Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

I think a fan of the game would still acknowledge a talented team, and whether you hate them or love them, you can't deny the Patriots have a ton of talent on their roster.

I'm also pulling for the Cardinals in their match up, at least we can agree on that.

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YorkeDaddy

And Denver doesn't...? The team is higher seeded despite being in a tougher division and has players who aren't confirmed cheaters. There's no objective argument to root for the Pats in that game unless you're from New England or have been a lifelong fan of the team

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Frownland

Case in point.

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Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

Fair enough. I'll be pulling for the Patriots today regardless. I understand that they're one of the most disliked teams in the league, and in professional sports for that matter. I personally find them to be a lot of fun to watch. To each his own.

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YorkeDaddy

Being a fan of the team from the city you grew up in = illogical to Frownland. Ok

Seems more logical than appreciating the complete farce that is 4'33" but whatevs fam

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Janszoon

New England isn't a city so that would be an illogical reason to like the Patriots.

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Frownland

Remove the element of it being a social construct and you'll find that there's little meaning to it.

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grindy

Yeah, this whole fan of a team thing always strikes me as incredibly absurd.
I get being interested in the sport and enjoying a game for the skill displayed, but getting all worked up because you side with some team for totally arbitrary reasons? I can understand that it might make things more interesting, but how do you even do that?

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Chula Vista

Ask soccer fans all over Europe, Central, and South America. Or baseball fans in Japan or Cuba. It's common all over the planet. I grew up in Boston which is one of the biggest sporting hotbeds in the US and has been for generations. Sports were huge when I was a kid. Everyone played and everyone had their idols. It was just the way it was.

During my lifetime the 4 major Boston Sports teams have played in the big game 37 times and have won 25 championships.

If you don't get it that's fine. But I and many millions of others will continue to dig getting passionate about "our" teams.

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grindy

Duh.
I know how it is. I live in Germany after all. People are crazy about soccer.
Just weird how even people who don't care a bit about patriotism and such stuff are able to work themselves up about something so similar, but even more absurd than that.

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