Did you have to (or want to) change your loyalties?
 

Just finished watching our Detroit Tigers clench the AL Central and it made me think...do you find that your loyalties change? Will I be cheering for Tampa Bay? I can't imagine giving up on our Tigers/Pistons/Lions/RedWings...even tho they haven't always lived up to our hopes (but the Lions did give Jay Leno plenty for his monologues). I know that hockey isn't huge in Florida..but coming down from Hockeytown I'm sure I'll be bringing my Wings fever with me. As for Michigan/Ohio State...Gracie, WE will call it a draw :)...but Steve says that he'll forgive you for the error of your ways:1rotfl:..(hey, I'm just the messenger)

Quite frankly, been down here 7 years and it just doesn't matter. I have ALWAYS been a NY Yankees fan and ALWAYS will be.

No disrespect to any Florida teams or wherever I may live. I think I was a NYY fan even when I was in the womb.

Worst case - My early years were in Brooklyn !

Yankees, Giants and only got into hockey in 1972 when the Islanders were formed.

I'll always be a Packer Backer! And love my Brewers....even though they're not doing so well this year.

Red Sox,Bruins,Patriots & Celtics.Doesn't matter where I live.I was brought up watching these teams.It's in my blood!

We moved around a lot-- Milwaukee to Reno to Scottsdale to Rohnert Park (Santa Rosa, CA area) to Palm Harbor to the Villages. And so did I-- Provo, UT; Denver, CO; Belmont, CA; Minneapolis, MN; and Itasca, IL. Working my way through school with 4 degrees at 5 schools.

So, I have trouble feeling stong loyalties to sports teams. Most of my family and friends were Da Bears/Cubs/Bulls/Blackhawk fans. Had to root for these teams when surrounded by dozens of family members in Itasca (near Medinah CC).

I love me some Florida, and I love me some Cincinnati Reds and nothing about Florida change my loyalty to the Reds. National League Central Division Champs. Hope to see the Tigers in Cincinnati real soon! :-)

You can take the boy out of New York but you can't take the New York out of the boy.

Yankees, Giants, Knicks and Rangers forever.

Unless, of course, you're a player.
Team loyalty vs $$$.:laugh:

Sad but true. Too many players go for the big bucks.

I would have liked to play for John Madden in football and laugh, than play for a difficult coach for more money.

If you can't live on 10 million a year, what makes a ball player think he can live on 15million?

For some, it's all about the money. It's a job to them.

So much for loyalty. :smiley:

We belong to the Cleveland Browns Backers Club and the Ohio State
Amumni Club. Watch the games with both groups. Have been here for 7 years and really haven't developed any loyalities to the teams down here.

Strangely, I did change my loyalties when I moved here. I loved my fish (aka the Dolphins). I actually shed a tear when they lost the playoffs to the Pats in the blizzard game. However, between the strikes and Johnson becoming coach, I was not as ardent of a fan as I had been in the past. Now, my team is the SF 49ers (but I still call 'em the Whiners).

Baseball has not changed -- KC Royals, Oakland As, NY Yankees. San Jose Sharks for hockey so long as I don't have to watch it, just cheer when I hear they win and whimper when I lose.

The nice thing about moving around a lot is you get to pick your teams for whatever reason you like. I loved the fish cause of Shula and the fact they were the least-penalized team. The Royals because of Quisenberry, the fact they started the first inner-city league for kids and the willingness to give lifetime contracts so that player loyalty did exist.

team loyalties
 

I will still follow the Packers and Brewers, but not the Bucks. According to one report that I just read, 10 or 15 million may not be enough for some basketball players since about 60% file for bankruptcy within 5 years of leaving the NBA.

C'mon - be reasonable! It's tough living on $10,000,000.00 - $15,000,000.00
per year !!!!

:shrug:

With the new MLB schedule there will be some interleague play every day. If the Reds get to Tampa Bay, I'm there. Miami, now that's a fur piece, but who knows.:pepper2:

Makes one wonder doesn't it?

Vince Young made $30 million in his career and is broke.

Go figure,

Most devoted fans are just that -- devoted. Casual fans may change loyalties to an area team, or because they like the uniforms or the mascot, or because Payton Manning changed teams, etc. But, most fans are emotionally invested in their teams and, in the case of college athletics, may be an alumnus, thus fixing the loyalty deep in their souls. I played baseball at the University of Missouri and will always be a Tiger. Growing up in the Kansas City area, I am a fan of the Chiefs and Royals and have been through many moves, and despite their repeated efforts to tear my heart out and stomp on it. The one exception is when your team leaves - when charlie finley (can't capitalize his name) took my beloved a's (can't capitalize it) to oakland (can't capitalize the town), I developed a hatred for what had been my favorite team and favorite players that lasts to this day.

You probably never developed a strong loyalty to any particular team. No disrespect intended. Some people either don't like sports or like sports without having a favorite team. I'm that way with NASCAR. I enjoy racing but really don't care who wins.
I'm obviously a long suffering Jets fan but I like the Giants too. I've been a Yankees fan all my life, where ever we've lived.

Ed, just remember that the Athletics started in Philly and broke Philadelphians' hearts when they left there to go to KC (and the Royals will always be my #1 baseball team). And it is hard to like Finley regardless of where he was, but he was an amateur compared to what Davis did to the Traitors.

Probably right. I did enjoy the Forty Niners win of the XIX Super Bowl (1985) over the Dolphins when they had it at Stanford Stadium. The local communities went wild with excitement. Same with when the Twins won their World Series while I was there in Minneapolis.

When I went to Timberwolves games though while in Minneapolis I was more interested in watching the cheerleaders than the players.

Taltarzac, Itasca is almost in my back yard. I'm just hoping the Cubs do something some year. My dad is 82, and he has been a Cubs fan all his life, but I don't know if the Cubs can pull it together in time for my dad to see something like a World Series appearance by the Cubs. :pray: Even if I do move to TV someday, I will still be a fan of Chicago's teams.