Other Sports NYT: How Fans Choose Their Team - Page 2

Marco Polo · 04-22-2014, 09:39 AM

Pretty good article that looks at nationwide branding analysis with sports.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/op...oung.html?_r=0

Coochie liquor · 04-22-2014, 04:59 PM

I was from St Louis and the Cards left when I was a kid so didn't really get I to football til my late teens. I worked at Tippins and the 2 managers there were KC fans and they pulled me in. Been riding this roller coaster ever since. This was prob 2 years before Joe came to the Chiefs.

**Bob Dole** · 04-22-2014, 05:15 PM

Bob Dole is a Royals and Chiefs fan because both teams sent players to Bob Dole's elementary school every year.

DTLB58 · 04-22-2014, 05:40 PM

40 years ago the kid across the street that I played football with, his favorite team was the Vikings.

I chose the Chiefs just to get at him because I found out they had beaten his team 4 years earlier in the SB. Plain and simple.

I've suffered ever since.

BullJunkandIron · 04-22-2014, 06:40 PM

When your growing up and you only get one channel on tv, and the team they show is the Chiefs, do you really have a choice? Go Chiefs. Chiefs every Sunday love the Chiefs. It didn't hurt they had the greatest defense ever. A defense that would punish your ass. Linebacking corp from hell. Defensive front that was nasty. Then they all got old and the magic smoke hasn't been recaptured as of yet. But it will happen though.

Hydrae · 04-22-2014, 07:01 PM

I left Portland and moved to Columbia in late 1990. Never really got into football (the 'Hawks just never did it for me in the days of Largent and Zorn) until I started watching that defense of the early 90's. Since then, have moved to Flagstaff (could not get into Jake and the Cards

) and now Texas but still follow the Chiefs.

This place is certainly a contributing factor to my staying a Chiefs fan.

04-22-2014, 09:39 AM
Marco Polo Veteran Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 41°59.4′N 87°39.6'W Casino cash: $3938908	NYT: How Fans Choose Their Team Pretty good article that looks at nationwide branding analysis with sports. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/op...oung.html?_r=0
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04-22-2014, 04:59 PM	#16
Coochie liquor Bolton gonna knock you out Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: They Freed Kartel!! Casino cash: $-987606	I was from St Louis and the Cards left when I was a kid so didn't really get I to football til my late teens. I worked at Tippins and the 2 managers there were KC fans and they pulled me in. Been riding this roller coaster ever since. This was prob 2 years before Joe came to the Chiefs.
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04-22-2014, 05:15 PM	#17
Bob Dole King Shit of **** Mountain Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Texarkana, Texas Casino cash: $-1324563	Bob Dole is a Royals and Chiefs fan because both teams sent players to Bob Dole's elementary school every year.
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04-22-2014, 05:40 PM	#18
DTLB58 DT CARD COLLECTOR Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: ManCave Casino cash: $10005837	40 years ago the kid across the street that I played football with, his favorite team was the Vikings. I chose the Chiefs just to get at him because I found out they had beaten his team 4 years earlier in the SB. Plain and simple. I've suffered ever since. __________________ 667 Different DT cards and counting
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04-22-2014, 06:40 PM	#19
BullJunkandIron Banned Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NEMO Casino cash: $10014823	When your growing up and you only get one channel on tv, and the team they show is the Chiefs, do you really have a choice? Go Chiefs. Chiefs every Sunday love the Chiefs. It didn't hurt they had the greatest defense ever. A defense that would punish your ass. Linebacking corp from hell. Defensive front that was nasty. Then they all got old and the magic smoke hasn't been recaptured as of yet. But it will happen though.
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04-22-2014, 07:01 PM	#20
Hydrae MVP Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Newport, Or Casino cash: $-1163000	I left Portland and moved to Columbia in late 1990. Never really got into football (the 'Hawks just never did it for me in the days of Largent and Zorn) until I started watching that defense of the early 90's. Since then, have moved to Flagstaff (could not get into Jake and the Cards ) and now Texas but still follow the Chiefs. This place is certainly a contributing factor to my staying a Chiefs fan.
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