RevanFan wrote:Kevin5455 wrote:I think the best thing to do is ask them questions about their history and whatever. THEN you could tell if they're a bandwagon or not.
If they're honest, that works. For example, take me:
I've been a Yankees fan since I was four years old. I've watched almost every single game for the last four years, except for last year (I have Comcast), and watched many, many games every year before. I've been going to games for about five or six years, either driving an hour and a half or taking an annoying train in a steaming hot train station packed with people. I've studied their entire history, even dating back to when they were the Baltimore Orioles (which they no longer acknowledge.) I watch them when they're great. I watch them when they suck. And I know I'm not a part of the team, but it feels like I am, and whenever I set foot in that Stadium, I feel like I'm at home.
As for the Cowboys, I've never been to a game, but I've also been a fan since the moment I started watching football. Got it from my dad, who was a fan since he was a kid himself. I've watched as many games as possible living in New York ever since I started watching football, and not only do I know a lot about their history, I've recreated all of it in Madden. I watch them when they're really, really good, and I watch them when they're really, really bad. And in my life, it's been a little more of the bad than the good (though 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, and 2016 were all pretty good.) But I'll follow the silver and blue till the day I die, and if there's an afterlife, some more after that.
If people describe their fandom like that, you can probably bet they're not bandwagon fans. If it's something like, "Well... I like Curry. He's cool." Well... yeah.
Dude, I've been a Spurs fan since I started watching basketball when I was 6, probably about the last time the Celtics advanced to the Finals (2008?). I've never been to a Spurs game before; I'm a New Yorker and besides I'd rather watch at home with my dad (maybe if the Spurs played the Knicks at MSG
).
I disagree with my friends at school who watch basketball and "like" the Warriors or Cavaliers. Just THREE years ago, they liked either the Spurs or the Heat
. And that's the problem with falling in love with a great team like San Antonio, because when they win a title, EVERYONE assumes you're a bandwagon. I have an old Tim Duncan jersey I used to wear to school when I was a kid, but apparently, either no one cared or they simply said that "LeBron's Miami Heat is better" or "I like the Heat now, the Spurs suck, dude." Like what the hell???
As a Patriots fan, I'm not loathed , but rather HARASSED
. I have been a Patriots fan since I turned five and I never let go of them since. When they made it to Super Bowl XLIX, everyone rooted for the Seahawks because, according to the smartasses surrounding me, "Brady's a cheater and he wins every year!" Okay, SO he did deflate the balls to win a game (which left me a bit upset
), but he DOESN'T FRICKING WIN EVERY YEAR!!!
I have to continue REMINDING everyone that there ARE OTHER SUCCESSFUL TEAMS in the NFL: Broncos (Manning era), Steelers, Raiders, Cowboys, Cardinals, SEAHAWKS for Christ Sake!!!. Even when the Patriots go 0-16, I'll still watch them...because I'm loyal.