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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Because I'm not a bandwagon fan who just roots for teams because they're good?
Did you at least go to school there? Or are you another t-shirt fan?
I'm not going to root for a football or baseball team that isn't local. So that leaves Royals and Chiefs (I liked the Cardinals/loved the Royals until spending 8 years living around Cardinals fan at Mizzou/in St. Louis. Still like and respect the team, but hate their t-shirt, front-runner fans. Note: This does not include all fans or passionate fans, with whom I enjoy talking baseball.)
And I'm certainly going to root for my alma mater in college sports. Guys that have "secondary" teams or that root for a team other than their alma mater are front runners. And I'd rather not watch sports than be that (that's what was ingrained in me by my family, my dad included. I'm a 4x legacy graduate of Mizzou).
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I don't mind secondary teams as long as there is a sound reason. For example, I have a secondary team in college (Michigan State) who I would root for in a majority of situations because it's my dad's alma mater. I would never root for them against my own alma mater but it does give me some other rooting interests when they're not playing. I also doubt many would say rooting for MSU is a front runner position.
Similarly, I lived in the Northwest for about half my life so I became somewhat of a Seahawks fan (even when they sucked). I would still root for the Chiefs in any situation but at least I was able to somewhat enjoy the Super Bowl win (especially because it was against the Broncos). It's not the same as a Chiefs win would be but it was still pretty nice to be rooting for a winner for once.