Current Events > People with non-local sports teams as their favorites and weren't born there.

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How? Why?

If you admit you're a bandwagoner that's fine, I always wonder how this happens.
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EffectAndCause posted...

bandwagoner

I don't think you know what this word means....
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ZCheveyo posted...

EffectAndCause posted...

bandwagoner

I don't think you know what this word means....

I have a friend born and raised in CT and he is a Warriors fan, is he not a bandwagoner?
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ZCheveyo posted...

EffectAndCause posted...

bandwagoner

I don't think you know what this word means....

You jump on the bandwagon of a team that wins.

Fairweather fans are fans that support the local team only when they win.
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Paper_Okami posted...

ZCheveyo posted...

EffectAndCause posted...

bandwagoner

I don't think you know what this word means....

I have a friend born and raised in CT and he is a Warriors fan, is he not a bandwagoner?

He is one, yes.
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I was born in Michigan and every one of the sports teams is legit awful. So I became a San Jose Sharks fan because I like their logo/mascot.
Now I live in Alberta do I'm an Oilers fan. For football it's thr Packers because I like the green/gold color scheme.
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What if you like a team that hasn't done anything worthwhile in some time

I don't really watch football, but if there's a game on and the Ravens are playing I still root for them, but I wasn't born in Maryland and no longer live there, anyhow.
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From Seattle so for most sports, the Seattle team is my #1. For NBA, I like Cleveland and have liked Cleveland since LeBron joined them and became a Cleveland fan when the Sonics were taken away. Also like Portland cause of Dame. For NHL, I honestly don't care but if I had to choose, it'd be the Canucks cause of location.
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meestermj posted...

I was born in Michigan and every one of the sports teams is legit awful. So I became a San Jose Sharks fan because I like their logo/mascot.
Now I live in Alberta do I'm an Oilers fan. For football it's thr Packers because I like the green/gold color scheme.

I can respect this, i'm genuinely curious how it happens and you gave me a legitimate answer.
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honestly I have more respect for people who ditch shitty local teams to be fans of good teams elsewhere

like not the ppl who shift their allegiance every other season but if you were born in Cleveland but arent a Browns fan then I can respect that. But you gotta stick with whatever team you pick even when they are bad.
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Paper_Okami posted...

I have a friend born and raised in CT and he is a Warriors fan, is he not a bandwagoner?

That's what I'm saying. It depends. He would only be a bandwagoner if he started cheering for them whenever they were popular and successful. If you like a team that has always been successful and popular and you don't switch when they aren't doing so good then you aren't really a bandwagoner.
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meestermj posted...

I was born in Michigan and every one of the sports teams is legit awful.

Tigers were in the WS a couple years ago, Pistons won it all in 04, Redwings won 2 Stanley Cups in the 21st century.
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My rule is you get one chance to abandon a team, and if you do it's fine, but you're not welcomed back if they start winning, when you're gone, you're gone.
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meestermj posted...

I was born in Michigan and every one of the sports teams is legit awful. So I became a San Jose Sharks fan because I like their logo/mascot.
Now I live in Alberta do I'm an Oilers fan. For football it's thr Packers because I like the green/gold color scheme.

As a Sharks fan from San Jose I appreciate you putting up with our choking

If you're new to baskeball, pick the Warriors because they're winning, and stay with them after they start losing, you're not a bandwagoner.
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Maybe they don't have a local team for a sport they like? People around here in St.Louis cheer for all kinds of different NBA teams because we don't have one of our own, and not many people here were around way back in the 1960's when the Atlanta Hawks were still here.

If liking a team that isn't your local team is all it takes to be a bandwagon fan, then like 80% of sports fans in the whole country (the whole world, even) are bandwagon fans because they don't have local teams and have to cheer for a non-local team by default.
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Paper_Okami posted...

meestermj posted...

I was born in Michigan and every one of the sports teams is legit awful.

Tigers were in the WS a couple years ago, Pistons won it all in 04, Redwings won 2 Stanley Cups in the 21st century.

04 was 13 years ago and the "21st century" isn't really descriptive when considering last few years.
And the Tigers lately have been looking up, but eh I doubt they'll get anywhere decent.
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My favorite player when I was 8 was Roman Cechmanek so I started following the Flyers because of that.

Didn't help that my first introduction to hockey was watching Dan Cloutier get shelled by Minnesota.

When Cechmanek got traded to the Kings I thought about following the Canucks (From Vancouver Island) but then we acquired Niittymaki (I played goalie at the time) so I just stuck with them.

As I result I also started following the Phillies.

Don't like the Eagles though, cheer for the Bills because my Uncle is a huge fan.

All three teams suck usually so I'm definitely not a bandwagoner.
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Jumped on the Cowboys bandwagon when I was 6.
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Geaux Saints.
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usually there isn't a local team

here in Arkansas, when it comes to pro sports, people usually like Texas teams (e.g., the cowboys)
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City has no nfl or nba team, and baseball is boring as shit

So go blues!
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I think TC would like @darkprince45 sig

(btw I'm not a cubs fan before someone says it)
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I never said liking a non-local team immediately makes you a bandwagoner, that's just an extremely common reason (the most common).

I was just curious as to how non-bandwagoner sports fans ended up choosing their favorite non-local team.
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Well, for me this is the reason.

I grew up near Nashville, and for the longest time we didnt have a home NFL team. So I picked a team I liked and went with that. I haven't felt the need to change that to the Titans now, just because they are the closest team to me. If they had been in town before I got into football, maybe I'd have went with them. IDK.

But yeah, that's why for me. I'm sure a lot of people are the same way. Just because you have a local team now doesn't mean you did when you first got into the sport.

Edit: also, I am a Chargers fan so I definitely didn't just jump on a bandwagon.
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Family were braves fans, closest place to see them was Philly. Wanted to be different, chose Phillies.

Uncle went to Florida, grandparents gave me Florida stuff since i was born, don't think I've ever not been a fan.

Buccaneers, player that went to Florida went to the Bucs, were in Florida and had orange at the time. Worked for me.

Penguins. Asked my brother a team to be in a nhl video game, he said Pens i said cool.

And been a fan of these teams longer than a lot of y'all have been alive, so, yah.
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meestermj posted...

I was born in Michigan and every one of the sports teams is legit awful.

I mean, the Pistons we're good for a good little while and the Red Wings, well not lately but they were a top team for a long ass time.
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CruelBuffalo posted...

meestermj posted...

I was born in Michigan and every one of the sports teams is legit awful. So I became a San Jose Sharks fan because I like their logo/mascot.
Now I live in Alberta do I'm an Oilers fan. For football it's thr Packers because I like the green/gold color scheme.

As a Sharks fan from San Jose I appreciate you putting up with our choking

Absolutely man! Go Sharks!
I root for both the Sharks and Oilers just because not rooting for thr Oilers here is dangerous.
Hell a fellow Sharks fan caught a beat down just for wearing a jersey at a sports bar during the Oilers v Sharks game 2 i think it was?

Edit: news story
https://www.google.ca/amp/globalnews.ca/news/3396461/edmonton-hockey-fan-says-she-was-punched-for-wearing-san-jose-jersey/amp/#xxri=0
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Born and still live in Ohio, and Cavs have always been my team. But I have always been a UNC fan, mainly cause my family members were so I just joined them when I was first getting into sports way back as a kid
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I was born in TN, and we didn't have any major professional teams until the Oilers came over and rebranded as the Titans. The Predators started up the next year. And the Grizzlies came a few years later.

So I rooted for the Braves cuz they were close, and the Ravens cuz we got their games on broadcast a lot (my dad was a huge Cowboys fan, though). When we finally got the Titans, I became a fan. Otherwise, we watched college sports because UT is huge and nobody in the south gives a fuck about hockey (except for the fans).
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GOOMFalse posted...

So go blues!

EffectAndCause posted...

I was just curious as to how non-bandwagoner sports fans ended up choosing their favorite non-local team.

Maybe the non-local team has a certain player they really enjoy watching? For example, In addition to growing up with my local Marlins as a kid, I also grew up a huge Seattle Mariners fan because Ken Griffey Jr. was such an incredibly fun player to watch that he became one of my all-time favorites.

Or another reason might be that player that used to be on their local team signed somewhere else and the fan wants to keep following them. I always enjoyed following players that my home teams (AKA the Miami and St. Louis teams) let go to see how they do on their new teams, and some of them (like Miguel Cabrera going to the Tigers, or Albert Pujols to the Angels) made me start rooting for that team as sort of a "secondary" choice behind my home teams.
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I dont like the Kansas City Chiefs. They are a crappy franchise that never learns with an annoyingly uneducated fanbase. Royal fans here are fairweather. Ive always had an affinity towards Wisconsin teams. So I root for them
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I'll beat your ass
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Also my secondary NFL team is the Jags.

Even have a Bortles jersey. Love their colors, love their logo, and jaguars are awesome animals.
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Brett Favre came and spoke at an event I was at
since then I liked the Packers
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I've lived in Alaska my whole life, kinda hard to have a local sports team.

I'm a Jazz fan because my grandpa (from Utah) was a big Jazz fan and Carlos Boozer (from my hometown, Juneau) ended up going there. Stuck with them even after I soured on Boozer and he left.

I'm a Cubs fan because they were the one team I could consistently watch as a kid thanks to WGN.
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meestermj posted...

CruelBuffalo posted...

meestermj posted...

I was born in Michigan and every one of the sports teams is legit awful. So I became a San Jose Sharks fan because I like their logo/mascot.
Now I live in Alberta do I'm an Oilers fan. For football it's thr Packers because I like the green/gold color scheme.

As a Sharks fan from San Jose I appreciate you putting up with our choking

Absolutely man! Go Sharks!
I root for both the Sharks and Oilers just because not rooting for thr Oilers here is dangerous.
Hell a fellow Sharks fan caught a beat down just for wearing a jersey at a sports bar during the Oilers v Sharks game 2 i think it was?

Edit: news story
https://www.google.ca/amp/globalnews.ca/news/3396461/edmonton-hockey-fan-says-she-was-punched-for-wearing-san-jose-jersey/amp/#xxri=0

lol I was so confused about that story. Like if it was a Kings fans it would make sense....lol but why are Oilers hating on us. Reminds me of: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4e/e7/f1/4ee7f15b2fe638708168768bb2b09130.jpg

For hockey I am an Avalanche fan. Patrick Roy highlights on sports center are what got me interested in hockey. So I adopted them as my team.

otherwise I root for in-state teams.
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Giants, Knicks, and Yankees. Born and raised in New York.
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People should like good teams, like me. Follow my example.
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EffectAndCause posted...

Fairweather fans are fans that support the local team only when they win.

Nothing wrong with that.
Crappy teams can't just assume asses will somehow magically fill the seats just because they're the local team.

Was not born nor live in montreal. Been watching the habs since the early 80s.


Curious how that makes me a bandwagoner?

Born just outside of New York City,raised and have pretty much lived my entire life about 15 miles north of boston. Dad(was born and raised in Brooklyn) took me to Red Sox and Celtics games as a kid. Got into football later, and trying to get into Hockey.


I'm going to continue rooting for them, even if (please no) after all the success the Boston teams take a nose dive.

Celtics>Patriots>Sox>Bruins

In terms of importance to me. I enjoy football more, but for whatever reason the Celtics are more important to me than the Pats.
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Sports: serious business
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As a kid, I really liked the Chicago Bulls. Now, I imagine most kids did in the 90s because of Michael Jordan. I also had the excuse that half my family was from Illinois.

Also, the idea that anyone has ever bandwagoned for the Titans is pretty funny. I have a friend who's a diehard fan and even he admits they suck.

because ive been to a shitload of mariners games and only one blue jays game


i do live in van city, but a lot of people i know here consider the jays the local team.
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G_G posted...

because ive been to a shitload of mariners games and only one blue jays game


i do live in van city, but a lot of people i know here consider the jays the local team.

Safeco is basically a second home for the Blue Jays because of how many people come down from Vancouver, lol. I went to a Jays @ Mariners game a couple years ago, the crowd was pretty much all blue, loud cheers for the Jays and boos for the Mariners all game.
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tripZ504 posted...

Was not born nor live in montreal. Been watching the habs since the early 80s.


Curious how that makes me a bandwagoner?

b/c some guy on a messageboard said so
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Could be that they like a certain player so they want that player's team to do well as a whole.

I support Barcelona and Argentina because those are the teams where Messi plays.
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