If training camps starts on time will you feel a little gypped?

[Burgold]

As weird as it sounds after all the hand wringing and blame and angst of the offseason if training camp starts on time and everything is business as normal I'm going to be a little irritated. It's a bit like being used or being teased and a pawn in all their machinations. Afterall, they've put us through, someone needs to miss a pay check. Someone needs not to collect revenue for preseason games.

Right now, the person most abused is the fan. The athletes are getting out of OTA's which they prefer and the owners are losing revenue on ball caps, but not much else. Sure, they're sweating it out and working and arguing and the players who are free agents are sweating a little bit because they don't know what the future will hold and what kind of or how big a contract they can get, but at this point... if everything gets done this week and this season is just business as normal well, it'll just feel like one really poorly executed PR stunt.

Anywho, I suspect I'm completely alone in feeling this way, but I've come to the point where I want the feud to last just a little bit longer because I wanted both of those spoiled parties to actually feel a little bit of pain and lose something.

[Destructis]

I try not to sweat things that are out of my control. I won't feel cheated. Now if we were to miss regular season games, then I would feel cheated and kind of pissed at the both the owners and the players.

[CPORTISFAN999]

i'll feel pretty happy because football is on its way

[texasthunder]

What have we really missed?
The signings of UDFA ??
Free agency??

We are going to get that, just not in the time frame we would like.

As long as they get everything settled, then I am ok with that.

[Bombers]

Only be irritated if they don't start taring camp on time

[ScottAH87]

im irritated regardless but will be happier once regular football operations resume

[Vilandil Tasardur]

I'm just the opposite, I don't get why people are irritated now?

You haven't missed anything. Oh how sad, free agency hasn't happened yet. So what? How does it really affect you? The NBA and NHL playoffs were excellent. The French open and now Wimbledon have been a treat. The Gold Cup just finished up and the Copa America starts on friday. Both the women's world cup and the under-17 world cup are going on right now. And there's always baseball.

So what if you haven't had free agency and OTAs? That stuff is just fluff to keep you interested anyways.

[LD0506]

So far, we have been spared the yearly dose of second-guessing, nitpicking and rumormongering that would be passing for football news now, so I'm havin' a hard time being too upset.

[Redskin-All-In]

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[Sweet Sassy Molassy]

I'm just the opposite, I don't get why people are irritated now?

You haven't missed anything. Oh how sad, free agency hasn't happened yet. So what? How does it really affect you? The NBA and NHL playoffs were excellent. The French open and now Wimbledon have been a treat. The Gold Cup just finished up and the Copa America starts on friday. Both the women's world cup and the under-17 world cup are going on right now. And there's always baseball.

So what if you haven't had free agency and OTAs? That stuff is just fluff to keep you interested anyways.

So far, we have been spared the yearly dose of second-guessing, nitpicking and rumormongering that would be passing for football news now, so I'm havin' a hard time being too upset.

Agreed on both accounts.

[Alcoholic Zebra]

**** no, I'm just going to be happy there's football.

[Burgold]

Glad you posted the thread, I have something to get off my chest. With no OTAs and some players not training, the exhibition games are going to be even more meaningless than they usually are. Yet STH will still be paying full price. Money is tight, and the cost of these tickets--I feel it. I'd love to get a refund on the exhibition games this year after all the nonsense.

There, I said it. I'm feeling better already.

I've always felt that preseason tickets should be half price. I feel for you season ticket holders. It's really not right for them to charge full price for an exhibition game.

[skinfan2k]

Nope, not at all. I dont care about football in the summer besides an occasional free agency news. With the caps and nats playing so well, i dont have to worry about football til september

[HLF]

Im starting to get the itch already with all the "good" news floating around the media about the lockout ending soon. Seeing Bruce Allen's targeted training camp date hasnt helped either.

[mbws]

Nope, not at all. I dont care about football in the summer besides an occasional free agency news. With the caps and nats playing so well, i dont have to worry about football til september

What? The Caps are playing? The Nationals are not in last place with a mid-season manager change?

Let's go METS!