These are the times that try mens souls...

The question has been asked whether or not RSL fandom onlne is on the wane. Whether or not our collective quantity of posts on BigSoccer has diminished, I cannot say. What I can speak of is my own experiences and tendancies which I see not as an alarming situation, but a shift. My passion for all things RSL has not fallen off, but my posting and random thoughts have been reduced for several reasons. 

First and foremost my sons participation in competitive soccer has increased this summer, and I see weekly improvement, which I cannot gleen from RSL games as of late. Second, it seems as though the RSL BigSoccer boards have become more a forum for bitching about the Front Office and any topic worthy of an intelligent and insightful banter quickly turns into nonsensical back and forth between individuals that take the thread far beyond the subject into weeds to long to tread into. Third, I find myself enjoying the games more this year because of the comraderie we've found in Section 26, which gives more satisfaction to me and my family than spending countless hours on BigSoccer waiting for a response to my question posed or opinion offered only to see those online fly right by it and explain why Howard the Duck was the greatest movie never awarded an Oscar. 

Do not misunderstand, I will always be at every home game, and on my couch watching each road disaster, but it's the people, not the computer, that make me a fan, because the team isn't convincing me that they're going anywhere this season.