When somebody says they are a fan of a team from a city they don't live in or are from, or the team isn't their father's, I completely disregard their fanaticism.
People don't seem to understand that there are rules. In order to be a fan of a team, one or more of the following must be true:
1. You've lived within 100 miles of your team's city for at least a year by the start of the regular season.
2. In the past, you lived within 100 miles of your team's city for at least 3 years.
3. Your team is the same AND ONLY team that your father follows currently. If your father does not currently follow any team, but did in the past, he must have had followed that team for a minimum of 10 years. If your father does not follow sports, any instance of "father" can be substituted with "older brother."
If none of these are true, you are a bandwagoning shitbag, and you are not allowed to get excited about "your" team.
I may have missed some rules, feel free to suggest any.
>pic related
I have 2 dads and they follow different teams.
Am I allowed to root for both?
>>65071968
>tfw lived near Charlotte
>tfw bucs fan
>>65071968
Oh, also
>college rules
1. You are currently attending the university of your team.
2. You graduated from the university of your team.
3. If you didn't graduate and no longer attend, you may only be a fan of the team if you dropped out involuntarily and the reason was unrelated to grades.
>>65071968
>moving to the city of all of my teams this year
>never plan on leaving once I get there
Does future city count?
>>65071986
Find a third party to determine who is the "man" in your fathers' relationship. His is the team you can follow.
>My team is finally doing well, so I better write up these arbitrary rules to stave off bandwagoners.
Get over it, faggot.
>tfw going to games with my father, grandfather, and younger brother
Based. Absolutely, unbelievably based.
>>65072039
Nope, been a Falcons fan for life.
>>65071968
>1. You've lived within 100 miles of your team's city for at least a year by the start of the regular season.
>2. In the past, you lived within 100 miles of your team's city for at least 3 years.
>3. Your team is the same AND ONLY team that your father follows currently. If your father does not currently follow any team, but did in the past, he must have had followed that team for a minimum of 10 years. If your father does not follow sports, any instance of "father" can be substituted with "older brother."
Disregard those, to be a fan of a team aslong as you truely love them and show love for them and feel real emotions when they win or lose then youre a fan.
And some edgy shitposting neckbeard on the sports board of a mongolian rain dancing forum isnt going to change that
what if my father was a bandwagoner?
>>65072026
Have to have lived there for at least a year by the start of the regular season. You can get excited about games before then, but you can't rightfully call yourself a fan.
>>65071986
root for the top unless one is a power bottom
>>65072077
>panthers, patriots, and seahawks fan detected
>>65071968
>To hop on the bandwagon you must...
Your team is not special
You are not special
/thread
>>65072100
>>65072107
did you read his post?
>>65072100
>Yuro living in Massachusetts, Michigan State alum, Saints fan
stay upset Failcunt
>>65072112
>blue jays on the collar
My dad has been a Bears fan since 1983 and made me a fan growing up.
He's never been to Chicago and we're from Mississippi. Am I a bandwagon? We still currently follow the team
>>65072122
you aren't a fan, sorry famalam
>>65072099
I'm drunk and this made me kek
>>65072152
Doesn't matter if your father's never been there if he's been a fan for 10 or more consecutive years.
>>65071968
Hate to tell you this senpai, but there are football crazy parts of the country that live more than 100 miles from the nearest football team
>any Patriots fan in Maine
>any football fan in North Dakota
>any football fan in Idaho
tbqh your qualifiers are terrible because their parents would have followed team they are also over 100 miles away from and sports is all those little shitheel towns have
>>65071968
But I've lived near
la
Houston
Philly
New York City
Okc
Kc
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Dallas
And dad likes this Boston teams and I live near Miami now
So I can be a fan of all of those teams? Sweet
I just follow the same teams as my dad and my grandpa
Knicks
Yankees
Giants
Rangers
and ASU cause I go there
>>65072187
Should been obvious that you can only be a fan of one team per sport for life.
>>65072157
>i am not a fan
>(you)
Thank you for informing me, as of 1/20/15 10:41 PM i am hopping on the Saints bandwaggon, thank you for showing me the light
>tfw based on this critera Latvians cant be fans of the Knicks and Porzingis
You wouldnt know what being a real fan is
>>65071968
LA native here
Does this count for me , born in 86 , Granada Hills
Lakers
Dodgers
Kings
Raiders
Keep in mind Rams played in Anaheim. I still cheer for these 4 teams despite living in sugar land Houston for a while now
>>65071968
>implying Curry didn't grow up in North Carolina
I fell for the bait.
>>65072203
The criteria listed was primarily for Americans.
>>65072216
I grew up in Anaheim. When the Rams moved I stopped watching football. I moved to Boston a few years ago and got back into football because I had a team again.
Now the Rams are moving back to LA. Fuckers.
>>65072218
The point being made was that those two teams are the premier bandwagons right now.
>>65072235
I feel your pain
If I grew up a ram fan I would have never cheered for them in STL , it just seems so wrong .
>>65072234
Im not american, i can root for anyone i want then. So im a saints fan
>>65072196
That's really fucking stupid. Grown up people have to move son. If you want to go to a sporting event in your town and you can't root for a team it's pointless
Not only that .
Sports teams are businesses. If coca cola started bottling piss and saying it was the new coke I'd be drinking Pepsi. Give me a shitty product and I'd say fuck off
>>65071968
I'm from Chicago and I've been a Titans fan since 2002.
Tell me that I'm not a fan or that my fanhood doesn't count.
>>65071968
>I completely disregard their fanaticism.
nobody gives a shit about your standards you anonymous dildo
>>65072291
It doesn't
>moved around a lot as a child due to dad's job
>lived in new york for a while so I'm a Knicks fan
>also lived in miami so I'm a Heat fan
>am also a nets fan since they moved to brooklyn
>was technically born in canada so I have national pride for my canadian team the Raptors
>by proxy also like the grizzlies since they started in canada
>now live in california 100 miles away from LA making me a lakers/clippers fan
>since california is the golden state, I'm allowed to add golden state warriors to my team list
>also dad grew up liking jordan so I also grew up liking Jordan too
>my dad is from north carolina so I like the hornets
I'm a fan of the knicks/nets/heat/grizzlies/raptors/lakers/clippers/warriors/bulls/hornets and am legit not a bandwagoner to any of the teams, it all happened naturally.
>>65072291
Your fanhood doesn't count, the titans suck, and you're a faggot
>>65072302
whats it like getting repeatedly btfo in your own thread
>>65071986
Quit being a nigger.
>>65072315
Pick one per sport, jackass.
>>65072181
Underrated
I root for the patriots just like my brothers dad, try and tell me i'm not a real fan.
>>65072285
>panthers fan detected
o
Should be revised for those who live in western states.
>live in Eastern Washington whole life
>father been a Seahawks fan since they started in 76
>also been Mariners fan forever
guess I'm not a bandwagon?
>Live in the Carolinas
>Steelers fans everywhere
>Almost every one of them I've talked to has not only never set foot in PA, but have never left NC or SC.
>>65072181
you're not allowed to be a football fan, sorry
>>65072181
this should be obvious.
>north dakota
You're a Vikings fan.
>Idaho
You're a Seahawks fan if you're on the north side of the state. You're a Broncos fan if you're on the south side.
itt: OP BTFO
>>65072344
damn son, thats some serious edge you have there.
>>65072448
>being from reddit
>tfw your dad turned you into a fan of a shitty team
Fuck you, dad.
>>65072416
I live in north idaho, Most here are arrogant puckers fans
>>65072518
You could make a case for the Packers if you lived in south Idaho, but north is Seahawks all the way.
>>65072551
There's a few Denver fans here but they're cool
I've been a fan of the San Francisco Giants and only the San Francisco Giants for just about 20 years. I've never been to San Francisco. I've never been to Northern California.
My fanship was decided by Major League Baseball featuring Ken Griffey Jr on the N64. Giants were my go to team. I memorized the roster, picked up stats and a general appreciation of baseball in the process.
>>65072453
Paranoid
I'm Mexican and i started watching football after the Vernon's post, i started watching San Fransisco because i like that play but i found the Raiders more interesting, i switched right away and went to really shit times with no future on sight, am i a faggot in your eyes guys?
>>65072624
Not really a faggot, but your designated team is San Diego.
>>65072574
I am also a Giants fan, but have never lived in San Francisco either. Was it Ken Griffey Jr. 1998? I played that game so much, especially as the Giants. The trade mechanics of that game were awesome too.
What about a foreigner who likes american sports?
For soccer, I root for the team my whole family been a fan and helped build the stadium back in the day.
>>65072019
I generally agree, but what about in cities/states with no pro team. If someone lives in Tuscaloosa, but didn't attend university of Alabama, is being a fan acceptable?
>>65072647
Im not a faggot wearing Powder Blue, and in my case the Cowboys are closer.
>>65072624
>mexican
>raiders
>49ers
nah hermano your good.
I havent lived in the cities of ANY of the teams I follow, and Im more than 100 miles away from my favorite baseball football team
But theyre the closest to where I live
Nobody will change what they like from seeing this post. You are a sad weaboo and your opinion does not matter
>>65072781
No. Pro team choices are Falcons and Titans.
>>65072817
If there are no teams within 100 miles, the next closest team is acceptable.
>Grew up near Pontiac stadium
Fuck all of you
>>65072867
>Loins
I respect you
>you must base fandom on geography or patriarchy
If I'm gonna go full retard I'd go with meteorology or the favored team of my best friend from 3rd grade's little brother's little league 2nd baseman
>>65072915
No need to get autistic about it
>>65072841
>>65072936
Don't worry, they're scrappy.
>>65072112
..why are the blue jays on the collar
>>65072112
The Blackhawks would be better than the Kings too
>>65072518
i only ever knew one guy from idaho and he was a douchey packers fan
>>65072019
What if you went to a small school that only plays Division III ball?
What if I live in a Division I college town now?
>>65072385
That's the truth
Re: college
I went to undergrad that didn't have a football program, but graduated from grad school that has a program.
I'm allowed to be a fan of my grad school's football program without being a bandwagoner, even if it's not my undergrad, right?
I'm a Steelers and Penguins fan, but also of the Panthers and Hurricanes because lol expansion into NC.
I was a HUGE Hornets fan as a kid. Quit following the NBA when the franchise left Charlotte. Lived in PDX, and became Blazers fan fast. So now a Blazers and Hornets fan in the NBA.
>>65071968
>You've lived within 100 miles of your team's city
kek 100 miles is a lot in England though, by these rules I could support any one of about half the teams in the country
>>65071968
I live in NY and when I started watching NFL five years ago, I picked the Lions cause lions are cool, I liked their color scheme, and they had a player named Megatron
And no NY teams because I hate NY I hope I die every night when I go to sleep and every morning when I wake up
>>65073043
Why not move? If you're educated you can get a job across the country. If you're uneducated you don't have anything worth missing to leave behind.
>>65073025
Grad school is fine.
>>65073016
Didn't attend the school, can't be a fan. D3 ball for life son
Born and raised in NJ. Been a niners fan since I was 8 (33 now). Die hard as fuck. Fuck you.
>this thread again
>be 2008
>see superb owl 18-1 on TV
>oh cool football
>New York vs New England
>eh fuck jew york. Let's go pats
>Brady gets cucked
<well fuck me
>be september 2011
>regular season NFL Football on TV guide
>Oh shit nigga new past time
>start watching every televised game, always rooting for Pats
>Brady gets cucked again
>have been watching football ever since
>tfw 2014 happens
>>65073117
Semi-educated and my whole life is here. 28 almost 29.
Not like life is going to be that much better anywhere else. Maybe the Carolinas, there's a lot of tech down there (my career). I've been suicidally depressed since I was 21, I have no chance to lead a happy or fulfilling life at this point.
but what if you live in a state without teams, and there are none within 100 miles?
>>65073119
>D3 ball for life son
Nah, you can pick for me though
Hometown: UH
Current Residency: UW
>>65073133
i am jason alexander and you're this monkey and i'm a patsfag welcoming you into the fanbase
>>65073119
>didn't attend the school, can't be a fan
no. if your parents went there and you've been rooting for the school since you were 4 that's fine.
>>65072945
can't spell scrappy without crappy
t. falcons fan
So what if you live in an area that's kinda evenly split? Youngstown, OH is half Steelers, half Browns. My dad likes the Steelers, does that take precedence then?
t. Raiders fan
>>65073145
bro, i swear you can turn it around. you're still young in the grand scheme of things. i used to be depressed neckbeard as FUCK. my credit score was shit, i was in debt, i thought it was the end of the road. but i finally got a decent job. started hitting the gym, dressing well, and found hobbies that didn't include vidya games, animu or sitting in the house all day. but it all started with me deciding to want a better life for myself. you can do it too man, you just gotta know that there is a better life out there for you. take it from someone who used to be the same way, you can always start over again as long as you're willing to work for it
>>65072019
I graduated from Cal but I live a block away from a different CSU am I never ever allowed to go to games in my new home city whose lawn I could piss on right now?
>>65072112
>>65072959
also they need the Giants logo somewhere
>>65073207
Yeah, Steelers.
>>65073039
>implying people from Bakersfield were smart enough to go to UCLA
A girl friend I loved told me she liked me but I already lost feelings for her and cut her off was from Boston. I am a patriots fan
>>65073226
>I graduated from Cal
sure man. lemme guess engineering too? :)
>>65073226
You can go to games and enjoy them, but you a Golden Bear for life, famalam
but anon, I was born in Charlotte
>>65073213
I'm trying. for seven years after high school I did nothing but work bullshit service jobs. Finally went to community college entirely through FAFSA and shit, got a computer info associates with a 3.96 GPA, two weeks out I was swept into a tech job that I was totally unprepared for. I've learned a lot in the last ~20 months and made some friends but I am socially retarded to the point that I want to kill myself just for being in the same room as other people some times.
When I was going to college I was hitting the gym 5x a week and doing yoga...never felt better or happier. A couple months after starting my job I fucked up my leg somehow, felt something tear in my heel, and my leg has hurt bad ever since if I use it too much. All up in my knee and down my calf, it's awful; I don't know shit about the body, but its got to be some muscle I ripped somehow. I haven't gone to the doctors once since starting my job even though I'm paying for the best insurance they have...I just don't care enough.
That's the worst part, is the inability to care. I want to, but I just can't. Does that make sense? Just about anything...I've made some friends, do some stuff socially throughout the week now, but I'm still emotionally and socially crippled and it affects my ability to move up at work badly.
And besides that I just hate myself. I've been on 4chan since 2005, and the only woman I've ever loved left me without a word and disappeared. I'm not an alcoholic yet, at least. But I have no hope. I just get up every day because it's something to do.
>>65073285
jesus fucking christ go post your fucking life blog on facebook
>>65073285
Sell all your shit and go traveling for a year.
>>65072315
Kills yourself.
You get one team and one team only. If that team folds, you pick one other team.
That's it. God damn, some fucking people.
>>65072574
Did you live a majority of your young life near another team?
If so, you're a band wagoning faggot.
Also to add a rule
>if one of your first childhood memories isn't of your team you can't be a fan
Literally the first thing I can remember from my childhood is when the Ravens stuffed the Titans on the 1 yd line in the playoffs in their 2001 super bowl run. LITERALLY the happiest I have ever seen my Dad.
>>65073363
>2001
>childhood
Dear Lord
>>65073384
you do realize that if most people on this board are in college, they were born between 1994-1997
>>65071968
>1. You've lived within 100 miles of your team's city for at least a year by the start of the regular season.
>2. In the past, you lived within 100 miles of your team's city for at least 3 years.
>3. Your team is the same AND ONLY team that your father follows currently. If your father does not currently follow any team, but did in the past, he must have had followed that team for a minimum of 10 years. If your father does not follow sports, any instance of "father" can be substituted with "older brother.
So are you saying I'm not allowed to follow any teams from Europe or America, OP? Great, let me go anhero.
>>65073420
Your father never follows any team because he can outrun any of them
>>65072019
What if your parents have rooted for a college team for years because they graduated from that college, even if you never attended it?
What about me OP?
>tfw it feels like my gf cheated on me
>>65073420
>Your team is the same AND ONLY team that your father follows currently.
The only team your father follows is the wild pack of wildebeests whose hunt he follows to kill the youngest and weakest one with a spear so your family can eat once a month
>>65073470
You stick with the Rams.
>>65073459
You can root for them, just can't consider yourself a fan.
>>65073459
If your school doesn't have an established athletic program I'd say so.
>>65073505
Would you stick with your gf if she cheated on you with some surfer dude who only wants her because she's taken already? God fucking damn it.
>>65073363
>tfw panths
>tfw the first season you follow is 2003
>tfw titty owl snatched from your grasp
>tfw unable to physically force your father to flip off the television screen at an owl party hosted at one of our more conservative friends' home
WE'RE COMING
>>65073535
The gf analogy doesn't really work here, but if I'm playing along, then didn't she date the surfer dude before she dated you?
>>65073561
Does it matter? And I'm frustrated anon cut me some slack.
what happens with people like us who are from north carolina and our team is the panthers but we like steph because hes from our state?
>>65073436
>>65071968
Being so autistic you have rules for who is allowed to root for what team.
I've lived my whole life in Minnesota, and the Vikings are my first love, but the pats owl win vs the rams was the first football game i remember watching. Fuck me if I haven't been in a love afair with the pats since. Thats 15 years. Am I a bandwagoner?
>>65071968
m8 not exactly the same scenario for a pro...they seem to be friends. wouldnt you go for your friend's team?
>>65073581
It's the same players, you gotta support your pham.
>>65073714
No you idiot, he's saying that the Panthers and Warriors are bandwagon teams.
>>65073716
Hurts dawg
>>65071986
Follow the team that your real dad supports
>>65071968
>steph lived in charlotte you giant faggot
>>65071968
I think that it should be added that if you have been rooting for it since you were under ten years old, it's not bandwagoning.
When I was 7 an American exchange student named Andre. Andre was from Denver and he liked sports, so he watched Broncos and Nuggets. And since Andre was the big black older brother I never had, I started watching that shit with him. It's been 20 years, and I really don't consider myself a bandwagoner.
>>65073819
Yeah I know yo, I still follow my Thrashers as the Winnipeg Jets. At least the Rams are keeping their name.
>>65073844
THE PANTHERS AND WARRIORS ARE BANDWAGON TEAMS
>>65071968
I live on the West Coast and have no connection to the Panthers. I picked the Panthers as a kid because I thought their colors looked cool. Since then I never once considered changing fandom. I watched every game of the 2-14 season while most Carolina natives said they were a joke and either rooted for the Steelers or just watched college basketball. Now that we're doing well, I'm suddenly not a true fan but they are? You can fuck right off with that shit m8.
>>65073920
>Being this retarded.
>>65073845
>>65073937
Case in point. This is in no way bandwagoning.
>>65073937
Picking a team because of their colors is woman tier, but your real fuck up is forsaking whatever west coast team you're closest to.
>>65072019
Bullshit. I grew up in Nebraska. It was all we had.
>>65073953
He's saying that the Panthers and Warriors are bandwagon teams. It has nothing to do with Steph or Cam. You're actually fucking stupid.
>>65071968
>implying i give a fuck about what some socially awkward virgin neckbeard thinks of my fanhood
>being so severely autistic that you actually create "rules" for being a fan
>>65073959
You get a pass because you're a foreigner, but that other guy is a fag.
>>65073983
>he likes when cam dabs
>fun for the kids
>good sport
>>65073470
I was a kid when the Oilers moved away from Houston, it was a weird feeling. I still rooted for all the guys but it sucked knowing I wasn't going to be able to go to any of their games again so they didn't feel like my team anymore. I got to go to a few Broncos games because my uncles in Fort Collins had season tickets so I started following them ever since.
>>65073976
You must be literally retarded. A bandwagon team. Wow, I didn't think anyone could be that retarded.
>supporting your dads team when you have a local team
disgusting tbqh, My dad is a Bills fan but Im a Dolphins fan because im from miami. Dadists are filth.
>>65074014
What are you confused about? I will help you, it's okay.
>>65073986
I mean, obviously I root for my local teams. But there is no local NFL team nor is there a local basketball team, so this is what I'm going with.
Also I'm not this >>65073959 faggot.
>>65073937
>we're
lmfao this is faggotry at its finest
>>65073349
Wrong. You forever alone neckbearded autist.
>>65073937
There was no team in Los Angeles at the time. Rams will be my #2 now but no way would they replace the Panthers even if they were much better. Also I wasn't going to root for the Chargers because I had no connection to San Diego. There is so much in SoCal that LA and SD might as well be in different states.
>father hates sports
>brother doesn't watch sports
>live 100+ miles away from any team
Damn, you weighted this against me. I don't actually have a favorite team though.
>>65074082
Next closest team.
>>65074050
Voin lohduttautua sillä että en kutsu neekeriä isoveljekseni.
Runkku.
>>65074039
There's such thing as a bandwagon team you autist.
>>65073920
Fucking stupid
tfw I live in Canada and get to choose whatever NFL teams I want to cheer for.
>>65074131
A team whose fanbase consists primarily of bandwagoners. It's okay, I forgive you.
>>65074200
So every team.
>>65074200
You are fucking retarded. Please move out of your mom's basement and get a life.
>>65074220
Yo seriously, its fine
>>65074200
>Go back to reddit.
>>65073907
As long as Kroeneke is there idk how I can. Once Chris Long leaves I might just follow whoever pinks him up.
>>65074220
Holy shit stop shitting up this board
>>65074218
>Titans fanbase primarily consists of bandwagoners
>>65074261
Clearly they are all bandwagoners
>>65074261
>>65074248
>Same fag.
>>65074278
Samefag
>>65074278
>>65074277
samefag
>>65074290
>>65074287
>>65074282
>>65074278
>>65074277
samefag
its time to stop posting
>>65074299
>>65074290
>>65074287
>>65074282
>>65074278
>>65074277
holy shit shut the fuck up you autist
>>65071968
This whole Rams relocation has really opened my eyes to how nobody follows these subjective (yet accurate) rules. I see people saying shit like:
>If you're a true fan you'd follow the team no matter where they played
The whole point of following sports is to have a sense of community, or bond with your friends and family. That doesn't exist when you just root for a team 2,000 miles away because "hurr durr Cam has swag"
>this entire thread
>>65074351
This 100%.
>>65071968
The closest pro franchise to me is like 200 miles away (SA Spurs) so you need to make an exception for people who live greater than 100 miles away from their pro team. I'm also about 4 and a half hours from Dallas, the closest city to here with a NFL team
Reminder that the NFL wants you support multiple teams so they can take more of your money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4KUuqGirg4
>>65071968
What about living in another country?
Many people here bandwagon the Steelers, and because I'm a contrarian faggot I became a Ravens fan.
>>65074471
I'm interested in these bandwagon rules for people living in other countries too.
>Getting offended at someone's choice of sports team
Go back to tumblr, you vegan feminist, and let people do whatever the hell they want.
>>65074523
Yes, go away.
What do you do if your team leaves you?
>>65071986
watch soccer
>Dad is from LA
>Fan of Rams and Lakers
>Born in Alabama
>Alabama fan
I now live in Tennessee and no one understands my combination of teams
>>65072416
Autism speaks
>>65074018
>give up bring a bears fan to be a dolphins/bucs fan.
Fuck all that
>>65074159
,of you root for seahawks vikings or bills depending on what part of Canada you retard
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>I am a liberal sports fan therefore this is how things should be in my country
>>>/pol/
Also Packers fan from L.A. Do something about it faggot.
