Tailgating Cancelled

[Tau Ceti]

Well I see this thread went deep into dead horse territory!

At the risk of being unsentimental, I will offer this: the team doesn't owe us a tailgate. The team doesn't owe us a detailed accounting of why they cancelled it. The team doesn't owe us shit. It's been losing money since 1990 and were it anything other than North America's oldest continuous sports franchise it would have folded long ago. The sense of entitlement that people have on this board astounds me sometimes.

The 2017 Eastern Final was one of the best live sports experiences of my last decade, tailgate or no. The Argos are offering me a 25% ticket discount to come back for more and I'm gladly doing so, moving 20 yards closer to centre and adding an extra season ticket for good measure.

If this latest ticket gambit doesn't work we might not have an Argo team to complain about in a few years. Knowing that, I think it's a great time to focus on the superb value of a game ticket and, as they say, pull together.

[BATKINSON001]

Well I see this thread went deep into dead horse territory!

At the risk of being unsentimental, I will offer this: the team doesn't owe us a tailgate. The team doesn't owe us a detailed accounting of why they cancelled it. The team doesn't owe us shit. It's been losing money since 1990 and were it anything other than North America's oldest continuous sports franchise it would have folded long ago. The sense of entitlement that people have on this board astounds me sometimes.

The 2017 Eastern Final was one of the best live sports experiences of my last decade, tailgate or no. The Argos are offering me a 25% ticket discount to come back for more and I'm gladly doing so, moving 20 yards closer to centre and adding an extra season ticket for good measure.

If this latest ticket gambit doesn't work we might not have an Argo team to complain about in a few years. Knowing that, I think it's a great time to focus on the superb value of a game ticket and, as they say, pull together.

Agreed. I was mad at the beginning before the price drop and official announcement as we only had naylor's tweet to go on. I used my credit plus an extra $20 to get a second seat in section 116, in hopes that I can bring people to the games repeatedly and hopefully get them hooked, as I was in 2009, thanks to a friend, though my seats at BMO are nowhere near as good as the sections at the 35-45 yard lines at Robbers Centre, I hope they will suffice.

[gilthethrill]

Agreed. I was mad at the beginning before the price drop and official announcement as we only had naylor's tweet to go on. I used my credit plus an extra $20 to get a second seat in section 116, in hopes that I can bring people to the games repeatedly and hopefully get them hooked, as I was in 2009, thanks to a friend, though my seats at BMO are nowhere near as good as the sections at the 35-45 yard lines at Robbers Centre, I hope they will suffice.

Pretty incredible you got hooked watching to 2009 Argonauts...thought it would have driven you away...far far away.

[BATKINSON001]

Pretty incredible you got hooked watching to 2009 Argonauts...thought it would have driven you away...far far away.

It was the whole football experience and the fact that the very first game I attended was actually the season opener in the hammer, one of our few wins that year. It was largely due to the ticats fans' passion and support for their team at that game that caught my interest. As such I wont make fun of or belittle the fans, but I have no problem picking on the team itself.

I chose the Argos as they were the closer team to where I lived at the time and was easier and cheaper to get to see regularly (why support a team actively if you can't attend the games and see them live?).

[ArgoZ]

It was the whole football experience and the fact that the very first game I attended was actually the season opener in the hammer, one of our few wins that year. It was largely due to the ticats fans' passion and support for their team at that game that caught my interest. As such I wont make fun of or belittle the fans, but I have no problem picking on the team itself

I also became a super fan after watching my first live game in Hamilton in 1991. Loved the Argos colours. Loved how we spoiled Hamilton’s party. Fondly remember being amazed at Pinball’s juke moves and wanting to try them once I got home.

[gilthethrill]

It was the whole football experience and the fact that the very first game I attended was actually the season opener in the hammer, one of our few wins that year. It was largely due to the ticats fans' passion and support for their team at that game that caught my interest. As such I wont make fun of or belittle the fans, but I have no problem picking on the team itself.

I chose the Argos as they were the closer team to where I lived at the time and was e7asier and cheaper to get to see regularly (why support a team actively if you can't attend the games and see them live?).

Yes the Argos looked very good in that season opener in Hamilton in 2009.

[PullTogether73]

It was largely due to the ticats fans' passion and support for their team at that game that caught my interest. As such I wont make fun of or belittle the fans, but I have no problem picking on the team itself.

Interestingly, I go the opposite route.
I will not mock the team (unless they hire some sex crime-enabling coach!), but I will mercilessly mock their fans, given my personal interactions with them in the past.

[BATKINSON001]

Interestingly, I go the opposite route.
I will not mock the team (unless they hire some sex crime-enabling coach!), but I will mercilessly mock their fans, given my personal interactions with them in the past.

I haven't had many interactions with Hamilton fans, certainly no bad ones yet.