are YOU a sports fan fraud?

81

mickeyrat wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

mickeyrat wrote:

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If a SIX year old ,deciding to root for The Steelers against his older brothers favorite team(Cowgirls) the first time they met in the SB , is fraudulant then....... I will say that they've been my team ever since. Even through Knolls lean years AND the beginning of Cowers coaching career.

And further, I will state that living in Ohio and wanting to root for a winner , means I need to look OUTSIDE my state. But since I've been a Pittsburg fan ALL these years it's not a problem. Thick and thin , my friend, STeeler fan for life!!!! Note the avatar!!!!

didn't Cincy sweep the steelers...just sayin

mickeyrat

81 wrote:

mickeyrat wrote:

If a SIX year old ,deciding to root for The Steelers against his older brothers favorite team(Cowgirls) the first time they met in the SB , is fraudulant then....... I will say that they've been my team ever since. Even through Knolls lean years AND the beginning of Cowers coaching career.

And further, I will state that living in Ohio and wanting to root for a winner , means I need to look OUTSIDE my state. But since I've been a Pittsburg fan ALL these years it's not a problem. Thick and thin , my friend, STeeler fan for life!!!! Note the avatar!!!!

didn't Cincy sweep the steelers...just sayin

ONCE this DECADE!!!!!!! They were due!!

The Juggler

mickeyrat wrote:

If a SIX year old ,deciding to root for The Steelers against his older brothers favorite team(Cowgirls) the first time they met in the SB , is fraudulant then....... I will say that they've been my team ever since. Even through Knolls lean years AND the beginning of Cowers coaching career.

And further, I will state that living in Ohio and wanting to root for a winner , means I need to look OUTSIDE my state. But since I've been a Pittsburg fan ALL these years it's not a problem. Thick and thin , my friend, STEELER fan for life!!!! Note the avatar!!!!

well i will bite my tongue on this one only cuz you're a good guy mickey!

catefrances

The Jeagler wrote:

81 wrote:

did we ever figure out how a Mets fan became a cowboys fan? i missed it in all the New Jersey talk.

i think we all just assume his answer to the question of this thread is a resounding....."yes."

ok heres something i do know from being a single parent to a boychild. as well as being afootball loving daughter of a very present father.

from as long as i can remember being indoctrinated by my father about the greatness and legacy of the south sydney rabbitohs. i basically grew up on the hill at redfern oval. back then you rocked up to watch 3 grades of rugby league. you knew every player in your team and all the reserves. and you knew all the players in all the other teams. you knew who was dangerous to your team and who could be relied upon to gte your team across the line. i was taught through sporting mythology who the enemy was and by virtue of the respect i had for my father i believed all he told me. it was an absolute tribal thing. my father grew up within the boundaries that the rabbitohs drew their players from. if you signed a player from another local area they were classed as imports. and there was a limit of how many imports a team could sign. this was designed to cultivate the local junior league. and it was a good thing. especially in an area such as that that the rabbitohs covered. it had a high indigenous population and was basically forgotten by society at large. it is an inner city location which also covered a lot of the eastern suburbs of sydney and admittedly now covers areas which have become more affluential. but back then it was more than afew peoples opinion that if you ventured into the the area that was the heartland of the rabbitohs you were taking your life in your hands. this was just just a biggotted opinion of those who wouldnt venture into the area. who loved nothing more that maintaining the ridiculous class and race divide. i never lived in this area. i was not a local, yet i never felt like an outsider and i was never hesitant in walking the streets. afterall i was a bunnies fan. it made me feel untouchable. and because of my father and his history it became my area. the bunnies as we called them became my team. i really had no choice. it was a part of my DNA. it doesnt matter if my team wins or loses, finishes last or makes hte playoffs or even if they temporarily get thrown out of the competition.. my blood will always be the green and red of the south sydney rabbitohs.

if a child does not grow up with the presence of a diehard fan, or if the influential male parent is missing then they have more latitude to make up their own minds. my son is currently growing up in the same area that i did.. yet there is no way in hell he win support the south sydney rabbitohs. why?? cause his mates dont and becuase his non custodial father does not. so what does he do??? well ill tell you.. at first he comes under the influence of his schoolmates and the push of the local team to cultivate a fanbase. they come into the schools and just make it their business to charm all the kids. and for a while that worked with my son. i took him to games even though i couldnt really get into them cause i had no team to support. then as he grew older he came under the influence of the ever increasing presence of his father. and so has turned his allegiance from the local team to the team his father supports. and it doesnt matter that his fathers team is perennially a disappointment and have never won a championship. that we know from experience that that team will choke regardless of the personnel in the team. he follows the cronulla sharks cause his father does. its that simple.

and though when i discovered mets was a cowboys fan i was taken aback, how a mets fan could become a cowboys fan really isnt a mystery to me.

cowboypjfan

catefrances wrote:

and though when i discovered mets was a cowboys fan i was taken aback, how a mets fan could become a cowboys fan really isnt a mystery to me.

Agreed! I think people put way too much stock in worrying about what teams others choose to like. Hell, this thread was even started to call people out for the reasons they choose to like a team. I guess it's a good way to make yourself feel better when your own team loses, year in and year out. My team lost but at least I live within 40 miles of the stadium. To each his own.

Everyone should read this article called "Sports are for Losers":

http://www.mensjournal.com/why-sports-are-for-losers

The Juggler

somehow i missed that story cate. i can totally see myself being a south sydney rabbitohs fan. those are some cool traditions there. interesting that they get most of their players from their own area.

is this a professional league or semi pro or something?

GO RABBITOHS!

The Juggler

i've got a facebook fraud here. or call it a violoation or whatever:

friend of mine's dad died and is being buried today. so he posted about the funeral today. and a lot of us posted our condolences. then someone else chimed in with a "sorry about your loss brother"......but he added an exclamation point at the end. :think: i dunno about that. i think he's being pretty liberal with his exclamation point usage in this situation.


what do you think? lil too much?

mr.pink

The Jeagler wrote:

i've got a facebook fraud here. or call it a violoation or whatever:

friend of mine's dad died and is being buried today. so he posted about the funeral today. and a lot of us posted our condolences. then someone else chimed in with a "sorry about your loss brother"......but he added an exclamation point at the end. :think: i dunno about that. i think he's being pretty liberal with his exclamation point usage in this situation.


what do you think? lil too much?

:? yeah, I don't know about that exclamation point.

A old friend/ facebook friend's grandmother died recently, which is sad. He said that she always enjoyed listening to him play guitar and he put some picks in her hand before she is burried. Which is all cool, BUT HE POSTED A PIC ON FACEBOOK OF HER HAND HOLDING THE PICKS.... IN THE CASKET... :? :? :?

The Juggler

mr.pink wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

i've got a facebook fraud here. or call it a violoation or whatever:

friend of mine's dad died and is being buried today. so he posted about the funeral today. and a lot of us posted our condolences. then someone else chimed in with a "sorry about your loss brother"......but he added an exclamation point at the end. :think: i dunno about that. i think he's being pretty liberal with his exclamation point usage in this situation.


what do you think? lil too much?

:? yeah, I don't know about that exclamation point.

A old friend/ facebook friend's grandmother died recently, which is sad. He said that she always enjoyed listening to him play guitar and he put some picks in her hand before she is burried. Which is all cool, BUT HE POSTED A PIC ON FACEBOOK OF HER HAND HOLDING THE PICKS.... IN THE CASKET... :? :? :?

yup, that guy went one step further than he should on that one.

Jearlpam0925

The Jeagler wrote:

i've got a facebook fraud here. or call it a violoation or whatever:

friend of mine's dad died and is being buried today. so he posted about the funeral today. and a lot of us posted our condolences. then someone else chimed in with a "sorry about your loss brother"......but he added an exclamation point at the end. :think: i dunno about that. i think he's being pretty liberal with his exclamation point usage in this situation.


what do you think? lil too much?

Sounds like he uses his exclamation points a lot more haphazardly than we do....

mickeyrat

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

i've got a facebook fraud here. or call it a violoation or whatever:

friend of mine's dad died and is being buried today. so he posted about the funeral today. and a lot of us posted our condolences. then someone else chimed in with a "sorry about your loss brother"......but he added an exclamation point at the end. :think: i dunno about that. i think he's being pretty liberal with his exclamation point usage in this situation.


what do you think? lil too much?

Sounds like he uses his exclamation points a lot more haphazardly than we do....

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catefrances

The Jeagler wrote:

somehow i missed that story cate. i can totally see myself being a south sydney rabbitohs fan. those are some cool traditions there. interesting that they get most of their players from their own area.
is this a professional league or semi pro or something?

GO RABBITOHS!

past tense jeags. GOT. the sport has changed a lot over the years. its a professional league. when i was growing up players had day jobs but with the modern 'demands' of the game thats no longer the case. in their down time players now glass their girlfriends, pack rape woman( oops... sorry... supposedly have group sex with women) and start brawls.

Flagg

The Jeagler wrote:

mr.pink wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

i've got a facebook fraud here. or call it a violoation or whatever:

friend of mine's dad died and is being buried today. so he posted about the funeral today. and a lot of us posted our condolences. then someone else chimed in with a "sorry about your loss brother"......but he added an exclamation point at the end. :think: i dunno about that. i think he's being pretty liberal with his exclamation point usage in this situation.


what do you think? lil too much?

:? yeah, I don't know about that exclamation point.

A old friend/ facebook friend's grandmother died recently, which is sad. He said that she always enjoyed listening to him play guitar and he put some picks in her hand before she is burried. Which is all cool, BUT HE POSTED A PIC ON FACEBOOK OF HER HAND HOLDING THE PICKS.... IN THE CASKET... :? :? :?

yup, that guy went one step further than he should on that one.

Why I don't like Facebook and don't use it.

The Juggler

catefrances wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

somehow i missed that story cate. i can totally see myself being a south sydney rabbitohs fan. those are some cool traditions there. interesting that they get most of their players from their own area.
is this a professional league or semi pro or something?

GO RABBITOHS!

past tense jeags. GOT. the sport has changed a lot over the years. its a professional league. when i was growing up players had day jobs but with the modern 'demands' of the game thats no longer the case. in their down time players now glass their girlfriends, pack rape woman( oops... sorry... supposedly have group sex with women) and start brawls.

but they still GLASS their girlfriends?! i don't know what that means, but it sounds AWESOME.
GO RABITOHS!

catefrances

The Jeagler wrote:

catefrances wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

somehow i missed that story cate. i can totally see myself being a south sydney rabbitohs fan. those are some cool traditions there. interesting that they get most of their players from their own area.
is this a professional league or semi pro or something?

GO RABBITOHS!

past tense jeags. GOT. the sport has changed a lot over the years. its a professional league. when i was growing up players had day jobs but with the modern 'demands' of the game thats no longer the case. in their down time players now glass their girlfriends, pack rape woman( oops... sorry... supposedly have group sex with women) and start brawls.

but they still GLASS their girlfriends?! i don't know what that means, but it sounds AWESOME.
GO RABITOHS!

if you considering smashing a glass against the face of a woman(or anyone for that matter) awesome.. then sure... :problem:

The Juggler

catefrances wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

catefrances wrote:

but they still GLASS their girlfriends?! i don't know what that means, but it sounds AWESOME.
GO RABITOHS!

if you considering smashing a glass against the face of a woman(or anyone for that matter) awesome.. then sure... :problem:

how does that work and why would someone do that? i'm not understanding your south sidney lingo here cate.

catefrances

The Jeagler wrote:

catefrances wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

but they still GLASS their girlfriends?! i don't know what that means, but it sounds AWESOME.
GO RABITOHS!

if you considering smashing a glass against the face of a woman(or anyone for that matter) awesome.. then sure... :problem:

how does that work and why would someone do that? i'm not understanding your south sidney lingo here cate.

tis quite simple jeags.. you take one drunken idiot whos angry/annoyed/pissed off for some reason holding a glass... add a girlfriend/woman/other person... and the idiot just smashes the glass against the victims face or head.

mickeyrat

So , just a guess here, but I think Cate is GLAD the manchild went with dads team?

catefrances

mickeyrat wrote:

So , just a guess here, but I think Cate is GLAD the manchild went with dads team?

and why would you think id be glad my boychild be a fan of a loser team like the one his dad folllows rather than the team with the most premierships(championships) to their name, which i support???

and as an aside the glassing incident i mentioned was by a player in his dads team.

mickeyrat

catefrances wrote:

mickeyrat wrote:

So , just a guess here, but I think Cate is GLAD the manchild went with dads team?

and why would you think id be glad my boychild be a fan of a loser team like the one his dad folllows rather than the team with the most premierships(championships) to their name, which i support???

and as an aside the glassing incident i mentioned was by a player in his dads team.

Just a guess here. I was wrong. :shock: