Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
That's a shame if you think I'm missing what's special about this place.
From the beginning, I've had the pleasure of a front row seat seeing how special it is.
It's been one of the best and most meaningful things about the business of Footballguys which is mostly unrelated to the Free For All Forum.
It's why this forum is still here given the effort, time and money required every day.
From trying to manage the mess that is the Political Forum, that was created solely to save this forum, to spending the time to try and cultivate a place where friendships and discussion can not just happen but flourish, to paying to keep the platform up and stably running while forgoing ad revenue here because I know how that would go over, to the angry and ugly PMs I get or the hyper ugly posts on the forums about my family that get deleted, it's a lot.
And for a long time all those "costs" have been outweighed by the good that comes from here.
So I feel I'm acutely aware of what makes this place special.
If I can be honest in return with you, I'm sorry you'd question that.
And of course it's not just the one single line in the song or not seeing it's tongue in cheek. That's obvious. It's also obvious no parody gets the standing ovation if people don't think there's some truth to it.
For me, it's just life and how it goes. I don't get the luxury of an anonymous screen name. But that's on me. I should have known the downsides of taking such an active role in the forums from the start and allowing it to be personal. But that's also a part of what's special about the forum for everyone, that it can become personal for them.
Thanks to the folks who've sent messages. I apologize for adding drama.
Joe, From a seat in the "Peanut Gallery" I have always felt you judged the FFA harsher than it actually ever was. I get it, that it the way I am with my company and my kids. We all do that with things personal to us.
That being said when you thought it was at its worse, it was still 100% better and for sure cleaner than any forum with thousands of for the most part men talking football and other aspects of life. The PSF is a different animal that is tough to get a handle on anywhere. It will always go back to that simple quote.
"You can please some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can`t please all of the people all of the time" That will never change.
Appreciate the effort!