nephinsfan said:
not bitter at all...I just think it is hilarious when i hear all these fans up here tell me how they have been following the pats for years and years yet they cant even tell me who they QB was before BLedsoe. I grew up here. there were no pats jerseys, there were no pats hats, there were no pats stickers and banners and flags......hell, I saw more Cowboy and 49er and giants jerseys growing up than I did anything else, and i grew up mostly on Cape Cod.
but, like all boston sports fans, a team starts winning and all of a sudden they are long time fans, yet you can still smell the store on their hats. they did it with the pats, they did it with the Sox..it is hilarioius.
see many Celtic jerseys walking down the street??? I dont. but I sure do see a whol lot of shaq...kobe.....but let the celtics get good again......out of the woodwork they will come.....I laugh at them.
Yeah, like I've said before, the people who strictly root for the Boston teams are sub-human. Every trait that is comon amoung humans is not found with them. I think it's genetic. They don't care for their families, hold jobs, drive cars, etc.. It's strange actually.
But, on the other hand, people outside of that region are completely normal. They all hold jobs, drive cars and care for their families. Likewise, whether their teams win or lose, they never complain. They all started rooting for their teams in the womb and can do no wrong. If their teams were to win, there wold be zero increase in fans. I know that the folks in Pittsburgh and San Francisco all were this fantatical
before their teams started winning, right?
Even though their teams are not winning at the moment, they all walk around in their teams gear, even at work. Amazed me too! I always thought that a teams fanbase increased with winning, but it turns out I was wrong. Every city outside of Boston actually have every citizen as a fanbase.
It's a funny thing actually. I figured that when any region's teams won, you'd see an increase in a fanbase. Sounds logical, but then I was corrected by the internet. I knew this thing was top-shelf.
Basically, a sports team is a sports team. They win, they lose. I for one, fail to see how whether or not some guy who lives down the street from me roots, doesn't root, or just started rooting has anything to do with whether or not the sports team wins. To me, that is what is most important. Who cares about what people who live around you do? But hey, that's just me. I'm more interested in whether or not
my team wins than how long some people from another fanbase have been rooting for a team.
And really, why should I care. 90% of all fans started to like a team for a reason, and more power to them. I know a guy who started to root for the Phins in '83/'84 when Marino first came there and took them to the Super Bowl. Does that make him a bandwagon fan? I guess that label leaves you after X amount of years? I don't know, I was never given your handbook. If the Patriots have been selling out every game since 1994 (damn, I'll erase that stat later as itdoesn't support your case) then what are those people? I for one vote cyborg as no humans in the area were fans before '01.
All I know is me, and the team I like. I don't care about everyone else. If the Patriots had 17 fans, would that negate their Super Bowl wins? If not, then it simply doesn't matter. It's about the game on the field. All this trash talking and child games we talk on the internet is useless, hence why it's not my thing. It must be a good diversion though while you had to watch it unfold.
I understand it may be hard for you to watch, but really, it can't be all that bad. At least you can turn your insight into other teams' fanbases and the longevity of such. Seems far more important to you than the success of your own team. And that's cool too. You my friend, are a badass. You know how to deduce what makes fans fans, and whether or not they are allowed to root for their teams. And that is important, as there is a direct correlation between winning and whether fans should be able to root for their teams.
So, rock on my brother!