And unless your family owns the team or something why do you care so much lol. as Jerry Seinfeld astutely put it: “you're cheering for the color of the clothes, because if they’re wearing your colors you cheer, but if they play for another team (another color) now you boo them.”
sports team allegiance being geographic is wild haha like my great grandparents happened to settle in New York so they watched New York baseball games
There is a segment of the population that cheers for the DALLAS Cowboys, the LOS ANGELES Lakers and the NEW YORK Yankees that @Fucking Dustin can attest to. Those types of people suck lol there are also people who are bandwagon fans and only cheer for teams when successful, which in a way makes sense. Like... you wouldn’t eat at a bad restaurant and be a fan of it just because it’s in your state, but that’s what people do with sports teams and “real fans” then get offended on a personal level lol
Like, I guess it has to do with pride for your city, I guess? But I can’t imagine getting legitimately angry or, if you’re a Dodgers fan, stabbing someone for supporting a different team. Isn’t competition supposed to be fun? You wouldn’t be happy if everyone supported your team
There are some AMAZING fan fight videos on YouTube. And I get it, alcohol fuels 99% of those things but still... to get arrested, banned from a stadium, charged with battery or worse, get injured and PAY MONEY to do such things all basically because of strangers playing a game... it’s wild and just another sign of human stupidity
i get it to some extent for European soccer, rugby or cricket where, I believe, the majority of the players are from the area and only ever play for those teams. I remember watching a video with fans / people from those countries and they couldn’t understand trades and free agency of players leaving for other teams and had their minds blown at the idea of a franchise leaving for another city. It’s still crazy, but I get it if the sport you follow is made of people from the city and only play there vs all US sports that are people from everywhere and rosters change 40-60% every year
I find fans of other teams much more tolerable here than soccer fans back home. I remember being in a Barney's Beanery on NFL opening day and the place with packed with jerseys of every team. That would never happen back in England. Too many people would get stabbed
I live in NY and route for a Wisconsin basketball team so i am i guess on the positive side of this debate lol