I'm a SJ product, it's still close enough).

oh.  ok.  as long as i'm part of the in crowd then.  farg demon. 

farg you too, jarhead.

[ice grillin you]

Just like every family in the greater Philadelphia area. We're not talking to south Philly because of what they said about our Sharon.

i dont blame you

[Sgt PSN]

oh.  ok.  as long as i'm part of the in crowd then.  farg demon. 

farg you too, jarhead.

internet hugs? 

[ice grillin you]

You're a bizarre dude, IGY.  Sometimes I wish I could see everything as simple.

And you just lost your "I'm from Philly and you're not" argument. 

Born and raised, dude.  I left because of joining the military.  And I still call Philly home (even though technically I'm a SJ product, it's still close enough).

prety sure i was talking about people NOT from philly...but congrats on your most advantageous of birthplaces

[Father Demon]

oh.  ok.  as long as i'm part of the in crowd then.  farg demon. 

farg you too, jarhead.

internet hugs? 

Done.

[Father Demon]

You're a bizarre dude, IGY.  Sometimes I wish I could see everything as simple.

And you just lost your "I'm from Philly and you're not" argument. 

Born and raised, dude.  I left because of joining the military.  And I still call Philly home (even though technically I'm a SJ product, it's still close enough).

prety sure i was talking about people NOT from philly...but congrats on your most advantageous of birthplaces

Oh.  My mistake.

It's an emotional investment.  Not a business or capital investment.  You and I have the same emotional investment in the team, even though you spend thousands on seats, and I watch the game at a sports bar.  You have no more "right" to bitch than anyone else, no matter how much more you spend.  Your opinion is in no way more valid than anyone else's - even though you spend thousands on tickets.

I think I've said it enough different ways.

youre insane if you dont think i have more riding on the teams fortunes and how its run than you do...we arent even equal emotionally because i root for my hometown...you root for the eagles i root for philadephia...which is why i get so upset at banner representing the citys team like he does....for example you could care less about his beef with the city right now because you dont give a rats ass about philadelphia...nor should you

Somehow I was under the impression you were talking about me.

[ice grillin you]

obviously i didnt know you were from philly...all you MA cats run together...probably beacuse i never met yous you and tomahawk are literally the same person to me