While I still enjoy the tailgating experience, more and more I go for the tailgating and then go home to watch the game on TV. It helps that I only live about 2 miles from Tiger Stadium.

But the experience inside the stadium has become nearly unbearable for me. There is a full 300 piece band right there in the stands, yet we rarely hear them. Why do we need music piped in when we have a full band right fricking there? Not to mention the piped in music is of terrible quality, both in terms of fidelity as well as composition. I realize no one genre of music would be suitable for everyone, so why not just let OUR BAND play?

Then there are the interminable TV timeouts that ruin the flow of the game. American football already has constant stoppage of play by design. When we increasingly extend these stoppages, it becomes harder and harder for the fans to stay actively involved in the game. Why should a little man in a red hat have the power to say when play should resume when he has nothing else to do with the game? I fricking HATE TV timeouts.

Food in Tiger Stadium? Are you kidding me? In a state known world-wide for its cuisine, that's what we get, cold dry burgers, 'tiger dogs' and nachos? I realize that efforts have been made to improve this area, but come on.

Drink in Tiger Stadium? Now we are searched and have even water bottles removed from our persons? Whisky bottle being taken was bad enough, now we can't even bring in Vodka or Gin?

frick the man! [/rant]