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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2448084, member: 488"] Boycotting might be the wrong word, but there is more to it than that. Their conception of "fun" is wholly distorted because they are spoiled. If the UConn football team was 5-2, I'm fairly comfortable saying that "fun" is a word that would be used. They are the opposite of spoiled. There has been a level of futility normalized within the program that causes any departure from abject misery to be interpreted as their salvation. And when I read threads titled "I'm embarrassed as a UConn alum" or "If you care about UConn basketball," essentially implying that anybody who is not recoiling at the sight of these games is doing a disservice to the program, I don't think it's that much of a stretch to use the word "boycotting." Besides, the fun of following a team has always been the actual act of following them. Winning helps a lot, but there is a reason fans stick with their teams and it isn't because they're morally obligated; it's a habit that can exist for what it is, entertainment, even in circumstances where the potential is depressed by the product. [/QUOTE]