I don't get it. How can anyone be a fan of a team.?
It's ever revolving. Changes made every year.
I can (somewhat) see being a "fan" of a person. I do , Clint Eastwood but a team, I just cant fathom it.
There is an outdoors forum based on North Dakota I'm on. It's almost mandatory to bash a Minnesota coming There to hunt/fish but most seem to LOVE our Vikings
So, why do some have an infatuation with a (team)?

Probably just the same reason that some people like John Deere, Chevy, or Rugers. Either you find one you like and stick with or you grew up being a fan because your whole family is a fan and you don’t know any different

First you have to be a fan of something I.e. football, baseball, basketball, college affiliation, etc. Then one usually (except for bandwagoners) gets accustomed to a certain team at an early age. Once that happens, it's over, like family....I can make fun of my team, but you better not! Lol. And yes, like said, things tend to be passed down in the family.

I'm 100% with you , I just don't get it .......at all

My brother in-law loves college football .......isn't college a school where players leave afterwards and most never make it pro

Go Cubs!

You don't have to be a fan any sports organization, especially a sports team that is all about making money off you.

There's fans and then there's fanatics. Yuge difference. Like the Tom Brady guys........

Tradition

You're not pulling for the coach, star player but the team through time.

Of course it helps if your team has over a century of excellence like my Crimson Tide.

And any human who can't understand that can't call themselves a man.

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Seriously. I thought Georgia was the Bulldogs. They're doing very well though.

And Bruins too

8th generation Alabama born and bred. Only here in Georgia because these folks in Atlanta will pay me to trap problems.

I don't understand the sport thing either. I did enjoy the rodeo I took the family to. But At the beginning everyone stood up for the prayer, the flag, and the national anthem.

people are strange....maybe it gives them a feeling of being a 'part' of something. When I was younger I was all in for the jets/knicks/rangers. After I grew up that was the end of that stuff for me.

Looks like 'the tide' is low.....

For me ..it's entertainment...like having some liberal friends on Facebook...lol

I don't support any professional teams. I would much prefer to watch my favorite D2 college or my local high school. Both men's and women's teams. They need me support my than a bunch of millionaires.
I don't understand the fantasy football thing. None of my fantasies include a bunch of big, sweaty guys.

Interesting thought. If you replaced the word, "team" with political party, there are many similarities here. Why do people vote the way they do.....tradition, family ties, you grew up in an environment that supported one side or another, etc. A team has many players working together (usually) to accomplish a task just like a political party has many "players" working together to accomplish something. From a broad view, there are lots of parallels with sports and politics. Maybe that's why people get so fired up about sports, teams, and politics?