- Mar 7, 2005
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It's a recurring discussion on sports talk radio that reared its head again today, locally.
Big debate about when you can say "we", and what teams you can root for. Pretty close to a consensus that the "rules" for College and Pro sports are different, but I think they're just about the same.
Here are mine:
College
1. "We" - ONLY if you actually attended the school, and preferably only if you graduated. Alumnus does mean graduated, after all.
2. Always root for your undergrad school above all else, and any grad school second. This means that if you attend(ed) one school and root for another, you're a bandwagon fan and/or wannabe and should be ridiculed as such. Be proud of what you are and root for your alma mater.
Pro
1. "We" - ONLY if you are a regular attendee at games, or have some other real stake in the team. Preferably only season ticket holders or other recurring butt in the same seat through good times and bad. Basically, the longer and more often you attend, the more you earn the right to say "We".
2. Always root for your hometown team above all else, and the city you grew up in second. If you live in one city/state and cheer for another team in another city/state, you're a bandwagon fan and/or wannabe, and should be ridiculed as such. Be proud of where you live/grew up and support your hometown team.
The only exception to the above rules should be if the team/coach seriously disgraced your school/hometown, or continues to engage in something offensive, like paying players (college), having a loudmouth jerk as a coach/player, having thugs on your team, repeatedly making the blotter, or repeatedly making the blooper reels for total ineptitude.
Flame suit on. Rip away.
EDIT - I posted this topic because we have so many douchebag bandwagon fans in the SE. It's absolutely nauseating how many fairweather, frontrunner fans we have (especially in College sports). Most fans of bigger colleges haven't ever stepped on campus other than on a home game saturday, and many fans of successful pro teams haven't ever bought a ticket and forget that they're fans everyday their team loses. It's a totally different mentality than the NE or the Midwest, where families are and have been fans for generations, through good and bad. Not sure how the west coast is.
Big debate about when you can say "we", and what teams you can root for. Pretty close to a consensus that the "rules" for College and Pro sports are different, but I think they're just about the same.
Here are mine:
College
1. "We" - ONLY if you actually attended the school, and preferably only if you graduated. Alumnus does mean graduated, after all.
2. Always root for your undergrad school above all else, and any grad school second. This means that if you attend(ed) one school and root for another, you're a bandwagon fan and/or wannabe and should be ridiculed as such. Be proud of what you are and root for your alma mater.
Pro
1. "We" - ONLY if you are a regular attendee at games, or have some other real stake in the team. Preferably only season ticket holders or other recurring butt in the same seat through good times and bad. Basically, the longer and more often you attend, the more you earn the right to say "We".
2. Always root for your hometown team above all else, and the city you grew up in second. If you live in one city/state and cheer for another team in another city/state, you're a bandwagon fan and/or wannabe, and should be ridiculed as such. Be proud of where you live/grew up and support your hometown team.
The only exception to the above rules should be if the team/coach seriously disgraced your school/hometown, or continues to engage in something offensive, like paying players (college), having a loudmouth jerk as a coach/player, having thugs on your team, repeatedly making the blotter, or repeatedly making the blooper reels for total ineptitude.
Flame suit on. Rip away.
EDIT - I posted this topic because we have so many douchebag bandwagon fans in the SE. It's absolutely nauseating how many fairweather, frontrunner fans we have (especially in College sports). Most fans of bigger colleges haven't ever stepped on campus other than on a home game saturday, and many fans of successful pro teams haven't ever bought a ticket and forget that they're fans everyday their team loses. It's a totally different mentality than the NE or the Midwest, where families are and have been fans for generations, through good and bad. Not sure how the west coast is.
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