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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Patriotism should have nothing to do with it.
It's two cities facing off trying to win the prize for itself, its organization and its fans. Trying to make it into something else or bigger is forced and falls on deaf ears year after year for good reason. Unless you're in the city that wins it, you don't get to partake in any of the celebrations for that win and no one is shouting you out for jumping on the bandwagon.
It's a national thing when the flag is on the jersey. This isn't that.
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I am not saying people should or should not cheer for Edmonton. I do think the lack of patriotism is kinda surprising to some American's, considering this is Canada's #1 sport .
We would be hard pressed to find a lot of NBA, NFL (hypothetically), MLB fans in the USA going gang busters about Toronto winning as opposed to an American based team. The majority of fans probably wouldn't care but in a hypothetical scenario of an American sports team not having won in 30+ years, I would assume the team USA would prevail.
Full disclosure: I actively cheer against Toronto cause I don't want that franchise to win so I totally get it.