Nope. You are a true fan in my opinion. I am talking about the people like Heyward, BRule, and thethe who just pick and choose who they root for for no good reason. Lets see you have a guy living in NY rooting for the Braves, OKC Thunder, and SF 49ers or the Louisville (basketball)/Braves/Bucs/knicks or the Broncos/Braves/Thunder/UNC combinations.
Same here except it's the Timberpups box that I'm checking out. Again, I'm 60 and grew up in the era of Chuck Taylor high tops (Youngsters, imagine trying to play in a pair of those. Playing hoops in those is probably the #1 cause of hip and knee replacements for former athletes in their 60's) and no shot clocks (and somehow the high school team on which I played still managed to lose some game by 40). As much as I appreciate LeBron James' excellence, the modern game of basketball may as well be lacrosse to me. It's an entirely different game.
Riddle me this, herr direktor [MENTION=99]gilesfan[/MENTION]: I grew up pulling for a (successful, but not the only successful) regional Division I school with respect to collegiate sports; when I matriculated to university, my school (despite boasting the first Heisman Trophy winner, being a founding member of the Big Ten, and at one point employing a head-coach in football who invented or helped invent some of the most basic plays, tactics, and aspects of modern American football) competed in the Division III UAA against the likes of NYU, Brandeis, and Emory, among others. I never attended a single Maroons sporting event while an undergraduate — but I still regularly followed the team I'd grown up following.
What is the authenticity of my "fandom" in regard to collegiate sports?
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"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Die-hard Braves fan, love UGA. Didn't go there, but my school was a D-2 without football, and grew up with that in my family. Like the Falcons. For a while they were the lovable losers. Then they got good, and still found ways to screw up. For instance, blowing a 17-point lead at home in the NFC championship. I check in here and there with the Hawks, but I honestly just don't care about the NBA. I enjoy watching the great players, but I know the Hawks don't have a shot in hell at winning the way the league is set up now, so why bother?
Only "fans" I have an issue with are the parasites that just jump from team to team. I can scan my social media networks and find plenty of Miami Heat fans who were Laker fans 3 years ago. Root for who you want, but don't get offended when you get called out for jumping ship if something goes bad for the latest flavor of the month.
I was thinking about this the other day and about the opposite...
What happens if you don't like a team because they spend money like the Yankees , and they're not considered a rival to the Braves? Are you a real hater, or just a phony hater.
Also, what happens if you happen to root for the Nationals & Braves? Where does the allegiance go, where you currently live or where you were born and followed as a child growing up?
Forever Fredi
I consider healthy real hate for any team that caused you direct angst to your team. I don't like the Yankees, but I hate the Mets. I don't like the Yankees because of who they are and how they go about business, but I hate the Mets for having David Wright and beating us every now and again. I hate the Phillies for the same reasons.
So... Phillies, Mets get real hate, and Yankees get fake hate.
***Just realized the Yankees took Brian McCann away and made me dislike him. Real hate energized.
Ivermectin Man
So how do you in particular decide who to root for when attending a Braves @ Nats game? Braves because they were your first love in baseball, or the Nats because they're your local guys that you root for? Do you put on the A or W cap? Do you have one of those "House Divided" license plates that have rivals on each side split down the middle?
Forever Fredi
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