How did you get roped into becoming a Cowboys fan?

TheCritic

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Let's say you are a young enough Cowboys fan to where you weren't even old enough to remember the last Cowboys Super Bowl championship back in January 1996.

How in the hell did you get roped into becoming a Cowboys fan? Was it the Joneses and their wit and savvy?

Just curious.
 

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Let's say you are a young enough Cowboys fan to where you weren't even old enough to remember the last Cowboys Super Bowl championship back in January 1996.

How in the hell did you get roped into becoming a Cowboys fan? Was it the Joneses and their wit and savvy?

Just curious.
Kind have wondered the same thing?
I mean I saw the glory years of the 70s and 90s
and feel loyal because of Landry and Roger.
What do the modern fans have besides this circus?
 

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Maybe fans are fans because someone close to them were fans. I didn't become a fan because they were winning. My uncle made my brothers and I become fans.

He'd come over every Sunday with some Blue Bell cookies and cream ice cream. If we wanted some of his ice cream we had to watch the Cowboys game with him.

Fans create fans, so they can enjoy life's little pleasures together. It's called bonding.
 

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How do the Browns, Lions, Jaguars, Jets and Commanders keep fans and get new ones?

We were rewarded for our fan loyalty but did that cement us as fans?

I was a split fan with the Cards until the Ice Bowl, they lost that game and got me as a fan forever after that.

Sometimes it is as simple as a player from your area going to a team as Lance Alworth did to SD when I was a kid, I still have a soft spot for the Chargers.
 

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I became a huge fan of Bullet Bob Hayes -- he had my fan juices going crazy, as he made DBs look like they were standing still.:thumbup:
I often wonder, myself, how our youngsters nowadays manage to become big Cowboys fans with the kind of records we get now. :huh:

Best I can figure is that it must be the cool uniforms and the helmets with the star on 'em. ;)
 
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Anyone under 27 wasn’t even around when the Cowboys won their last divisional round game.
 

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Would have to be 26 or younger. My guess is family tradition, the star, a particular player, or someone who enjoys pain.
 

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Most become a fan of a team from being born into a family that follows a particular team or growing up in an area where a team is shown on TV throughout the season.

That was the case for me. My dad has been a Cowboys day from the inception of the team and he got me hooked on the Cowboys and to this day we get together and watch the games.
 

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Sports athletes and teams attract fans. What motivates each fan to develop a bond with certain players and franchises may not be due to a common rationale but individual reasons. Hopefully, some young fans will post their reasons but there should not be an expectation that most or all their answers are because of reasoning others believe in. The reasons can be as varied as there are sports teams and players in the world.
 

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Sports athletes and teams attract fans. What motivates each fan to develop a bond with certain players and franchises may not be due to a common rationale but individual reasons. Hopefully, some young fans will post their reasons but there should not be an expectation that most or all their answers are because of reasoning others believe in. The reasons can be as varied as there are sports teams and players in the world.
Its Jerry.
 

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That was the case for me. My dad has been a Cowboys day from the inception of the team and he got me hooked on the Cowboys and to this day we get together and watch the games.

My dad started following the team in 1963. I used to see him watching games every Sunday but never took an interest until the Cowboys played in Super Bow Vl. My dad was so excited about the Cowboys getting back to the Super Bowl after losing the previous year that it got me interested in watching the game. It was Captain Comeback and their success they got me interested in the team.
 
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