When is it fair to be a fan? How do we become fans? I for one do not have any respect for fans whose entire basis of loyalty was dependent on the team’s success at the initial time they started watching the sport. Yeah, this is even calling out some of my brown guy entourage - one does not even know where Dallas is on a map and the other hates the Cubs, yet loves the Bulls.
The excuse is, “When I started watching the sport, I followed the best team at the time.” Then, they try to justify it with, “Well, I have been a fan of that team even through the bad times.” The premise is wrong; you were originally a fan of that team because they were good, not because you had a connection with them. They weren’t representing your city, your school, your state, not even your favorite animal. It’s hard for a building to stay up when its foundation is made of crap. When the Olympics roll around, I am not just a fan of the Chinese gymnastic team because they were good when I started watching the Olympics. I am, and always will be, a fan of the USA because I am connected to them.
So, to all those, “Oh they were good when I started watching,” fans, I have one thing to say. I am not a fan.
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