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  • canes2008
    Rookie
    • Jun 2008
    • 466

    #106
    Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

    I'm love sf 49ers pittsburgh penguins Detroit pistons phoniex suns(just started rooting foer them in 2004) La Dodgers since my hometown tigers stink except for'06. I'm from Detroit, I hate the Red wings because they're too dominnant just like the yankees

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    • ehh
      Hall Of Fame
      • Mar 2003
      • 28962

      #107
      Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

      Originally posted by NC State-31 UNC-27
      The whole liking a randomly good team from across the country with no connections to them when you were 6 years old thing just doesn't hold up.

      You either A) couldn't have been THAT big of a fan to still be a hardcore fan 20 years later or B) should have gotten to the age where you figured out that it was ******** that you still claim them as your team because they were the best when you first started watching.
      So I since I grew up in CT and was a Dolphins fan as a kid I should have "figured out" at some point in my teens that it was stupid to be a fan of a team 1,000 miles away and become a Pats or Giants fan? How is that not bandwagoning? Just stop rooting for the team I actually care about and manufacture some BS passion for a local team?

      That's way worse than liking the same team throughout your entire life, regardless of how far away they are.
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      • Marino
        Moderator
        • Jan 2008
        • 18113

        #108
        Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

        Originally posted by ehh
        So I since I grew up in CT and was a Dolphins fan as a kid I should have "figured out" at some point in my teens that it was stupid to be a fan of a team 1,000 miles away and become a Pats or Giants fan? How is that not bandwagoning? Just stop rooting for the team I actually care about and manufacture some BS passion for a local team?

        That's way worse than liking the same team throughout your entire life, regardless of how far away they are.
        So are you still a Dolphins fan?

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        • ehh
          Hall Of Fame
          • Mar 2003
          • 28962

          #109
          Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

          Originally posted by marino13882
          So are you still a Dolphins fan?
          Not really, I could care less about the NFL outside of fantasy football. I guess I 'root' for the Fish and the Giants but I still haven't watched a Dolphins game from start to finish since 2003. I wouldn't call myself a fan of either team.

          It is interesting that the only sport I've stopped caring about is the one which I liked an out of market team. The Dolphins used to be on TV damn near every weekend up here when Marino was playing but since 2000 I'm lucky if a game besides the four Jets/Pats match ups are on TV.
          "You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier

          "Beware of geeks bearing formulas." - Warren Buffet

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          • ProfessaPackMan
            Bamma
            • Mar 2008
            • 63852

            #110
            Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

            Originally posted by ehh
            So I since I grew up in CT and was a Dolphins fan as a kid I should have "figured out" at some point in my teens that it was stupid to be a fan of a team 1,000 miles away and become a Pats or Giants fan? How is that not bandwagoning? Just stop rooting for the team I actually care about and manufacture some BS passion for a local team?

            That's way worse than liking the same team throughout your entire life, regardless of how far away they are.
            Apparently that's how it works on OS.
            #RespectTheCulture

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            • Jukeman
              Showtime
              • Aug 2005
              • 10955

              #111
              Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

              IMO the whole liking your local team thing is overrated, I don't plan on living in Philly all my life, so wat if I was an Eagles fan then moved to Atlanta, should I not like the Eagles anymore???

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              • JohnnytheSkin
                All Star
                • Jul 2003
                • 5914

                #112
                Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

                This thread is unintentionally hilarious. Having issues with how and why people choose to like, follow, or hate certain teams, college or pro, is just silly.
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                • Oezeo
                  Rookie
                  • Mar 2008
                  • 46

                  #113
                  Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

                  Originally posted by juk34man
                  IMO the whole liking your local team thing is overrated, I don't plan on living in Philly all my life, so wat if I was an Eagles fan then moved to Atlanta, should I not like the Eagles anymore???

                  Obviously you shouldn't change loyalty's just because you move... that's common sense. I'm assuming you grew up in or around Philly/Penn. So you actually have a legit reason at least in my imo to be a Eagle fan even if you were to move. You grew up an Eagles fan, watching the games on TV maybe even going to a few in person.

                  When I made this topic I was aiming it towards the fans who didn't grow up near their favorite teams, some cases no where near them. Like other side of the country. When in fact the city/state they actually live in has a professional team. To me that doesn't make sense. There are a few cases were I can see something stopping that. One being their dad is a fan of HIS home city/state team and you starting to root for them as well as a father/son thing. Then their are military families who move around a lot.
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                  • tehova
                    b**-r*y
                    • Mar 2003
                    • 3694

                    #114
                    Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

                    I like the Grizzlies(Van/Memphis) because they were the worst team on NBA Live 2000/NBA 2k and that was the only team my friends would let me play with to even their chances to win. The same year we "came across" a way to watch all of the NBA games on the satellite so I threw all my support to them because I could actually watch them.

                    I am a Jaguars fan because I'm sort of anti, the Jags and Panthers came into the league the same year and you had to put the code in on Madden to get the expansion teams so everybody wanted to play with the Panthers because they were local, so I was always stuck with the Jags.


                    I went to ECU so thats legit, even tho i picked the school based on playing with them on College Football USA 96. Didnt even know where the school was, just knew i wanted to go there.


                    So Jags, Griz, and ECU all based around videogames.

                    As a child i bandwagoned Jordan and the Bulls, Carolina Tarheels, 49ers, Deion Sanders and the Falcons, Penny Hardaway and the Magic etc...
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                    • Oezeo
                      Rookie
                      • Mar 2008
                      • 46

                      #115
                      Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

                      lol that's messed up tehova. Were you that good or was he that bad? Did you still win?
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                      • Jukeman
                        Showtime
                        • Aug 2005
                        • 10955

                        #116
                        Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

                        Originally posted by Oezeo
                        Obviously you shouldn't change loyalty's just because you move... that's common sense. I'm assuming you grew up in or around Philly/Penn. So you actually have a legit reason at least in my imo to be a Eagle fan even if you were to move. You grew up an Eagles fan, watching the games on TV maybe even going to a few in person.

                        When I made this topic I was aiming it towards the fans who didn't grow up near their favorite teams, some cases no where near them. Like other side of the country. When in fact the city/state they actually live in has a professional team. To me that doesn't make sense. There are a few cases were I can see something stopping that. One being their dad is a fan of HIS home city/state team and you starting to root for them as well as a father/son thing. Then their are military families who move around a lot.
                        Got you and yes I was born and raise in Philadelphia and I was never an Eagles fan, but I disagree...Heck I live in Philly but had season tickets to Dolphins games the 2006-2007 season(work for airliner) and been to a handul of Marlins game last year....IMO you like who you like, but I see where you are coming from
                        Last edited by Jukeman; 01-20-2009, 11:53 AM.

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                        • PdiddyPop
                          K*ngs *f th* D*nc*!
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 21768

                          #117
                          Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

                          To the OP...I was a fan of KC before Carolina got a football team. Been a fan since 1990, and not ever going to leave them. That makes me a bad "fan" for not rooting for the local team so be it. Duke fan since I was 1 *1984*, in both basketball and football, a Avs fan since they were in Quebec and I started watching hockey in 94, and the Marlins since they were born. If that peeves you then so be it.
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                          • BunnyHardaway
                            Banned
                            • Nov 2004
                            • 15195

                            #118
                            Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

                            Originally posted by PdiddyPop
                            To the OP...I was a fan of KC before Carolina got a football team. Been a fan since 1990, and not ever going to leave them. That makes me a bad "fan" for not rooting for the local team so be it. Duke fan since I was 1 *1984*, in both basketball and football, a Avs fan since they were in Quebec and I started watching hockey in 94, and the Marlins since they were born. If that peeves you then so be it.
                            Seriously.

                            It's like he expected us, when we were younger (in my case, 6-7) to say "I better be careful in picking my teams and pick all teams close to me or else people will call me bandwagon". Please. I didn't even know what bandwagon was until I was way older.

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                            • ZM Punk
                              We Spent Some Money!
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 6260

                              #119
                              Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

                              Originally posted by NC State-31 UNC-27
                              The whole liking a randomly good team from across the country with no connections to them when you were 6 years old thing just doesn't hold up.

                              You either A) couldn't have been THAT big of a fan to still be a hardcore fan 20 years later or B) should have gotten to the age where you figured out that it was ******** that you still claim them as your team because they were the best when you first started watching.

                              Duke basketball/FSU or Miami football is the worst for males in their early 20's right now.

                              Unless your parents went there and were hardcore fans that had you watching every game from a young age or something.....then your argument is probably pretty weak.

                              Even I was smart enough at 6 years old to realize I couldn't randomly pick the best team across the country (or even in my region) and fake a love for them that would last the rest of my life.
                              I'm sorry man but thats one of the dumbest statements I've ever heard. Why the hell can't you pick whatever team you like the best? Its a little thing that this Country is founded on... Freedom.

                              Whats dumb about liking the team from a young age and watching them play every game. Obviously you are going to grow fond of that team whether they're 5 miles away or 500 miles away.

                              Its not like local teams are sending you a paycheck or anything. I don't see what the big deal is with the blind loyalty that people have witht there local teams.
                              Last edited by ZM Punk; 01-20-2009, 07:05 PM.
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                              • ZM Punk
                                We Spent Some Money!
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 6260

                                #120
                                Re: Regarding people's favorite teams

                                Originally posted by JohnnytheSkin
                                This thread is unintentionally hilarious. Having issues with how and why people choose to like, follow, or hate certain teams, college or pro, is just silly.

                                No ****.

                                I didn't know you had to follow all of these rules when watching something thats solely for entertainment only. Apparently I have been living in sin all these years.

                                I guess since I'm living in Dallas now, I automatically have to pledge my allegience to the Cowboys, Mavs, Stars, Rangers, and Longhorns.
                                "The academic support at Ohio State, there is no way you can fail. Even if you're giving minimal effort there is no way you can fail."

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