Undying fan loyalty? Why?

[crockpot]

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it's more logical to root for a team that makes smart decisions

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And this is what pushed you to the Cubs? Musta been the Baker signing [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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sorry if i didn't make it clear that the cubs are the team i grew up on, not the one i'm switching to. although their front office is a lot better now than in the "let's sign sandberg and let maddux walk" days.

[gusmahler]

What most people hate are, as said before, the bandwagon jumpers. The guys who were 49ers fans in the 80s, then switched to the Cowboys in the 90s, and switched to the Pats in the 2000s. Rooting for a team because they make good decisions is just code words for rooting for the good teams. Because the Pats, by defition, will no longer be making good decisions if they have a couple of 5 win seasons in a row, making it safe to leave them.

Personally, I'd always liked particular styles of football, so never had a favorite team growing up, switching between, e.g., the 80s Chargers and the 90s Bills. But when I moved to Arizona, I decided to stick to a team, the Cardinals. After I moved away from Arizona, I started studying other teams, but realized that I still liked the Cards and could't root for another team.

[Boris]

Jack - Sports teams are part of a community. Civic leaders mention this all the time when lobbying for a state sponsored sporting venue. We feel like community when we go in person to a sporting event and share in the jubilation and heartbreak of our team's fortunes. Rooting for a team outside of your geography is like rooting for France just because you don't like George Bush.

[LionelHutz00]

people who readily change their favorite teams are untrustworthy.

[Jack of Arcades]

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Jack - Sports teams are part of a community. Civic leaders mention this all the time when lobbying for a state sponsored sporting venue. We feel like community when we go in person to a sporting event and share in the jubilation and heartbreak of our team's fortunes. Rooting for a team outside of your geography is like rooting for France just because you don't like George Bush.

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So it's a patriotic issue, then? Oooooookay. Thanks for introducing politics into the issue.

[junglewarfare]

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Jack - Sports teams are part of a community. Civic leaders mention this all the time when lobbying for a state sponsored sporting venue. We feel like community when we go in person to a sporting event and share in the jubilation and heartbreak of our team's fortunes. Rooting for a team outside of your geography is like rooting for France just because you don't like George Bush.

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So it's a patriotic issue, then? Oooooookay. Thanks for introducing politics into the issue.

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wow, that is not what boris is saying at all.

[Jack of Arcades]

I'm not a fan of political analogies, especially when they're suspect ones.

[junglewarfare]

Say you are from pittsburgh, and you don't like the pirates FO and manager. Do you now ditch the pirates and root for some team you think is "well run" (code for actually going to win something this year, as someone said) like boston or st louis or the yankees? no, you dont. that is the analogy he is making, and it does hold. he is right about the community aspect.

[Hoya]

Apparently you aren't a fan of analogies at all. His point was that rooting for a sports teams falls into one's connection to a community or society. Pretty obvious, and didn't require an annoying troll response.

[Boris]

Jack -

You asked for a reason and I gave you one. A feeling very much similiar to patriotism is one huge reason why fans are loyal to their home team, despite bad management.

BTW - I never introduced politics into the issue.