Its too loud.  The fans are too loud.  Quiet Mr. Manning can't think.  HMMM?  Now the new commishy wants to look into putting speakers into all the offensive players helmets and have a microphoned quarterback.  PUH-LEAZE!!!!!!  This is the wimpiest thing I ever heard.  You want to limit the home fans impact.  Limit the impact the wotking stiff who drops a $100 bones on a ticket, then $6 more bucks on a dog and $20 mo scrills on BEER!!!  You want to take away his impact and basically limit the home field advantage that has been exclusive to the tradition of football for years.

Sure the crowd at a basketball game inspires a team, and maybe a pitcher or batter get pumped when he knows the crowd is behind him.  But what makes football's homefield advantage special is that the fans, the working man or woman, CAN impact and help his home team.  Good fans know that being loud when the team is on defense makes it hard for the offense to hear their quarterback.  Joe Schmoe feels like a hero every time a false start is called.  I myself high five everyone around me and beam proudly "fan sack, fan sack!"

Now you want to tell me that the comish believes home field advantage should be limited to just giving the defense an emotional lift???  Well Mr. Goodall if you are going to do that than maybe I will just stay home.  Seriously?  What is the advantage of being at the game?  To me it is to support the team, to be at a live event, and to FEEL like I am helping my team with my roudy noise.  Now a days the product on television is better.  I get a million angles, I can eat without going broke, I don't have to worry about parking,  Instant replays, play-by-play, color announcing, and sideline reporting.  When I watch a game on TV, I save money, am more informed, can pee without stepping in pee, and get to lay on my couch.

So why go to a game?

Because I want to scream my head off and help MY team.  I want to be the 12th man!  Don't let technology ruin the greatest tradition in football.  The fans.