Is It Mandatory That You Root for Your Hometown Teams? | The Rich Eisen Show | 3/19/21
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- Rich Eisen and the guys revisit TJ Jefferson’s map-melting sports fandom and get into a heated debate: should you have to root for teams from your hometown or be allowed to adopt teams from other cities?
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How about this, it doesn’t actually matter, nobody actually cares and it doesn’t actually mean anything. Root for who you want to, when you want to and don’t care what others think about it. Rules for life.
You can cheer for a non local team as long as you commit for life as a fan to that team. You should have at least one local team in 1sport to cheer for.
I agree except for the last one. I'm from Pennsylvania, but a Boston fan across the board for pro sports. Root for ASU in college, since I went there. There are simply no local teams I could stand rooting for.
@WorldFlex agreed. Or unlimited switches when younger than 8, but only two switches after age 8.
I’m from Brockton but I’m a warriors fan but I’m a patriots fan in football
What if your team moves away to another state? Are we free to choose another or stop root for that one
@@malcolmboy21depends how they left. We’re they stolen like the Sonics or is it simply not your fault other people in your area weren’t showing support.
From Scotland and been a browns fan since the 90’s
As a Browns fan you might want to be more specific then the 90's, being there was no Browns 1996-1999.
But your case is different because Scotland or the UK doesn't have American football you can root for who u want. I think its fucked up tho if you don't root for your hometown team if you live in America.
@@dreamslayer5314 ... more specific than* ...
@@einundsiebenziger5488 I am not sure how your definition of the 90's is but mine is 1990 -1999. if one came up to me and said i been a Browns fan since the 90's I am thinking huh so you were a fan of the Ravens franchise ? Especially when armed with the knowledge of this person not being from the Cleveland area. Now fandom is as it is and all are welcome for whatever reason you want to have as I share my favorite team with texans and OK people who love baker to Old school NE Ohioans like myself who been following the browns since Brian Sipe and Mike Pruit and Ozzie Newsome but I think it very interesting that a person from Scotland is a Fan of the Browns since the 90's since for four years there was no browns.
How/why did you become a Browns fans?
There's a difference between teams that I like and the teams that I actively root for, and I feel like the guys are conflating the two.
Yeah I agree. I have teams which I "like" because I have family members who attended there. (E.g. I like Georgetown and UVA cause my dad and sister went there.). However if they were to ever play Maryland I would root against them lol
Obviously not so regarding his fanhood of the clippers and the lakers.
@WorldFlex Nope, it’s not a matter of semantics. If I just like a team I don’t routinely watch their games nor invest time in knowing their full roster, the moves they make, who they hire, etc etc. If they win a game, I’m happy for them; if they lose, I’m not bothered in the slightest. That’s it.
No, you don't have to support a team if you don't want to. I left the Chicago Bears this last season and I'm never going back. The key difference is that you cannot go back when they do well. Regardless of whether the Bears do well or don't, I'll never be a fan of them in this lifetime. I show my love for Chicago through my love of the Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox. That's good enough.
I’m from Michigan but love the Chicago Bulls, Backhawks & White Sox 😂Texans for Football
That’s what’s neat about Chicago. It’s not like LA or NY where all the other sports have different teams and everyone is so jumbled around. Cause whether your a white Sox or cubs fan, you can usually go to a Bulls game together and root for the same team
I’m from and grew up in nyc. I moved to Charlotte, nc in ‘05. I still root for those teams.
I grew up in the Bay Area in California. My dad took me to Seahawks at Raiders in 1979 or 1980. Fell in love with The Seahawks and have been a rabid fan ever since.
Blasphemy.
Your poor father
As a long suffering Bengals fan, (my hometown team), you had to find another team to root for if you wanted to watch meaningful football beyond September.
Bengals are my home town team and I don’t root for them
The last 2 years have made all that suffering worth it! 🐯Who Dey!🐯
I have been a Raiders fan since 1972. We have had some great decades, but I have been emotionally betrayed for years. I am in a dysfunctional relationship.
As a german american Football fan the discussion is rather funny 😂
TJ represents the new generation that can like a team regardless of geographical origin. It's very common in e-sports to be more attached to players than orgs, and those of those who come to Sports from esports are less inclined to adopt a home team just because.
I'm not saying you can't like a team just because of a player, that's valid but I think you're not giving geographic based fans the credit they deserve. Where you grow up shapes you more than you may think, people don't follow teams geographically 'just because' imo
@@alexforst8171 Don't get me wrong, im old and I root for ATL teams because thats my home town. I understand the joy that comes from hometown rivalries etc. But I think for a lot of people, especially if they grew up in several cities, they might pick and choose. its all good in my book.
@@michaelhand4246 I get picking from several cities you grew up in, but I feel as though a lot of people just pick the popular teams that win or have a history of winning.
@@Hoosier3091 Yes both are true. And many people also like teams just for the players, and then watch other teams if they get traded etc. In nerd terms, the quantity of people who like teams non-geographically is going up.
I root for all the teams where I have paid taxes to live. Ive moved a few times so its a few.... You go TJ
Grew up in Massachusetts. Love my Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, Boston College. But for whatever reason when it comes to football I’m a DIE HARD Colts fan.
WRONG place to be rooting for THAT team, LOL.
@Tyler McMullen How Can U Be a Indianapolis Colts Fan For in New England Patriots Territory?
Same I was born is mass I’m a patriots, Red Sox, bruins fan but Im a warriors fan
@@DanielAlves-tl5sv Same Can U Be a Golden State Warriors Fan Besides The Boston Sports?
As long as you stay loyal, I don't think it matters where the teams are located. But if your a Chiefs, Lakers, Dodgers, Bama Football and Gonzaga basketball fan I will have to question your reasoning.
Care to thrown in the Tampa Bay Lightning too?
@@notoriouseagle1074 Absolutely, go ahead and add any other current champ while we're at it
Like what team you like, as long as you don't just like whatever team is best. Grew up in the bay area, family all raiders fans, became a colts fan at like 7 and never changed since
I'm born and raised in Northern California, but I've been a die hard Miami Dolphins fan since I was 7. Sacramento Kings fan for basketball, UC Davis Aggies fan, because I'm an alumnus. I've never understood rooting for a school, that you didn't actually go to.
I root for my hometown Raptors, Leafs & Blue Jays while adapting the Bills in recent years as my hometown NFL team since they're the closest too me
The only team I chose to root for was the Packers since birth, and it's weird because I was born 3 days after the Packers won the super bowl with Farve
I'm from the UK, the teams you support here generally come from your parents, although it's a bit different as every town has a football (soccer) team in it, there's at least 92 professional football teams to choose from in a country the size of Alabama.
For the record I'm an Arizona fan, go Suns/Cards/Backs/Yotes!
I grew up in south Fla. where I became a fins fan, and moved to NY state later, but have stayed a lifelong fins fan. Now, I have adopted the Giants as my 2nd favorite team (but mostly because the beat NE in the SB 2 times). My dad's family was from Phila., and I am a Flyers fan, and my mom is a passionate Notre Dame football fan (she wanted to go to school there but never did), so Im a ND fan too.
Whatever you want. Sometimes you root for a certain player, coach. There are some who’ll go for your state, city, school teams and some will go for the bandwagon and some will go for the underdogs. It’s your own opinion/liking.
I’ve lived in Wisconsin my whole life. Have never been a fan of any team since early childhood. 49ers, Cubs, Notre Dame and Pacers/Sonics were my teams growing up and still mine to this day at age 38.
What about hockey?
I'm from grrenbay and I'm a die hard 9er fan
From the North of England. A 49ers fan since 1985 :-)
I'm from New Zealand, I've been a Steelers fan since I was 5yrs old mid to late 70's, only because my dad went to the U.S to visit his family and came back with three NFL t-shirts for me and my 2 brothers. The one I got was the Steelers, (here's the funny thing) the other two t-shirts were the Bills and Jets, talk about dodging a bullet there 🤣🤣🤣
It maybe different in the USA - but, in the UK (roundball) football for genuine fans - it's got to be geographical (unless there are special circumstances - like moving home)........ anything else is seen as Glory hunting or Plastic. As for following NFL teams in the UK - anything goes..... choose any team you like, apart from the Pats as that's Glory Hunting too 😜 GO JETS 😎
The issues arises that you can't route for more than one team in a specific sport. You can't be a fan of FSU and PSU. You just can't do that. You want to do have different teams in different sports go for it. But you can't route for teams that could play each other.
of course you can have different college allegiances as long as if it’s in different sports.
I'm a new zealander who started to follow american sports in the 90s, and as such all of my teams I follow I the 4 major (american) leagues were all 90s expansion teams. I guess you could call that weird
Born n Raised in the Bay. Niners Faithful. But at 7yrs old because of Disney I'm a 20yr Ducks and Angels fan. Lakers & Galaxy to round it off.
Lmaooooooooooooo homie said married a third cousin!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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As an Arsenal/49ers/Lakers/Yankees Fan from Bakersfield, California. TJ gets no heat from me. Do your thing and support your teams how you want. Enjoy the game.
I am a fan of players, rather than teams in anything not named Clemson (born, raised, etc). Atleast TJ has had all these teams for a very, very long time (FSU - D Sanders, stuck with FSU as a fan. Duke - G Hill, stuck with Duke as a fan)
Yes its mando AZ all day baby Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Suns, and Coyotes all day. Just repping pro teams today 🤣🤣🤣
No wonder... Communist
It's American to root for whatever team you want, when you want and for whatever reason you want and that's not weird.
Shoutout to the man in the Roman shirt. I see you playa.
good segment. fascinating. and obviously this touched a nerve.
Honestly, don’t care if you support a non-local team. It’s unorthodox but as long you’re loyal it not an issue in my eyes.
But, supporting more than one team in the same league is weird. There has to be a strong reason as to why you support multiple team for it to not be weird.
From CT and I am a American and root for America's Team the Dallas Cowboys Flyers Sixers and since I moved to Nevada in 2012 a Oakland A's fan
Sorry to break it to you but the Cowboys are not America's team..unless you talkin about the team that America hates the most
“America’s Team” 😂😂😂 tell that to the 3 other NFC East cities lol
I'm from eastern Iowa. Where I grew up, you were a Bears fan or a Packers fan (a few weird Vikings fans, not many), a Cubs fan or a Cards fan. The NBA wasn't big yet, so nobody really cared. Blackhawks in hockey. University of Iowa Hawkeyes for college. I became a Utah Jazz fan because I moved to the intermountain west (Idaho, Wyoming and Utah) when Bobby Hansen, a Hawkeye legend, was drafted by the Jazz. Before that I rooted for a player, Julius Erving. I am back in Iowa and rooting for the same teams. Never changed in my travels.
I'm born and currently live in North Dakota, and I'm a die hard Chiefs, Blues, Mizzou, SLU and Stl Cardinals fan.
I live in Washington DC and I’m a die hard Colts fan. Lol we’re a rare breed out here
Is that because they used to be in Baltimore
Aye I’m born and raised in DC and I love the Ravens. Washington getting their act together now but they were garbage so many years
that argument is so stupid, i mean imagine being in NY or NJ and being forced to root for the giants, or dear lord the jets, instead of a team of your own choosing, just because you happen to live in a certain state
Yes, and you pay your dues. Then, when the team actually wins, you went though hell with them. Part of what makes it special when a team wins a championship, is that everyone in the city gets super happy and fired up. We are having a baby boom in Kansas City from the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl last year.
@@k.c.elemenopy2393 Exactly. Im all for people growing up in regions without a sports team finding a certain city to root for, but routing for the Lakers, Yankees, Packers, and Penguins is lame as hell too. I grew up in Mass so naturally I ride and die with my Boston teams even if they all start to endure decades of losing. I now live in Missouri and its cool to see the area getting so into the football and hockey in recent years instead of just the Cardinals.
@@173jaSon371 I root for the Lakers, cause I moved to LA in 2001 right in those Shaw/Kobe years and got to go to several games.
@@k.c.elemenopy2393 All of the stars aligned for you.
Philly fan for every sport but football. Go Steelers
I’m a Boston fan for any sport except basketball. Go warriora
For me, it's you root for where you grew up or have lived/still live.
It's weird to see people suddenly root for a team because they're good (Seahawks, then Pats, now Cheifs).
NO! People like what they like and that is perfectly fine.. I never get the anger or waste of brain cells people expend worrying about other people's teams and what not.... there are way worse problems in the world
I'm with TJ
There is one sport where both Arguments exist simultaneously and that’s motorsports. Formula 1 for example is a sport where you can find die hard Ferrari fans who root for Ferrari no matter what and die hard driver fans who root for only one driver. I was a Vettel fan and so when he went from Red Bull to Ferrari I changed what team I cheered for. Simultaneously my dad was a Mercedes fan and he supports them regardless of the driver
I grew up in Colorado but I'm a Cowboys fan and a Cubbies fan.
Bandwagon
@@Steve-hi1db haha no but you're free to think whatever you want.
@@Steve-hi1db stop being a stooge. people have diverse interests
God no. You don't have to be a fan of your "hometown" team. I can't stand Steelers fans, if I had to be a Steelers fan I'd just say screw football.
But I've been a fan of Boston sports across the board since I was 8, so I think that's fair enough. I staked my territory, and I stick to it for team sports.
I grew up in Massachisetts and have been a Pats fan since Grogan, Nelson and Hannah.
I live in Jville now. I root for the Jags to do well. I like being in an NFL city. But I'll always root Pats over Jags.
Die hard A's fan because of Dad, but I like to see the Braves do well because of where I grew up. If they meet in the World Series, it's A's all the way. Some teams you're born into, some you choose. What matters more is that you're not a bandwagoner. TJ has my respect. Except the Cowboys fan part. They can eat dirt.
A Sixers fan who supports the Cowboys..... That is Wrong, Wrong.... WRONG!!
@Phillip Nunn Agreed 100% and TJ is a Bandwagon Fan!
Red Sox, Celtics, Jets. I’m from San Diego but my dad is from Newton Massachusetts.
Why not the Pats or Chargers, and what about the Bruins?
@@notoriouseagle1074 I really can’t stand San Diego sports because of how often it’s fair weather fans show up to games late and leave early. Plus the Spanos family has held the city hostage for so long. Love their uniform though.
I didn’t root for Patriots because I felt very band wagon-y in doing so since they had started winning when I was around 7 and barely started getting into football at around 11 years old.
Brett Favre was always my favorite player and when he went to the Jets I was all about it. Told myself if he retired here then I’d stick around.
Drafting an SC kid in Sanchez also kept me around.
I know Favre unretired and went to the Vikings but at that point I fell in love with the team and the strong Jets defense.
Not really a Hockey guy but my family is all about the Bruins.
I have teams from all over the country. My favorite teams are the Lakers, Dodgers, and Rams (I currently live in LA, but didn't always). But my favorite team is the Avalanche. My favorite NCAAM and W teams are my alma mater. But my college football team sucks, so since I lived in Ohio for a while, I'm a Bucks fan. I lived in Dallas for a while. I love the Mavs, but hate the Cowboys and am ambivalent toward the Stars and Rangers. I lived in Cleveland for a while and I still follow the Browns, Tribe, and Cavs fairly closely. IT's about the journey.
Lakers, Patriots, Bruins, Braves, Alabama football. I am from Northwest Georgia. Been a fan of these teams for 20+ years. Have a reason and story why I am a fan of each one. You don’t have to be from the area to be a fan of a team.
Damn bro. That list is pretty sus though. lmfao
I'd say it's nice to have one of your teams be local. You can go to the games and you feel more connected to the fan base. I live in NorCal and am a Sharks fan. But my baseball team is the Angels because my dad is from down south, and I am a Jets fan for football. I liked green when I was little. Lol
There's something enjoyable about going against the grain when eveyone around you are rabid fans of the local team. As long as you stay consistent.
@@matthewdennis1739 I feel. Everyone here is a Niners or raiders fan. I don't buy the hype lmaoo every time I try to root for the Niners with everyone else I'm just like "this is dumb"
@@Angel-bo7mh Yeah, everyone here are rabid Steelers fans, I just couldn't do it. I was already a Red Sox and Celtics fan so I decided I was going to be a Boston fan across the board. It gave me a chance to root for someone else while still being consistent.
Rich roots for Michigan cuz he went there but that's not where he was born he's born in New York so shouldn't he route for a New York college team then
Pro and college is differant.
@@bulldogsbob not according to the conversation in that video
this should not even be an argument life is short like or support who ever you want no matter where you live and bottom line who care who someone supports as a team maybe the person just does not like the teams from where they live for all kinds of reasons
i’m from vancouver wa and like the saints
My favorite team is the Arizona Cardinals although I haven't lived there but to be fair I haven't lived in a state with an NFL franchise since I was 2. The Mariners are my baseball team but that has at least as much to do with the awesome players like Ichiro and Edgar Martinez as me being born in Seattle.
Why not the Seahawks then?
@@notoriouseagle1074 , because Larry is my guy and ever since that playoff off run until the day I die I will be a Cardinals fan.
I think a lot had to do with who your family was a fan of growing up in the same household you naturally become a fan of whatever team that is wether it’s within the same state or not
L.A didnt have a football team growing up so i leaned towards Marino and the Dolphins been a fan my whole life , now that L.A has teams i do find myself rooting for the rams except when they play the Dolphins 🤷♂️
It is in my family, anything else is simply not allowed.
I'm from Georgia but my college team is Boise state broncos, MLB is the Yankees (has been since 95), NFL team is Seahawks since 95, NBA team okc since they were the supersonic
Also my uncle hasn't talked to me in years due to me being a seahawk fan and they beat the falcons in 2016 lmao
Yes! Yes of course it's mandatory to be a fan of your hometown. Browns fan for 35 years and finally we're looking positive. You're a front runner if you dont support your team. Steelers fans in Cleveland suddenly sayn nooo ive always been a Browns fan. BULLSHIT🐄💩
What if u don’t have a home town team then who do u root for ???
@@The_king567 well man law 34-7b sub paragraph D clearly states that anyone born into a city without a team shall heretofore be designated a fan of the first closest geographical city with said team.
@@jay8480 so let’s say u are from Columbus Ohio u are a browns fan then and if u are from North Dakota u root for the Vikings then right
@@The_king567 once again sir i will kindly direct your attention to the regulation as stated previously. Good day Sir!
I never liked the fact that you had to root for the team just because you were born there I think that is a totally unfair concept like why is it weird to not want to be a fan of a terrible franchise. Idk I just think this whole thing about fan loyalty is overrated
Agreed With U and I Was Born in Philadelphia So I’m a Philadelphia Sports Fan Also My Favorite College Football Team is Navy Even Though They Are 2 Hours From Us in South NJ!
Yes, it absolutely is! If your hometown has a team, that should be your team! The worst are people who root for one city in one sport and their rival city in a different sport. Example: Dodger/Lakers/Niners “fans”... followed by people who root for a different city in each sport
Screw rooting for your "hometown" team. As long as you root for the same team and don't jump around it's all good. Double good if you're consistent across the same city.
If u live in western Mass or anywhere in CT you lowkey get sick of the whole Boston or NY sh*t and you just pick a team anywhere.
Bandwagon dude. My brother in law is like that
Which Sports Teams Does Your Brother in Law Root For?
@@vinceniederman mind you, he was born in mass, raised in Florida.Duke basket ball, he's a lakers fan and a yankees base ball. and no, he didn't go to duke, nor has he ever lived in California or NY. hasn't been in the NE area at all since he was 10 or so. total bandwagon
@@recoveringknowitall1534 Wow and I Hate Bandwagon Fans Hahahahaha!
I find myself agreeing with TJ 100%. I grew up and still live in Mississippi despite most of my friends supporting the titans or falcons, i have been a die hard cardinals fan since 2009 and that isn't going to change no matter where I move to.
If you can only root for your hometown team, which football team of the nfl is hometown team from Argentina?
If you're from Argentina isn't it illegal to even call the NFL football?
Of course it's mandatory... Except if your town has multiple teams in the same city... I'm for every Chicago team, except the Cubs
I lived in Florida all my life and I'm a Raiders fan just because that was our Pop Warner football team
Never a local fan here...
Go Hawks!
Packers, Stars, Heat, Longhorns, Rangers. From TX, wasn't "allowed" to be a Cowboys fan (didn't really want to be anyway); Shaq fan who went with him when he was traded to South Beach & stayed for D-Wade.
Tj's logic works for folks who move a lot, he's got reasons behind the picks. The worst is the guy who likes a team for no reason
Some People Think I’m a Bandwagon Sports Fan Which is Not True Outside of Philadelphia Sports and Navy Football!
As an european,the ease americans switch teams baffles me. It is common for a smalltown person to root for a succesfull big town team. But you stay with that team for the rest of your life. Most people support the local team though....forever...win or lose. I'm talking football(soccer).
Are you a fair weather fan if you can’t bring yourself to watch highlights of a game your team lost?
Nah, cause that's like watching a friend get tortured.
@@notoriouseagle1074 perfect answer!
My parents lived in Pittsburgh in the late 70's. then moved to chicago in the early 80's. They were Stelers fans then became bears fans until we realized in the 90's that at that point the Steelers were just better and the team that the bears were trying to be. Been a steelers fan since and no one in chicago has given me grief over it.
You cannot have multiple teams as favorites in one sport. It doesn't make sense. The first team is your team for life, like penguins.
Nope born and raised in NY, father was a season ticket holder for the Giants but I'm a lifelong Cowboys fan..... But a Yankee fan too so a lil of both worlds lol
you should have gone with the Rangers and the Giants bro. Cowboys are evil. I'm from TX and a Bills fan so I get you... lol
Did you grow up in one of the areas when the 'boys were successful?
Lmao same I’m from mass I’m a patriots,red sox, bruins fan, but I’m a warriors fan in basketball
Is it me or TJ is in his feelings 😂😂🤣🤣
Born in NJ. Moved to GA at seven years old. Been here for 38 years.
My favorite teams are:
1. Michigan Football and Basketball
2. NY Mets (lifelong Indians fan until I got tired of the racist name/mascot)
3. Portland Trailblazers
4. NY Jets (was a lifelong TB fan until they drafted Rapey McCrablegs)
5. New Jersey Devils
How Are U a Portland Trail Blazers Fan?
I remember when someone had the audacity to tell me I could still root for my dearly departed fav NBA team (Sonics) even though they have a new name and city. Yeah, I don't think so! That's like seeing the guy who carjacked you driving around town in your car.
That's one view. I grew up being a Montreal Expos fan and then they moved to Washington and I still follow them intensely.
My parents held game parties when I was impressionable and I hated some of their loutish friends so much my successful home team became anathema to me. So I adopted a team that pained me most of my life: few silver linings, gear that other fans openly mocked. Until they traded for Brady last year.
And know every calls you a bandwagon fan becuase of the Brady trade. lol
I live in KCMO, have enjoyed certain years of the Chiefs but have never been a real fan. Became a fan of the Patriots in 1992 and have remained there ever since. When Tom moved teams to Tampa I followed tom and will continue to support the Bucs and the Patriots. I live in KCMO, have no plans to become a Chiefs fan.
T.J. recently said that he became a Georgetown fan in 1982 and Duke in 1990. Talk about being the ultimate bandwagon fan. 🤷🏻♂️🙄🤦🏻♂️
To say I’m a fan of all the sports teams in my state means you aren’t much of a fan. Rooting for a certain team to win the big game is not equal to being a fan of said team. You will only be a fan of the team you grew up rooting for wherever you moved to. That is what you call a real fan.
I can understand loving two schools, but how can you support a school in one sport and not in another?? 😅 I need help with that one
I'm from Indiana and don't support any team in the state. I only follow three teams. The Kansas City Chiefs, the Detroit Pistons and the Duke Blue Devils. I watch college football but don't have a favorite team.
I do. Go Bucs. Including the years we didnt win. And its alot...
I came to Colorado in 7th grade. Everyone here wore that stupid Orange and rooted for Elway. I couldn't stand it, fortunately the 49ers won the SB and I've been die hard since, which was tough when a few years later the Donkeys went back to back. I slowly picked up all the other Denver/Colorado teams as I grew into loving the other sports.
I still support the Bal/Was teams I grew up watching with my father and brothers, even though I no longer live there.
I tend to sympathize with teams in my area. From SLC and a hardcore jazz and Ute fan. Got an Eddie George jersey as a kid so I love the titans. I went to grad school and became a Stars and Rangers fan but also a Mavs sympathizer. Live in Lincoln now so I sympathize with UNL and the Chiefs. The only outlier is the Gators as my uncle taught there so I went to Gainesville a lot as a kid. Good topic!
/Never gonna sympathize for The Cowboys or Bulls
//not a big enough baseball guy to care about the Royals
I can tell Brockman and TJ do not like each other. I've noticed it for a while now
I Like TJ at Times But The Teams He Roots For Makes Me Think He’s a Bandwagon Fan Cause He Roots For One Philadelphia Sports Team Which is The 76ers!
No. I live in MD love Orioles like Terps to do good Ravens I love Poe. Other than that my teams are everywhere.
That’s a disgrace!!! You can’t have two teams in the same sport!!!! 😂😂 so so so weird
TJ gets really sensitive about this. Grow a pair
Lakers,Trojans, I don’t have any other sports teams but i do root for certain players even more so if they come from where I’m from.
Low key discussion about being waay too emotionally invested in spectating
The idea of absolute loyalty to a team that your literal connection to is tenuous at best is kind of wierd to be honest. I feel like alot of people only have a favorite team thats local because for a long time, thats the only team you'd ever have a chance to seeing. Nowadays we have almost unfettered access to any team in any sport from start to finish so why not find a team that is fun to watch, and if they spend a decade being terrible, why not pick a new team? I'm from canada so until the mid 90's there was no team that I could consistently watch so now for basketball I just want to watch a good game where both teams are competitive.