Trippster Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 My question is if it's ok to root for any team you want, so long as you stick with them through thick and thin? I have a friend who is a Cowboys fan. He was born and raised in Wisconsin but started liking them because they were the frontrunners when he was a kid. He's never even been to Texas, but he thinks he can give me **** everytime the Cowboys beat the Redskins. Is this allowable to just pick a team or should you only root for the team from your hometown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSKINS_08 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I think you can pick your favorite team from anywhere, just as long as you always stay with your team..And never switch teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I think you can pick your favorite team from anywhere, just as long as you always stay with your team..And never switch teams. That's exactly right. Lots of people don't live anywhere near a team. I was lucky enough to grow up in Nova so the skins were a natural for me, but I have a lot of friends out here who have picked a team just cause. As long as you stick with the team there's no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoGood28 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I have no idea how you can ever root for anything but your home teams if you have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hu-bison-skinsfan Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I don't think you have to root for the home team but you should try to stay loyal to a team. That's the whole fun of it -- having good years, then lean years, then good years again... There are tons of reasons to root for someone other than the home team -- having a relative play for a team, knowing or having met someone from a team, having a crush on a player , etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trippster Posted October 22, 2006 Author Share Posted October 22, 2006 The way I see it, if you pick a team from anywhere, that's just the team that you like, whereas if your team is from your hometown, then that team is who you ARE, and to me that's a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUforREDSKINS Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Yea just look at all the beltway born cowboys' fans. They are only fans because they dominated in the early 90's. At least people my age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28rdsknsfn28 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I think you can pick your favorite team from anywhere, just as long as you always stay with your team..And never switch teams. The main thing is right there (never switch teams), otherwise you are just a rotten bandwagon fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwasm Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 The official ruling on this question is here: http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/020227 Loyalties 18. If you live in a city that has fielded a professional team since your formative years, you have to root for that team. None of this, "The Bengals weren't very good when I was growing up in Cincy, so I became a Cowboys fan" crap. Also, you can't start rooting for a team, back off when they're in a down cycle, then renew the relationship once the team starts winning again. All those Cowboys fans who jumped off the bandwagon in the late-'80s, jumped back on during the Emmitt/Aikman Era, then jumped back off in the late-'90s ... you know who you are. You shouldn't even be allowed out in public. You are required to root for the home team under almost all circumstances.(There's nothing worse than a Bandwagon Jumper. If sports were a prison and sports fans made up all the prisoners, the Bandwagon Jumpers would be like the child molesters -- everyone else would pick on them, take turns beating them up and force them to toss more salads than Emeril Lagasse.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 The official ruling on this question is here:http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/020227 Loyalties 18. If you live in a city that has fielded a professional team since your formative years, you have to root for that team. None of this, "The Bengals weren't very good when I was growing up in Cincy, so I became a Cowboys fan" crap. Also, you can't start rooting for a team, back off when they're in a down cycle, then renew the relationship once the team starts winning again. All those Cowboys fans who jumped off the bandwagon in the late-'80s, jumped back on during the Emmitt/Aikman Era, then jumped back off in the late-'90s ... you know who you are. You shouldn't even be allowed out in public. You are required to root for the home team under almost all circumstances.(There's nothing worse than a Bandwagon Jumper. If sports were a prison and sports fans made up all the prisoners, the Bandwagon Jumpers would be like the child molesters -- everyone else would pick on them, take turns beating them up and force them to toss more salads than Emeril Lagasse.) yea, I was thinking of that simmons article myself. For me, I lived in DC during the 80's and it is how I became a skins fan, my home is Boston and I am a Pats fan as well. For all other sports, I root for Boston teams, but I still have a place for the skins and especially for Gibbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwasm Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 yea, I was thinking of that simmons article myself. For me, I lived in DC during the 80's and it is how I became a skins fan, my home is Boston and I am a Pats fan as well. For all other sports, I root for Boston teams, but I still have a place for the skins and especially for Gibbs. The judges will have to confer for a ruling on this. But, you should make every Dallas Cowboys fan in the DC-Metro area read this article! LOTS of good stuff in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan133 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 My question is if it's ok to root for any team you want, so long as you stick with them through thick and thin? I have a friend who is a Cowboys fan. He was born and raised in Wisconsin but started liking them because they were the frontrunners when he was a kid. He's never even been to Texas, but he thinks he can give me **** everytime the Cowboys beat the Redskins. Is this allowable to just pick a team or should you only root for the team from your hometown? ive been a cubs (and mild bears) fan since i was 6. i just went to chicago for the first time last year. i cant tellyou why i like the bears and cubs, but i can tell you this: i ****in hate the bulls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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