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Topic: In Praise of Fair-Weather Fandom
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Alan Swank
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Posted: 4/23/2018 4:00 PM
The author brings up some very interesting points about fandom and paints an interesting picture of how loyalty often leads to mediocre results.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/in-p... /
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Posted: 4/24/2018 4:23 PM
Did allen hack your account to post this? ;-)


Also, this quote is gold:


"When Charles Darwin wrote of man bearing “the indelible stamp of his lowly origins,” he referred to all Homo sapiens, but the phrase might better fit its most sorrowful subspecies: people who still watch the Cleveland Browns."
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Posted: 4/24/2018 8:17 PM
OU_Country wrote:expand_more
Did allen hack your account to post this? ;-)


Also, this quote is gold:


"When Charles Darwin wrote of man bearing “the indelible stamp of his lowly origins,” he referred to all Homo sapiens, but the phrase might better fit its most sorrowful subspecies: people who still watch the Cleveland Browns."
I have been vindicated, lol.
Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach. Woody Hayes
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Posted: 4/25/2018 6:02 AM
The author's idea of a celebration is jumping up and down in a Manhatten bar. My idea of a celebration is running through the streets of Cleveland and stealing a fire truck.

Everyone's wired a little different.
I've seen crazier things happen.
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Posted: 4/25/2018 11:21 AM
allen wrote:expand_more
Did allen hack your account to post this? ;-)


Also, this quote is gold:


"When Charles Darwin wrote of man bearing “the indelible stamp of his lowly origins,” he referred to all Homo sapiens, but the phrase might better fit its most sorrowful subspecies: people who still watch the Cleveland Browns."
I have been vindicated, lol.
Ha!
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Posted: 4/25/2018 11:23 AM
The Optimist wrote:expand_more
The author's idea of a celebration is jumping up and down in a Manhatten bar. My idea of a celebration is running through the streets of Cleveland and stealing a fire truck.

Everyone's wired a little different.
I relate to this to some degree. Not related to Ohio Athletics, but in the case of the CBJ, I'm firmly a bandwagon fan. I thoroughly enjoy attending the games when I'm there, and followed them a bunch after the college hoops season ended.
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Posted: 4/25/2018 11:33 AM
What I found most interesting is how the owners of the various teams have used fan loyalty to enrich themselves on the pro level and keep the streams of revenue rolling in when it comes to donations and increased ticket prices at the college level.
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Posted: 4/25/2018 12:16 PM
"...testosterone levels plummet in male fans after a loss."

And I thought Cleveland's population decline had something to do with the economy.
We will get by.
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We will get by.
We will survive.

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Posted: 5/3/2018 6:00 PM
It's apparent this guy never experienced what it felt like to be a Nebraska fan through the 80s and then have the 90s come about. Or to be a Chicago Bulls fan before Jordan got over hump and also after.

There's a special kind of satisfaction that comes from sticking with a team through thick and thin, and then having them deliver multiple championships after years of falling short. It's not only the elation of supporting the winning team -- you also get to feel like you *deserve* it. A satisfaction the fair-weather fan will never experience.

My guess, actually, is that Ohio football fans are about to learn what this feels like.
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Posted: 5/3/2018 10:22 PM
Cats-22 wrote:expand_more
It's apparent this guy never experienced what it felt like to be a Nebraska fan through the 80s and then have the 90s come about. Or to be a Chicago Bulls fan before Jordan got over hump and also after.

There's a special kind of satisfaction that comes from sticking with a team through thick and thin, and then having them deliver multiple championships after years of falling short. It's not only the elation of supporting the winning team -- you also get to feel like you *deserve* it. A satisfaction the fair-weather fan will never experience.

My guess, actually, is that Ohio football fans are about to learn what this feels like.
+1 on all accounts here.

I expect that OHIO will have a banner year this fall

I am Cubs fan and really enjoyed the recent World Championship season. Despite what some on this board think, I was not around for the last time!
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