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Originally Posted by sterlingice
I don't believe anyone has said that at all. In fact people have gone to great lengths and taken great pains to say that it's partially related to winning. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY COMPONENT.
However, the point that at least half the thread is making is that some teams are much more unlikable with relation to their success. And to say that it's completely related to success is a huge fallacy.
(This is still so much better than arguing about politics)
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I don't think anyone's argued that the correlation is 100%, that all winning teams are hated and all shitty or irrelevant teams are popular, and that no other factors can ever play a part. I see posters bringing up these random examples of quality teams that don't have a lot of internet hate, but they just seem like exceptions, and debatable exceptions at that. If a team is good they're relevant, and there will be more expressed opinions about that team and its fan-base, both good and bad.