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Originally Posted by Obsidian
I don't understand how people can become emotionally tied to a team that isn't their hometown or the place they reside in... unless there is no team representing their locale. Otherwise they're just complete bandwagoners, which I don't have much respect for. Especially stupid when there's hardcore hawks, rangers or detroit fans north of the border that have no actual ties to the city. Just makes me shake my head.
I cheered for Boston because of the Iginla ties and when they were facing the Canucks. But not anymore.
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So free will is now tied exclusively to the region they live in?
I've lived all over the Country, I'm an Expos fan, a Riders fan and a Flames fan. Also an old School Cleveland Cavaliers fan (Mark Price what what!). As a kid I cheered exclusively for the team that Ed Belfour was on, he was my hockey hero. Well, to be honest, I cheered for Belfour right up until he retired. But the Flames were a big part of my upbringing, as was the Oilers, but I hated the Dynasty, and everything about them past that.
I remember my mom buying me some #99 Oilers colored chuck Taylors and never wore them once (was probably 5 or 6 years old). I knew the Flames were going to be the team I hung my hat on from my disdain for the Oilers.
Who cares what part of the World a fan is from or how they came to cheer for a team. Do you scratch your head when some of the Flames fans from Finland, Sweden, the Czech republic choose to cheer for the Flames?