Do you use the word "we" or "us" when you talk about your favorite sports team?

[Blzer]

Re: Do you use the word "we" or "us" when you talk about your favorite sports team?

It depends on whether I'm referring to the subject or the object.

If the object, I never use "we." I might have slipped a couple of times saying: "They're killing weee!" but that's on rare occasion.

Last time I used "us" as the subject, my friend thought I just came off watching The Empire Strikes Back when I said, "Us have been playing well."

So in a nutshell, me use both... not exclusively one or the other.

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Now if I want to talk seriously about it, I'll have to hear myself talk in the next conversation about the Warriors or Giants. I think I tend to say "they" and such, but if another person starts the conversation with "we" I'm sure I continue it that way naturally.

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This all reminds me of the Brian Regan bit on sports fandom.

[Caulfield]

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whenever I hear a player or coach or owner say "we have the greatest fans, I generally accept that they gratefully accept us as part of the team.

It depends on whether I'm referring to the subject or the object ...
So in a nutshell, me use both... not exclusively one or the other.

ROTFL

[nc0ffey]

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I'll admit, I'm one that cringes when people say "us" or "we" when referring to their sports team when they aren't on the team (or working for them). Has bothered me since High School when I played football and one of the band kids would always try and be a Monday Morning QB saying "WE..." needed to do this/that to improve.

[SilverBullet1929]

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I do admit to saying we or us when it's something positive like winning or something general like a roster move and to saying they when it's something negative but it doesn't bother me when I or anyone else does it because it's completely involuntary at this point and I will put zero effort into changing it at my age. I would find it weird if someone just started following a team and started using we though, that's pretty odd because at least I've been following my team for 25 seasons so I've grown with them and feel connected to them enough to involuntarily say we and us.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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I say "we" and/or "us" for my high school teams (alum and now teach there) and college teams (alum). Not so much with the pro teams I'm a fan of.

Besides, saying "we" lost or "we" won is a whole lot easier/faster than saying "the team I'm a fan of" lost or "the team I associate with" won

Most rational people get what you are saying

[m1ke_nyc]

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I definitely say it but it just comes out natural. It's not a pre thought out thing. Heck I'm likely just as crushed as the players are if we get knocked out of the playoffs.

[Caulfield]

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I definitely say it but it just comes out natural. It's not a pre thought out thing. Heck I'm likely just as crushed as the players are if we get knocked out of the playoffs.

probably more so, at least they're getting paid to lose

[TecmoZack]

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All the time. More we than anything tho.


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[ImTellinTim]

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I use we/they/team name and don't think about which I'm using. I also think it's funny that people actually care about it and also think it's funny when people criticize other people for wearing jerseys. Mind your own business.

[jeremym480]

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I use we/they/team name and don't think about which I'm using. I also think it's funny that people actually care about it and also think it's funny when people criticize other people for wearing jerseys. Mind your own business.

If you're wearing a players jersey it's okay to use I or me when talking about them.

[NDAlum]

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Home field advantage is vastly overrated in my opinion.

College sports are different, as well. I am much more inclined to say "we" when talking about my alma mater's sports teams because of my participation as a college athlete.

All 30 teams in the NBA had a better home vs away in 2017

25/30 teams in the MLB had a better home vs away in 2016

29/32 teams in the NFL had a better home vs away in 2016

[Blzer]

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All 30 teams in the NBA had a better home vs away in 2017

25/30 teams in the MLB had a better home vs away in 2016

29/32 teams in the NFL had a better home vs away in 2016

I think baseball's is most objectively advantageous because of the impact of "possession" (being on offense) in the ninth inning or later and the various environments (not just weather, but field dimensions, wall heights, lighting situations, speed of grass, etc.) and your familiarity with them.

Basketball and football normally only have a momentous advantage built from the crowd, unless you are playing football in the Northeast in January. Environmentally-speaking, basketball is as uniform as they come, IMO.

[ImTellinTim]

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All 30 teams in the NBA had a better home vs away in 2017

25/30 teams in the MLB had a better home vs away in 2016

29/32 teams in the NFL had a better home vs away in 2016

Years and years of data in soccer shows a significant home field advantage as well. In many sports it goes as far as to affect officials as well.

[Jr.]

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All 30 teams in the NBA had a better home vs away in 2017

25/30 teams in the MLB had a better home vs away in 2016

29/32 teams in the NFL had a better home vs away in 2016

How much better? Are we talking baseball teams going 42-40 at home? How many teams have a .700+ win percentage at home?

Years and years of data in soccer shows a significant home field advantage as well. In many sports it goes as far as to affect officials as well.

Soccer abroad is a different animal completely.

[NDAlum]

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How much better? Are we talking baseball teams going 42-40 at home? How many teams have a .700+ win percentage at home?

All of them