Fan loyalty

[SneakerProSr.]

For those who state they stick with their teams no matter what, let me ask you this: Hypothetically, Is there ANYTHING those teams could do to start chipping away at that? Or are all bets off.

Team would have to move. That's it.

 

[mister friendly]

Root for your hometown team and stick with them

 

[dmxfury]

And if your hometown has no team....?

Or if you move cities, what's the cutoff age to be 'ok' to switch?

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

I'm always going to be an A's fan first and only an A's fan, but after living in LA I can't deny I have love for the Dodgers and like to see them do well. Is that against the rules?

 

[mister friendly]

If your hometown has no team then you are free to root for whoever

If you move to a new city and you may become a fan of that team

Its suspect though

 

[antidope]

For those who state they stick with their teams no matter what, let me ask you this: Hypothetically, Is there ANYTHING those teams could do to start chipping away at that? Or are all bets off.

Not a thing.

If your hometown has no team then you are free to root for whoever

If you move to a new city and you may become a fan of that team

Its suspect though

What if that team moves? Being from Jersey when the Nets moved I saw a bunch of people who just jumped ship. "Theyre no longer a New Jersey team". That is a clown move. Location doesnt erase franchise history.

 

[mister friendly]

If the team moves, its ok to pick a new team then

 

[dmxfury]

If your hometown has no team then you are free to root for whoever

If you move to a new city and you may become a fan of that team

Its suspect though

Final Q, what's the local radius for a team? How far away can you be so you are free to choose whomever? I would have liked to been a free agent for fandom

 

[mister friendly]

If your hometown has no team then you are free to root for whoever

If you move to a new city and you may become a fan of that team

Its suspect though

Final Q, what's the local radius for a team? How far away can you be so you are free to choose whomever? I would have liked to been a free agent for fandom

Probably 90 miles

Case by case basis

I just dont like people who live in a city and actively root for a successful team in another city that they have no association with

 

[dmxfury]

Generally there is a reason, it is just unknown. For example if my kid cheers for Pitt but we don't move from Cincy, I'm sure it will confuse his peers

 

[krazy88s]

Maybe it's like being in an abusive relationship for some.

 

[onewearz]

Maybe it's like being in an abusive relationship for some.

i've made many excuses lately


yeah he's a politician but holding up the Giants trophy at the Superbowl and then jumping around at a Cowboy game like a fat girl at a Golden Coral

wearing the same orange sweater years later too

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put that Sanchez jersey down ... no respect

 

[chippedtoothsmile]

Why would you want to root against your hometown team? You **** ain't loyal

 

[antidope]

Why would you want to root against your hometown team? You **** ain't loyal

Now we have to be loyal to geography?

 

[Nereyda Vuelve Por Dios]

My fandom is intense but weird at the same time. My teams all mean something to me becuase they where obtained when i first got into there respective sport.

But if my team suck, then i follow other good teams that either i enjoy there style of play or like a specific player. Im still a fan of my original team but i also want to be entertained. And that rooting for the hometown thing is a wash. you like who you like as long as you stay for the bad and the good.  

 

[7thave btn 31stn33rd st]

I know a lot of people that moved from NYC to FL and are now Heat, Dolphins, and Marlins fans (back to Yankees fans when it's convenient).

 

[mvttstvcks]

I've grown up as a Phoenix Suns fan and an Arizona Cardinals fan. Both teams have been on the cusp of winning a championship only to choke or **** it all up one way or another. But being that I grew up here its in my blood to be a fan.

 

[Smorgasbordgie]

I can only be a fan of a team that's local so my connection and loyalty with the team goes beyond sports, it's civic pride.

Best way for me to describe fan loyalty. I take pride in supporting Charlotte area teams, especially with so many transplants in this city. Somebody has to support the local teams and I'll be one of them.

 

[a55a5in11]

Wins just aint the same if you don't go through the struggle of your team sucking

 

[you go boy]

im a knicks fan so i know the struggle

 

[dakid23]

im a knicks fan so i know the struggle

Try being a Mariners fan.....

At least you have the Yankees and Giants.

 

[SneakerProSr.]

Wins just aint the same if you don't go through the struggle of your team sucking

THIS.