Why do some sports fans get so much heat?

[superjames1992]

Re: Why do some sports fans get so much heat?

Why do you insist on ruining everyone's sports fandom? You've already made me stop being a Florida fan, why do you continue to do this to others?

Dude ... No one is making you stop being a fan of anybody. Even if you did bandwagon with Florida and Duke (which I don't know if you did or not), at least you're a fan of the Orioles and Browns, so it's not like your an all-sports bandwagoner, regardless. You have your right to root for teams that are actually good if you want to, unlike the Browns and Orioles.

i have always wondered this question. and decided to make this thread after taking multiple shots for my signature. Lot's of sports fans that like teams such as the Yankees Lakers, Cowboys, etc are always considered bandwagon fans. Has it occurred to anyone that these people actually have connections and legitimately root for that team? Take my self for an example I am a die hard yankee fan. If they went 0-162 i would still follow them on a day to day basis because i just love them. I root for the lakers because i did not start watching/playing basketball until i saw Kobe Bryant. Kobe is my favorite player therefore why shouldn't i like the Lakers? I watch 90% of there regular season games regardless if i know there making the playoffs year in and year out. So my simple question is why do people hate on us that legit root for the teams? I could not care if anyone of my teams did not win a single game. sure i would think they suck but would i stop rooting for them heck no

I think when you like the best teams in every sport, that raises serious questions. To be quite frank, I don't care if people bandwagon or not.

The only team some might say I bandwagon with are the San Antonio Spurs, but I used to live in West Virginia which had no NBA teams and my friend moved there from Texas. He got me into the NBA and was a Spurs fan, so that's who I root for. Now, if I lived in North Carolina like I do now, I probably would have become a Bobcats fan, but I didn't, so that is that.

I used to live in West Virginia, and while I will never go to school there because WVU doesn't offer meteorology majors, I will still always root for them. I am going to NC State (who has the best meteorology program in NC) next year and have really never been a fan of them in the past, so I'm not sure how that will work.

I started liking Jeff Gordon when I was like two. I'm not sure if I started liking him because I liked his paint scheme or if it was because he won a lot; I was too young to remember. Whatever the case, he hasn't won a championship in nine years and has only won one race in the last 87 races, so I have not and will not jump ship. I guess a true NASCAR bandwagoner would be a Jimmie Johnson fan right about now (four straight titles from 2006-2009).

I don't really like baseball or hockey much. I've been to several Tampa Bay Rays game down at Tropicana Field, so I would say that they're probably my favorite baseball team. And, for hockey, sometimes I'll watch the Carolina Hurricanes, but I'm not much of a hockey fan, as I said before.

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for myself i dont really have an NFL team and often my sig changes because not everything fits . but my mom graduated from UNC i am irish and my entire family is yankee fan's. if you met me in person ask me any question about anyone of the teams in my sig and i could probably answer you within a minute

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Sorry, but the fact that you used to have the Rangers in your sig, then took them out, had the Colts in your sig then once someone called you a bandwagoner you took them out(even admitted to becoming a fan of them once they made the Playoffs), then had the Panthers in your sig because Clausen was drafted by them and now you've since taken them out, I can't help but to think you're a bandwagon fan. You constantly change your teams and I have no doubt if the Lakers, Yankees, Tar Heels, etc. weren't any good you'd have since changed them too. You might think you have legitimate reasons, but it's really because they win a lot. If they weren't winners, you wouldn't be fans of them.

Z to get back to you thing about the NFL teams. I freely admit i do not have an NFL Team. i bandwagon with NFL teams constantly because it's just certain players that i like. i find it better that way because i believe the sport is just to great for one person to like one specific team when there are many great players out there. I freely admit that i jumped on the UNC band wagon back in 2002. My mom went there but that didn't really give me a reason to like the team they just came off the national title and i was 9 at the time so why not root for the winning team? As far as concerning though Notre Dame, The Yanks and Lakers i actually root for them. I attend at least 10 yankee games at the stadium every year since i was about 6 years old. I have sat in the freezing cold of South Bend Indiana on countless occasions to See Notre dame get creamed by USC or another top ranked team at the time. I have paid from my own pocket plane tickets as recent as this season to fly across the U.S for 10 hours just to see kobe bryant and the lakers suit up against the 76ers. so while yes i did "bandwagon" for UNC and any NFL team who has players i like i have also gone to the extremes just to see a sport being played

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LOL @ not everything fits. What? How does it change when it doesn't fit? How could it be there in the 1st place if it doesn't fit?

theres a certain amount of text you can put in a sig

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I know that, you missed my point though. Your excuse for why you keep changing teams is because "not everything fits" which doesn't make any sense. You have added and dropped teams on multiple occasions; it has nothing to do with the amount of space(how could have added teams if there wasn't enough space?) and has everything to do with the fact that you are a bandwagoner(and just admitted that a couple posts ago).

if you read my posts correctly you will see that i bandwagoned for 2 teams and that i freely admit it which i still do. but what you fail to realize is that in the same post i said i go to the extremes for others consdering i pay for everything that i do (except for living considering i am 17) i sit in the upperdeck half the time for the yanks. as for the sig if i would like to update what i am currently playing so people could know i might have to take away things (such as an NFL or an NHL team). don't go reconfiguring my words to your own approval if you will quote me do it correctly.

and on a side note please will a mod lock this. i am sick and tired of arguing over such a stupid matter like a child. i am practically a man and for the sake of ending this you won think i am a bandwagoner because at this point i don't care

[PVarck31]

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Locked at the OP's request. I would have locked it anyway though.

[Marino]

Re: Why do some sports fans get so much heat?

Besides, why would anyone accuse an NCState fan of being a bandwagoner? They suck in every sport.

Bastard.