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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Not sure why this is so difficult to comprehend. But it clearly is.
Probably because SOME people pick up "second" teams willy-nilly and are able to hedge their rooting interests more broadly.
I'm a Missouri/Chiefs/Royals fan. Sports life generally is kind of frustrating. IN fact, I'd say the only part of my life that is not stone-cold lock awesome is the sports teams I root for.
But you know what? When my team is really good, it feels incredible. The 2010 and 2007 football seasons are good examples of this (And even the 2003 season, when I was a college student experiencing a program taking steps forward out of the cellar for the first time in decades).
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I'm guessing you've lived in the same place your whole life?
I have been a Chiefs fans since the '60s. I will always be a Chiefs fan first. But I lived in SF for most of the 80s, during the Montana years, so I am a 49ers fan too. The Chiefs were never on TV in SF when I lived there, and Sunday Ticket didn't exist. I will always choose the Chiefs over the 49ers, but that doesn't mean I can't like the 49ers.
I am a lifelong Mizzou fan. But I have lived in Hawaii for 22 years, and I need a local team to root for, a team I can actually watch on TV once in a while, so I am also a Hawaii fan.
I'm also a lifelong Royals fan, but never get to see them play. I became a Giants fan while in SF, so they are my second team.
This really isn't that complicated. There is nothing "willy nilly" about this. You seem to have loyalty to your town and state, which is great, but I haven't lived in KC in 30 years and have no loyalty to that city anymore.