Sports Loyalties…..Forced or Chosen?
by Big Daddy MowrerWhile at work today, the wife sends me the cutest picture of my daughter in time for the Eagles MNF game tonight against the Redskins and it got me thinking about sports team loyalties. Everyone has that one friend that is Cowboys, Red Sox/Yankees, Notre Dame fan with no connection to the 
team/school whatsoever. I myself have been a fan more of the players than of the team. I used to like the Golden State Warriors because of Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway and the killer crossover, and my favorite Latrell Spreewell. I am a big fan of the Detroit tigers just because Cecil Fielder was so fat and out of shape, all he did was swing for the fences (a poor man’s Matt Stairs). I started rooting for Louisville a couple years ago when their basketball team was really good and their football team was putting up 60+ points a game. My dad went to Penn State, so growing up I rooted for them and whoever else he rooted for, same with professional sports. Vice versa, I hated teams he hated. Should that be the way though? Should my daughter have to be an Eagles, Sixers, Flyers, and Phillies fan? What if she comes home one day with a Romo jersey? Do I still love her? Probably, but I can’t be certain. I feel she should have the opportunity to choose her team, with the hope that she will want to like and watch what I do. All four Philly teams have good players and good people to root for, outside of Michael Vick. I hope she does the right thing and likes who I do because she wants to be closer to Daddy. If not, I just hope it isn’t the Cowgirls.
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I like this, Mowrer. It is interesting how people become fans of teams, especially when they are not their local team. For instance, up until age 13 or so, I rooted for the 49ers. A. because they were always on TV and in Super Bowls, and B. They had Jerry Rice and Joe Montana, so it was easy.
I think the idea of being able to choose from all these other teams, when your young, while your teams suck, is fun. The Bash Brothers, Ricky, and Eckersley, made it easy to follow the A’s.
But then you learn about loyalty, and to stick with your crappy local teams through thick and thin. Because eventually Ruben Amaro Jr., Pat Croce and Jeffrey Lurie will show up.