Watch Football in HD or Reality?

Living in San Diego it is not hard to get to tickets to a Charger game.  A privilege not shared by many fans in other big cities around the country.  In fact it is not uncommon for Charger games to be blacked out due to NFL rules because of the lack of ticket sales. 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000289334/article/san-diego-chargers-vs-cincinnati-bengals-blacked-out

Maybe its just that in San Diego there are so many other things to do: go to the beach, hit up one our famous breweries, got to wine country, go shopping in mission valley in the beautiful weather, go golfing, you name it, that people choose to not to watch.  Plus our team has never seriously been a Superbowl threat since 1995.

The truth is there are many fans who just prefer to watch the games in brilliant HD from the comfort of their homes. Why is that?

Watching at home is cheaper.  Lets face it, going to a game is expensive.  For two to go to a game it costs. $200 for decent seats, $15 to ride the trolley to the stadium, $100 for beers and snacks (Could be more the way I roll at the games), and another $40 for food before we get to the stadium. That's $300-$400 just to go to the game live and I know a lot of people spend more.

At home you have your comfy couch, your beautiful big screen, lots of friends, great food, and play by play for those who aren't as good at following the game.  And if your like me you probably have 4 other games going on your laptops, tablet, and computers because your a huge fantasy football nut. Watching from home just make sense.

The buzz of the stadium on NFL game day is something hard to explain but is definitely evident.  It is an experience you definitely don't feel when watching from home.  High fiving the random person next to you after a touchdown comes natural and brings people together.  You can walk around the outside of the stadium meeting people tailgating, have some drinks, and watch other games before you go to your seats.  The music is loud and the intensity is high providing a fun experience.

But what about the bad? 

This NFL is always trying to make the fan experience at the stadium better.  In my opinion though there is not much they can do.  Alcohol rules have become far too strict, you cannot bring your own snacks into the game which makes the games un-affordable, and the very sport/gang vs gang mentality of football causes for a lot of angry drunk fools looking to fight.  Not exactly the type of environment you want to take you son or daughter to for some Sunday sports fun. I'm sorry NFL but putting free wifii in the stadiums just isnt enough to lure the coach potatoes away.  Plus I HATE being patted down like the TSA to go into a sporting event (Click here for new stadium rules).  There is going to have to be more.

I will continue to go to games live but I am not exactly going out of my way to go either.  If a group of people insists or I get my family's season tickets I am always game but in the end........I prefer mi casa.

What do you guys think or prefer? At home in HD or their live?