Anathema
Crotchety Olde Man
... to Give Up on Their Team and Root for Another?
I'm having something of an ethical dilemma as I sit here today watching NFL preseason football.
For the past 30+ years, I've been a fan of a particular NFL franchise, even though I don't live in their geographic region. I've lived and died with that team every week, all off-season, every year. Through ups and downs. For the last quarter century it's been far more downs.
As I've followed my team in the last few years, and especially this past year, they've continuously proven themselves unworthy of my continued investment of time and energy .
My wife has been learning the game since we've been together, and has become a fan of our regional team, which has been incredibly successful in recent years. Over the last two years she's repeatedly suggest I abandon my team and become a fan of the regional franchise.
For all that time I've professed a total unwillingness to do so. However, as I continue to watch my team fall apart at the seams yet again (and it's still only preseason) there's a small voice in the back of my head thinking it might just be worth it.
So I ask the sports FANatics here at USMB... Is It ever acceptable to change team allegiances?
I'm having something of an ethical dilemma as I sit here today watching NFL preseason football.
For the past 30+ years, I've been a fan of a particular NFL franchise, even though I don't live in their geographic region. I've lived and died with that team every week, all off-season, every year. Through ups and downs. For the last quarter century it's been far more downs.
As I've followed my team in the last few years, and especially this past year, they've continuously proven themselves unworthy of my continued investment of time and energy .
My wife has been learning the game since we've been together, and has become a fan of our regional team, which has been incredibly successful in recent years. Over the last two years she's repeatedly suggest I abandon my team and become a fan of the regional franchise.
For all that time I've professed a total unwillingness to do so. However, as I continue to watch my team fall apart at the seams yet again (and it's still only preseason) there's a small voice in the back of my head thinking it might just be worth it.
So I ask the sports FANatics here at USMB... Is It ever acceptable to change team allegiances?