[QUOTE=brentrob55;421878][quote=CharSFNiners;421857]
So I get tired of the low blow that Iām not a good enough fan or loyal enough fan to get FSLs.
The economy ****ing sucks, and eventhough I was laid off and found another job, Iām considered a success story during this time, there are people who are as big of fans as me who want FSLs who are still out of jobs, and I feel bad for them, and sadly there are going to be more to join them.
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Thank you for spilling what I was about to. I really see the mojority of people on here who have bought FSLās in one of two categories. The first category are the people who are well off enough and stable enough that the economy hasnāt effected them so much that $50 or $100 bucks a month means something to them. The second group is probably those people who still have parents paying the majority of their expenses, they r probably still in school/living at home/eating with Mom and Dad every night, and $50-100 is easy for them to come up with every month.
I donāt think most people pay attention to the news when it say NC is one of the worst states in the US for loss of jobs. Those people also have no clue what some of us have went through. For those who donāt let me sum it up for youā¦for those who do know Iām sorryā¦read no further:
I am 25yrs old 1.5yrs out of college working in architecture. I am making decent moneyā¦40k to be exact. I am comfortable and have no worries in the world. I hear about the FSLās and pledge immediatelyā¦of course its not time to pay up yet so I give no money.
November 10, 2008ā¦its a Monday afternoon at 1:30 after a nice lunch date with my girlfriend and ironically a long talk about niner football and our desire to buy FSLās. I am working at my desk and a partner comes up and asks to speak with me in the conference room. I immediately knew what was coming. So i sit there in front of 6 partners and 3 of them have tears in their eyes and one says, āBrent we didnāt want it to come to this, we hate to lose you, but weāre gonna have to let you go.ā No speeches, no long stories, no time to even say anything. It was that quick. I was handed a sheet of paper to signā¦and two checks. One check for my unused vacation timeā¦and one check for 2 weeks severanceā¦2 f-ing weeks.
No need to explain or relive the anger, frustration, and helplessness that followed.
So the next week I file for unemployment. What a joke that is let me tell you. I go from making $3333 a monthā¦to $1500, oh yeah that is before taxes. The bastards even kick you when you are down and make you pay taxes on unemployment. So that puts me at $1436/mo.
Now I dont know about you, but I am one of the lucky ones because I donāt have kids, donāt own a house, my truck is paid for. But I still have zero money left over. Let me break it down even more though: My expenses:
Rent is $350 for my share of the split, Utilities run on avg. $100, Car insurance is $107, Health insurance (since mine was IMMEDIATELY terminated) is $165/mo, Student loans are $217/mo, Cell phone is $65, and credit card bills that have been accrued over the last 8 months (these are minimums) are about $125 total. So those are bills that must be paid, which brings me to a meager amount of $1129/mo every month. So that leaves $307/mo left over for food and gas. Based on a 4 week monthā¦that gives me $76.75 per week to spend on the personal things I need to live and gas to get me to the places that I must absolutely go to. GOD F-ing forbid something unexpected happens to myself, my truck, one of our 2 dogs, etc. etc.
So when I hear that call to people who pledged and didnt live up to it I get so pissed off I could shove that FSL right up their asses. You want me to not eat, go anywhere or take care of me first for a week out of every month to satisfy your desire to add football? I think notā¦it would be irresponsible spending on my partā¦they type of spending that the government, our employers, and the general US citizen does that put us in this situation to begin with.
I have been out of full-time employment for going on 9 months. I have put out over 200 applications nationwideā¦still nothing. I have a promise thoughā¦hence why I moved to Hilton Headā¦a promise that will hopefully be kept in a few weeks. But I keep telling myself i will start the payment plan for my FSLās that I pledge for once I get another jobā¦but I cant until the promise of a job becomes a reality first.
So please donāt anybody say weāre not true fans, or suck it up its 25, 30, 50 or 100 bucks a month. That 25 bucks has been feeding me each week for 9 monthsā¦all I have is hope that a job will come soon. I also have hope that forty niner football happensā¦but I cant live up to my pledge right nowā¦and Im embarrased and sorry for making a promise I canāt keep (for now).
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Nobody is saying people like you or Char are bad fans or should have fullfilled you commitment no matter what. If you canāt afford it, you simply canāt afford it. I would love to have 4 Panther PSLās and great seats in the lower level, but hey I canāt afford it. But the Panthers keep playing every Sunday and they have found people who can pay for those seats.
All you can do is what you can do. Canāt afford $1000, then encourage someone you no who can to buy them.
Nobody has a bunch of extra money laying around but the fact is we need to raise 5 Mil to get Football it is plain and simple.
Thank you sirā¦