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Originally Posted by barrett
I was with you through this whole thread until this last part. You would actually walk away from a team based on what the scoreboard shows? That would be like refusing to buy a car brand over the cup holder.
The Texans have given fans plenty of reasons to walk away but this is just a weird crusade you have chosen. Either way I hope you find your grail and the scores are put back up when and where you want.
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I understand that my crusade and my line in the sand will seem awfully Quixotic to a lot of people. And I don't begrudge anyone for feeling that way. But for me the issues point to a larger truth. The in-game statistics are available only intermittently (by the way, the rotating game stats were not displayed during every time out, only perhaps two out of three time outs). The out of town scores are shown only while the game is in progress and NOT during time outs, which of course is when anyone interested in actually watching the game in progress would be looking for the scores. Plus, as I've mentioned, the out of town scores are now displayed with very small lettering and are very difficult to see. The kick in the nuts here is that during time outs when the signage is being employed for advertising the area where the out of town scores would otherwise be displayed is not even being used in the ads that are being shown.
And of course whoever mentioned that you cannot possibly receive a 3G signal in the stadium was quite correct, so there's no gathering this information on your own during the game.
The larger truth for me is that the emphasis of the in-game experience is now tilted away from football in favor of commerce. This is my impression and it is true for me. I am not thinking that anyone else will or should share my opinion or mirror my actions.
I think it's probably reasonable to think that if the team were coming off of a playoff season and were 3-0 I would be less irritated by the changes, but I would certainly have noticed them and would have acted on them in a similar way.
I did not in fact receive the promised phone call yesterday. I'll send the team a letter today.