Changing priorities doesn’t make less than a true fan. Be it maturity, circumstances, growth, or the emergence of other interests, priorities can (and I would argue should) shift.
I missed the 2003 FF because my daughter had an event, the attendance at which I deemed more important.
I was at the first MSG BET, and missed maybe 5 thereafter, most of which while in law school. I traveled by 3 different planes 12 hours to be in NO in 1987.
When my dad offered to pay for me to go on spring break my senior year of college, I asked him if he an I could go to Philly to the NCAA tournament (we lost to Iowa). I was in NJ in 1987 and Boston when we lost to OSU.
Because I won’t pay more money to the soulless tv gods does not make me less of a fan. If none of us followed the bouncing tv locations, they would have to rethink tv, and maybe make it more accessible. That is my little personal protest. Don’t make it hard to so watch my team.