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Originally Posted by NBC
I would not be so brazen to suggest that every single foreign supporter is a glory hunter. But when you have people randomly selecting who they decide to support based largely (assumption here, granted) on current or recent results/successes, then I'd say yes, that is akin to glory hunting. Why Manchester United? Big Cristiano Ronaldo fan? Or is there a more esoteric element to your choice or reasoning? Why not West Bromwich Albion? Sheffield United? Bristol Rovers? Those are random choices as well. Or is there an overwhelming desire to attach oneself to a winner - the winner?
What is the decision-making process when someone chooses to support a foreign club, and again I'll assume this until proven otherwise - that seems to be little more than a random choice? I don't think that it is a complex phenomenon. People want to support winning clubs, regardless of any other reason, rational or irrational. I'll tell you that it is quite annoying to see how a plurality of Brits are New York Yankee, New England Patriot and Los Angeles Laker fans. It is the same basic principles regardless of which side of the pond one lives on, large swathes of sports "fans" (there I go again) are in it to support whoever is winning at that time.
How many on CP have levelled this claim against the Vancouver Canucks' fan base over the past few years? I'm not sure that this debate is unique to the EPL. I for one hear it all the time.
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My point had nothing to do with
why people chose who they did to support. My point was that I find it ridiculous when people say that I shouldn't/can't be as big of a supporter as you because I live further away. That is a notion that I have only come across in the EPL. My level of support has never been questioned in this way by fan bases of other teams I support.
I couldn't care less when you call me a glory hunter (although a look at the teams I support will quickly quash that idea), but when you say that I shouldn't be as invested in a team as someone who lives in England, then I can't help but argue that ridiculous claim.