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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeMuskyFish, post: 1346833, member: 261"] I applaud the OP for his honesty. I haven't posted in a while, and for similar reasons. I'm sure I'm not the only one here in that mid-30 range that has realized there is only so much time in the day for deeply rooted passions as the days go by. For most here, Syracuse still makes its way into that short list of passions that force you to find time for them (something I respect, and ultimately envy). But for me, priorities have been tweaked over the years and it gets tougher and tougher to answer that question, where do you cross that line of loyalty and lifetime commitment to the Orangemen vs the logic of using up limited resources on an entity that no longer makes you consistently happy, rarely entertains, and flat out leaves you angry quite often? And I'm not primarily talking about success via the W-L record, but instead focusing more on whether the school's sense of urgency to compete matches those of its fans. I think football is a great game, but I don't have time to immerse myself in the entire landscape anymore. What I DO have, is time to immerse myself in one team.... but with each passing year it feels a little more like Syracuse does not really DEMAND that it remain that team, and my attitude gradually reflects that accordingly by shifting more attention to other events. In this game you can't sustain that prominence we want back without bringing in the new blood of younger fans, but if Syracuse can't keep the attention of someone who has bled Orange since the age of 5, do I really anticipate that they will be successful? Is it a better odds to just take that time and money I would continue to invest and instead sit down at the roulette wheel letting it ride on red? So again, thanks to the OP for his honesty, because the school can only survive for so long sucking the lifeblood of the diehards, and failing to catch the eye of the sport fan that happens to be passing by. [/QUOTE]

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