The Ballad of Brett Favre

[LindenCy]

I don't dislike the Vikings really but I really don't like Brett Favre. If Sage was their starter I would have been cheering for them unlesss they were plaing Dallas. When I was ten the Cowboys won the Super Bowl and they have been my team since. Just like the song, I was Roger Staubach in my back yard.

I would have been pulling hard for the Vikings if Sage was playing but since he isn't, I'll be rooting for the Cowboys. I would love the Favre drama to end.

[OC Cyclone]

I hope the Vikings can pull it out...as an unbiased fan, there's three players I love to watch...Brady, Peyton Manning, and Favre. I hope he plays for another five years...He is the most fun quarterback I've ever watched play. I hope he doesn't care about his legacy. How hard would it be to retire when you still love to do something. It's the same as Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, and Michael Jordan. Does anyone really think less of them as an athlete?

[Bubbahotep]

I hope the Vikings can pull it out...as an unbiased fan, there's three players I love to watch...Brady, Peyton Manning, and Favre. I hope he plays for another five years...He is the most fun quarterback I've ever watched play. I hope he doesn't care about his legacy. How hard would it be to retire when you still love to do something. It's the same as Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, and Michael Jordan. Does anyone really think less of them as an athlete?

None of them played for their former teams most hated rival, that is the difference. He may not care about his legacy, but it is ruined in Green Bay.

[mcblogerson]

The Cowboys aren't the "Yankees" of football, they'd actually have to be good to make that comparison. The Vikes and Cowboys are chokers and will find a way not to make it to the superbowl. Arizona's going for the NFC, I can feel it.

[TruClone]

Of course it is not odd. It is easy scampy to jump on board with a winning team rather than support a local/regional one. That said, the majority of people tend to pick and support their "local" team thus there is understandable resentment for those that just went ahead and lopped onto the popular choice of the day (regardless of location).

Not every one grew up "locally". My dad was in the Air Force so the first 12 years of my life were spent in many different locations. I happened to be born in Texas and lived there for 8 years. No bandwagon fan here. I am sure there are lots of CF'ers that grew up in many different parts of the country. Way to lump most into your definition of who a fan should like.

[CloneAggie]

Of course it is not odd. It is easy scampy to jump on board with a winning team rather than support a local/regional one. That said, the majority of people tend to pick and support their "local" team thus there is understandable resentment for those that just went ahead and lopped onto the popular choice of the day (regardless of location).

How long do you have to be a fan of team before you are no longer considered a bandwagon fan? I've liked the Cowboys since I was 7. Not sure why I started liking them. Maybe because my older brother liked the Vikings and I wanted to be different than him. Maybe because they were winning at the time. Maybe because they were on Thanksgiving each year. For crying out loud, I was 7 years old. The reason doesn't really matter.

I think if I've been a Cowboys fan for 30 years, have stuck through all the down years in the late 80s, late 90s, and early 00s, and have never wavered in my support, I deserve to be called a true fan, not a bandwagon fan.

Some people need to step down off of their pedestal of thinking they are a true fan of their team because they root for someone more local and they chose to root for them because they are local, whereas others who root for non-local teams are simply bandwagon fans.

[capitalcityguy]

Not every one grew up "locally". My dad was in the Air Force so the first 12 years of my life were spent in many different locations. I happened to be born in Texas and lived there for 8 years. No bandwagon fan here. I am sure there are lots of CF'ers that grew up in many different parts of the country. Way to lump most into your definition of who a fan should like.

I wasn't lumping everyone and readily acknowledged acceptations. Regardless, I don't see any problem with making observations. Are you going to argue that picking a winning team had nothing to do with it?

You were born in TX and lived there 8 years. Seems reasonable you'd be a Cowboys fan. Others had family connects to the team. There are reasons that people aren't necessarily fans of their regional team(s). Again…I've acknowledged this.

That said, why don't we run into this same phenomena with Lion's fans…or Bengal's fan's? Hummmmm...

You keep hearing this "I don't know why I became a Cowboy's fan….." noise. How come you never hear a statement like that from a Lion's fan? I mean seriously….let's be honest here. Many picked them because they were the flashy, winning team of the day. Just because it may have been a long time and they never jumped off the wagon, it seems pretty obvious what the
genesis of picking them as "your team" had everything to do with their current success at the time.

Is this the worse thing in the world? Does it somehow make you less legit as a fan? NO! But what it does cause questioning (maybe resentment for lack of a better term?) by those that have always chosen to support teams because the represented the part of the country they lived(not because they were winning Super Bowls or had the most national exposure. Again…isn't this similar to what makes a particular arrogant segment of the Hawkeye fan base so annoying?

I guess I can't expect you to like the fact that some will always question why you're a Cowboy's (or maybe Steeler's) fan, but at the end of the day…people are going to do it.

[Dave19642006]

Anyone else notice how many Cowboy fans there are in Iowa? Don't have your own NFL team so basically a fan of the Yankees.

They are only fans because they are winning.....wait till they lose and are out...then its whoever wins

[TruClone]

They are only fans because they are winning.....wait till they lose and are out...then its whoever wins

Gosh you are right, I have been a Cowboy fan for 46 years but if they lose I will switch to whoever wins...idiot.

[Clones21]

GO VIKES

[XLK9]

Hey, having the Cowboys on TV nearly every Sunday for a decade is bound to attract the younger fans who have not picked a favorite team yet. The fact that they were winning only accelerates the process.

Whether they are 'bandwagon fans' is determined when the team loses (i.e. '89 season) - if they stick, no bandwagon.

[capitalcityguy]

They are only fans because they are winning.....wait till they lose and are out...then its whoever wins

I don't agree. They might be less visible and less vocal, but over time it seems to me they are always around in pretty good numbers.

[Clonefan94]

None of them played for their former teams most hated rival, that is the difference. He may not care about his legacy, but it is ruined in Green Bay.

Just for the record, the Packers hate the Bears and visa-versa a lot more than the Packers hate the Vikings.

[capitalcityguy]

Just for the record, the Packers hate the Bears and visa-versa a lot more than the Packers hate the Vikings.

In some arenas, but that simply isn't true as a blanket statement.

[Bubbahotep]

Just for the record, the Packers hate the Bears and visa-versa a lot more than the Packers hate the Vikings.

There is a dislike, but mutual respect between Packers and Bears fans. That doesn't exist when it comes to the Vikings.