Responses like that are the main reason I normally avoid posting in a thread about Favre at all. Let me tell you one thing, although you act like you know how 80,000 people will react the truth is you don't have a clue at all. I'm well aware of the fact that I don't have any either, that's why I was wondering about it.
Taking a look at the regular posters here (although I get the sample size is way too small to get any significant information out of it) there are more than 5% who still haven't forgiven Favre.
You never know.
I re read my post and I couldn't find anything that indicated that I know how 80,000 fans will react. The words
I THINK showed up a few times indicating how
I THINK 80,000 fans will react. I checked the dictionary and the words THINK and KNOW are not synonymous. Its going to make for some more tedious posting if I have to put "
I THINK" before or after any of my opinions just so you don't get confused.
You
wondered and since no one knows how they will react all we can do is post how we
think they will react. I didn't realize when you wondered about it it was rhetorical and you were not expecting anyone to answer.
Unless those regular posters here are also season ticket holders you just said their opinions don't matter, and the numbers I stated say its 25% that haven't forgiven him not 5%. Its only 5% that will be making it a point to exuberantly show it. The other 20% will be respectful of the situation and simply choose not to participate
I THINK.
The only representative poll would be to ask season ticket holders.
Then there are those who sell their tickets. As someone has pointed out there are not that many of them available, but that doesn't take into account people who sell their tickets without using the official site. I think that number will increase as the day gets closer and the price goes up. I think there will be a HUGE demand for tickets to this game. More than a normal Packer/Bear game. Thanksgiving, nationally televised, Favre ceremony are just a few of the factors that will cause more people to want tickets. This will drive up the price and coupled with it being deer hunting season more people might be enticed to sell.
You have already accused the 67,000 fans who were in attendance of the Favre ceremony of not being Packer fans and assumed they will not be in attendance to the Thanksgiving game (based on comments by a very few people I might add) a so lets take a look at a few scenarios I could see playing out for this game.
1) A lot of people who would normally sell their tickets will go to the game because they like Favre and want to be a part of history. I could see this happening. Of course you would call these people Favre lovers rather than Packer fans.
2) A lot of people who would normally go to the game will sell their tickets because they hate Favre and they don't want to be a part of it. I really don't see this happening but its possible. In keeping with your definitions I would call these people Favre haters and not Packer fans.
Either of these will likely increase the number of Favre supporters present.
3) A lot of people that would normally go to the game but don't like Favre will still go to the game but they won't participate in any of the ceremony. This is very likely to happen IMO and these are the 20% I was talking about. These are Packer fans and Favre doesn't matter to them.
4) A lot of people who would normally sell their tickets keep them and go to the game because they hate Favre and they want to go and boo him. These would be part of the 5%. I don't think this is very likely. Again, Favre haters not Packer fans.
5) The fact that it is a Thanksgiving game has far more impact on whether more or less people sell their tickets than the Favre ceremony will.
6) Favre or Thanksgiving it won't matter to some people because they sell all their tickets to the Bears and vikings games and make enough money to pay for the rest of their season tickets. Packer fans? Probably but opportunists as well. I can't really fault them for that
7) and what
I THINK is far most likely to happen is the the attendance will pretty much mirror the attendance of any normal Packer/Bear game despite more season tickets perhaps being sold. For the most part season ticket holders who normally go will still go and those who normally sell will sell. I do know there will be Packer fans and Bear Fans there. I know there will be Favre supporters and Favre detractors there. I know the stadium will be full to capacity and then some.
I THINK when Favre come out the vast majority of the people will give him a standing ovation. A smaller percentage will simply go about as nothing special is going on and an even smaller percentage will stand and boo just as loudly as those who are cheering.
I hope this clears up a few things that I think and that I know.
