>If you were born, and still live, in an area with a professional team, then you SHOULD like and follow that team.
Yes or no?
>>64066587
yes
Of course.
>>64066587
only if they're in championship contention
once they go under .500 you can switch.
>>64066608
>Finnland in charge of being a fan
what sports are you even good at
>>64066620
Taking Muslim cock.
>not following your father's team
>>64066620
>what sports are you even good at
winter wars^
>>64066587
No, you should always root for the best team in the league regardless or location.
Define "an area"
>>64066587
Only if your father doesn't support another team in that sport.
>>64066654
>having a father
What are you, white?
>>64066654
this
this
this
>>64066587
>should like and follow
you don't have to like it
>>64066663
Within the same state or states having the same name.
Example. Even though they play in North Carolina, people in South Carolina should pull for the Panthers, Hornets, and Hurricanes, because they are both Carolina.
>>64066620
What are you?
>>64066771
>sport
It doesn't matter what team you pick as long as you stay with that team until the end of your days.
>>64066797
> Pesäpallo (Finnish pronunciation: [pesæpɑlːo]; Swedish: boboll, both names literally meaning "nest ball", also referred to as "Finnish baseball") is a fast-moving bat-and-ball sport that is quite often referred to as the national sport of Finland and has some presence in other countries
> fast-moving bat-and-ball SPORT
> the national SPORT of Finland
My parents have always supported Galatasaray but since I wasn't some istanbulite kek, I started supporting Gençlerbirliği
>>64066814
So basically this is the equivalent of the US having an American Football World Cup and sending our top players over every tournament
keep up the good work finbro
I can do what I want.
>>64066663
the circumference of your outermost lard
if there's a club within that reach you're obliged to support it.
>>64066877
No, you can't.
>>64066859
It's more like you losing in the baseball world cup to 3rd world countries despite you being the only country that plays the sport seriously
>>64067020
Except our best players are mostly Hispanic or Latino and represent their home countries in that event, rather than the country for which they play.
Use your brain.
>>64067005
Are you seriously trying to apply the Kantian categorical imperative on me? On sports? Fuck this.
>>64067050
>our best players are mostly Hispanic or Latino
Kuk
u_u
kuk
>>64066587
If you like the sport.
I don't like the local boreball team but that's because I just don't like boreball.
>tfw hometown is only good at jewing money but the football team sucks.
>>64067152
>Finland calling someone a c.uck.
Top lel.
>>64067050
pretty treacherous and unamerican teebeehych
start building that wall
>but muh dad was a fan
Your dad/grandpa was a dick ridin faggot too
>>64066587
support whoever you want but make sure you stick by that team and don't jump ship when they're doing shit
>>64066587
yes, and if not.
kill yourself
>>64066587
I was born in a city that has no professional team, but we did produce the goat
So Crosgod is my team
>>64068885
Do the Maritimes care about hockey enough to support an NHL team?
I mean the first newfoundlander to win the cup was 2008, so...
>>64066587
Who is this semen sommelier?
>>64066813
No.
>>64069212
He's right actually.
All in life is choice.
Forcing someone to be an Eagles fan because they had the unfortunate reality of being born and growing up in Philly is just retarded.
As long as you stick with your team, it doesn't matter what it is.
>>64066587
Yes. The one except I'd make is if you have a parent not originally from that area who has stuck with their original team, and you are raised to be a legacy fan of that other team.
>>64069308
I'm from Philly and will never respect bandwagoners. I do as my father did and my grandfather and great grandfather before me. The Eagles are as much a part of my identity as my penis, or my white skin. (yeah, philly meme arrow white)
>>64066813
Started having this discussion in the Chargers/Broncos game thread yesterday.
>Third generation Chargerfan
>Owner acknowledges 75% of business comes from SD. Willing to alienate that "to preserve 25% located in LA"
>literally trying to argue that 25% in a market that hates anything from SD is worth more than 75% from the market the team has called home for 50+ years.
SD and LA hate each other. As a lifelong fan, who has laughed a cried and screamed until I lost my voice, all over this team, it's hard not to take them moving personally. Hell, even if they don't move, it's hard not to take them wanting to move personally. Staying with the team if it moves to LA makes me feel like I'd be going full kuk while the Chargers take the BBC of LA while I'm forced to stay in LA and just watch. I'm of the opinion that abdicating my fandom of the Chargers, and even considering choosing a new one is more about self-respect than being disloyal. What do you /sp/artans think? I am a bad fan if I don't stay with them, even as they move to a different location that already has an entrenched rivalry with their current home? And for the record, before anyone tries saying it has anything to do with their record, I'll go on the record as having stayed with them during the dark days of the Kevin Gilbride, Ryan Leaf, 1-15 season of the decade before this most recent 10 years, as I would if they said they have no interest in LA and are staying in SD. This is purely about the relocation.
>>64069951
nah man they are fucking you guys over hard
fuck them
>>64069951
No, you're allowed to hate teams that move. Baltimore fans are allowed to hate the Colts, Houston fans are allowed to hate the Titans, etc.
When the Giants and Dodgers left New York those fans didn't become San Francisco and Los Angeles fans.
I'm not a fan of the Bills because Doug Flutie refused to sign my t-shirt.
Fuck that guy.
What if I was born in an area with a professional team and like and follow that team, but then move to another area with another team, but that second team is in a different division and conference.
Can I like both team?
>>64069997
>>64070303
>>64070323
Thanks guys. Doesn't keep them in SD, but at least I can have some dignity when they move.
I was born in SF, follow all SF teams except the warriors, because the kings are closer
>>64070379
Don't give up hope. You'll probably get another team within a few years of losing the Chargers, same as Houston did.
>>64066827
good for you, people who aren't from istanbul shouldn't support fb gs or bjk, local teams need more support.
>>64070405
What? Warriors are just across a fucking bridge while you gotta drive to the middle of nowhere to get to the kings.
I follow the team of my grandmother's partner because my dad doesn't like futbol and my grandfather is a prick.
What do you say /sp/?
>>64066587
Be thankful you even have one I live in Nebraska and we have nothing to root for.
Yes
I hate my beloved bears no matter how shit they are
Yeah
You can only switch teams if you move to a different area longterm
>>64072283
You can root for time travel to take you back to the 90's.
>>64070379
It's true Chargerfan, I am a Browns fan and hate everything Baltimore related now, not just the Ravens. Fuck that whole fucking city and somebody please dig up Art Modell and piss on his mouth.
>>64066587
yes
>>64066707
Yes. Thought I'm not too mad about Falcons/Redskins fans in the Carolinas considering how long the region didn't have a team. Those fans are grandfathered in basically and they'll eventually die off.
Cowboys/Steelers/Eagles fans in NC/SC can fuck off though.
>using geography to determine fandom
fuck that shit, if im gonna do some total nonsense like use a science to choose a team im gonna go with meteorology
>>64066587
>>64073816
Literally this. When you're getting into a sport you watch a handful of teams. Then you narrow it down based on how they play. I got into bastketball 5 years ago, really like how Monta Ellis played and have been a Golden State fan since.
>>64068885
>but we did produce the goat
Neither of those faggots is even the best player of his generation, let alone the GOAT
I'm not American. But post code is what defines the 'real' UK football fan from the bandwagoner. Have to have those first four digits. Makes most people a bandwagoner, but it is what it is. Can't really apply to American football, but Americans don't pay so much mind to location in being a fan - and why should they with so few teams to so many people. I'm of the mind that if you watch a home game a season and watch as many others as possible at home, then that's all that counts.
>>64066587
In the U.S., not necessarily. Sometimes the owner of the team is such a douchebag that you cannot be a fan of the team.
Case in point: the Houston Oilers and Bud Adams. Cheap-ass owner who always skimped on players and coaches thus producing either utter shit teams or teams that choked as if they were Peyton Manning.
Top off this garbage with blackmail ("Give me a new stadium for free or I move team to Jacksonville") and you can't help but hope that the team goes 5-11 (no playoffs, no high draft pick) and the owner dies in a horrible, fiery airplane crash.
It was sweet that Adams died without ever winning a Super Bowl. It was truly regrettable that he even got to a Super Bowl.
>>64070379
Don't worry. Even if the Chargers move to L.A., they'll move out of L.A. Angelenos are the ultimate bandwagoneers. A few seasons of 8-8 and the stadium will be empty.
>>64072400
Baltimore is the venereal disease capital of America. What an awful place.
>>64075319
lol sure thing kiddo
>>64066587
then you SHOULD love/hate and follow that team-ftfy
>>64066608
Jesus Christ Finland, grow some bollocks will you
>>64066654
what if your father is a fairweather bandwagon faggot?
If you're from Erie, PA, which is 100 miles away from Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Buffalo, which teams should you root for?
>>64067050
quit being a faggot
a vast majority of the best baseball players are white Americans
>>64080992
I mean, if you hate yourself you could go Buffalo or Cleveland.
>>64066587
I'd like to think if I was born in Baltimore that I would not be a Ravens fan... Ick
Yes
Only exception is the Dallas Cowboys and Sydney Roosters
What if your "area" has multiple teams?
>>64081600
you align with the ones who are winning
>>64081610
what if you're not a filthy bandwagoner AND your father doesn't like sports?
>>64081037
The top 2 home run hitters of all time are black
>>64081600
your mum's area hosted multiple teams last night m8
What if I was a kid and just liked following a team because I enjoyed watching them play on tv?
>>64081645
bandwagon fuck
>>64081625
Ruth isn't black and I can't believe you black people try to claim him
>>64077216
Oh, I know this. What I don't understand is how Dean Spanos doesn't. He is mortgaging the majority for the chance to keep the minority, and is going to lose it all in the end, and I'm at the point I hope he does, and he ends up blowing a pistol because of it.
>>64069175
Julie Kennedy aka Lass Suicide, Suicide Girls
https://vimeo.com/51310683
>>64066587
if you're a male, yes, or at least have a basic knowledge of what's going on/has happened in the past with them; enough to BS your way through a conversation with a non-casual if you find that you're not into it, or starting watching and learning if you do like it.
Females need not apply except to serve snacks and drinks.
Tbh no. The city never mattered to me, it's all about the team. I'm from northeast ohio but I'm a Cowboys fan, Heat fan, Indians fan, and Wild fan.
>inb4 bandwagon accusations
>no pro team within 200km
>>64083606
You're just a faggot who picked random teams to piss off your father
Who cares what other people like?
>>64083683
Muh dad is a kekboys fan and an Indians fan.
>dad doesn't give a shit about basketball or hockey
>mfw I support home teams by wearing fitted hats or touques
Anyone else do this?
>>64083765
i support my local qmjhl team with a hat thats it.
>>64069308
Doesn't work that way
You're stuck with the team you were born with, unless you move some place long-term. Wanna bandwagon? You gotta relocate
>>64066587
No, of course not. I don't even like sports; I just come here to shitpost.
>>64081625
WE WUZ HITTIN N SHIT
>>64066877
7-1
>>64066587
>be me
>grow up in NJ
>love basketball
>earliest conscious memory is my dad taking to see the Nets get kek'd in the Finals by Spurs
>don't care, love the team
>stay a fan through hard times, always hoping for better future
>Team blows, bails on NJ, and shits on their future to get the 8 seed and have no hope in playoffs
What do I do, /sp/? I love the Nets but I can't watch them shit themselves for the next decade. Am I allowed to bail and find a new team since they abandoned my area, or am I stuck to this franchise for life?
>>64072400
blame isray for moving the colts
>born near Cleveland
yeah nah cunt
so easy to cheer for a local team when theyre good anon
>>64081786
>who is Hank Aaron
>should
nope, as long as youre loyal to your team and don't mind being considered a bandwagoner every now and then
>tfw no football team in SoCal
>tfw Chargers dont count because they are too far away FOR NOW
it will be weird to choose between 3 teams next season... not sure anyone has been so lucky before. who should i pick bros?
>local team is in the seventh tier of English football
>support them
>"hurrr why don't you support a good team like Man Utd or Arsenal?"
So many faggots miss the actual point of sports, to show which city/town can put together the best team, local pride seems to be dead in some folk and that's sad.
>>64088902
you dont deserve a football team tbqh,
>>64081625
nigs were pretty decent for a while, but they've definitely dropped off because their entire race is only becoming more and more retarded by the day, choosing to play football or basketball instead of the smart choice in baseball.
baseball is dominated by whites right now
I've never quite understood, when Americans say their town 'doesn't have a team' do they mean literally?
What's to stop someone setting up a new team for their area that fans can follow and developing it into something good or are some people just too impatient for that?
>>64089348
a) money
b) they're already fans of another team, the market is saturated
c) they'd need other teams to play against
d) travel
e) not interested in some shit team. Every sports league in the US (that people actually care about) is far and away the best in the world in it's sport, we want to watch the best
>>64089642
So no local pride?
>>64089642
>(that people actually care about)
In before everybody has a stroke because hey missed that part.
>>64089796
more at the state level, but the US is so large so state level here is probably like county level there
>>64089812
I've always been amazed that Minor League Baseball teams continue to exist. There's like 10 million of them and they all blow dick. How are they not hemorrhaging money, playing an inferior form of an unpopular sport?
>>64089875
Thanks for explaining. Our sporting cultures are quite different, like I live in a small town (~40k) and we have 3 decent teams within a 5 mile radius.
Only if it's run properly.
At the end of the day you are giving them your hard earned money and if the organization is run by idiots who are pissing away every cent then they are not worthy of your attention, money or time. Again, they are wasting your money, either the money you directly give them by buying merch, tickets/whatever or indirectly by watching them from which they get their share of TV money. Not the owners money, not the coaches money, not players money. YOUR money.
Plus if your local team is shit you are also putting useless misery in your life. Which is not healthy at all. Sports should be something that you enjoy even if you aren't playing.
If after all those things you support your local team then you are just being guilted into it by people(the owner, execs, etc) who probably have a million times more money than you.
Be smart.
>>64066587
No.
People should choose whatever team they want to
>>64090111
it's growing too, big business now
it's like the college versions of the other sports I guess, except still pro
only sport in a lot of the small towns also, and it's comfy as fuck
>unpopular sport
that's a good meme m8
baseball continues to be extremely popular at the local level, national interest isn't as high as it once was but everyone loves the local team
>>64091436
Let me guess, Liverpool?
>>64067020
wew lad
I think baseball is dying senpaitachi
>>64066587
I'll be whatever the ginger goddess wants me to be
>grandfather was a Giants fan and raised his family in Manhattan.
>father is a lifelong Giants fan, grew up in Manhattan
>I haven't been to New York in years, but I'm a Giants fan and have been all my life.
Pretty simple, really.
>>64066587
If you were born in a town that HAD a professional team that relocated, SHOULD you still follow the team in the new city?
>>64099062
No, follow your husband's team and let him fuck you in the ass every time they win.
>live in NJ
>can be a fan of Eagles, Giants, Jets, even Bills if I wanted to
>Seahawks fan
>called a bandwagoner all the time
>mfw give no fucks just watch my Hawks
>spurs
>Cowboys
>Raiders
yep
>>64066718
>>64066587
Oilers fan here. Fuck the Titans. Fuck the Texans. Fuck the entire NFL.
>now I just root for whoever's playing against Dallas because I'm deep in the heart of Cowboys country
>we're doing really well this year.
I was born in Hawaii and still live here. Does that mean I can choose whatever team I want without being called a bandwagoner?
>>64099706
Probably because you became a fan in 2013.
>>64099706
Bet you won't watch them when they fall into irrelevancy faggot.
>>64066587
wtf no
I'm from Buenos Aires. Every team in this city is either disgusting, corrupt, sistem babies or literally-whos
>>64090111
The minors feed the majors, they aren't all about making money. I love taking my kids to minor league games, they're fun. I also live an hour's drive from my college, so we catch collegiate games as well.
>Fear the Ears!
>Wreck 'Em!
Yep. Lived in Anaheim most of my life even though I was born in the Philippines. Enjoying the Ducks' dumpster fire season and I don't know what the Angels are doing with the offseason other than getting Simmons from Atlanta.
>>64099835
>not supporting Lanikai Tuesday FC
>>64099835
sup hawaiibro. What teams do you follow? Most people I see just bandwagon successful teams like the Patriots.
>>64100308
>tfw no comfy local amateur team
Unless you were born and live in New England, in which case being a fan of the Patriots apparently makes you a bandwagon.
>>64066587
define "area"
>>64066587
>>If you were born, and still live, in an area with a professional team, then you SHOULD like and follow that team.
Fuck that bullshit.
I don't live in fucking Europe, I'll follow who the fuck I want to follow.
I was born and raised in Houston, went to school in Michigan, and now I work in Boston.
I still wear Rockets/Astros/Texans gear, fuck all y'all team hoppers.
>>64100779
what are you trying to say?
