Yea, so I guess they’re reasoning is I can’t enjoy watching Mickey Mantle or Willy Mays play if he wasn’t on my team.So is your stance “new old school” or “old new school”?
Seriously, my take is that obviously the Cowboys are my favorites but I also recognize there are lots of good and bad people on all NFL teams. I like our players best when the game is happening but I don’t carry any grudges about anyone after the game is over. It’s a game, not foreign policy.
Yea, so I guess they’re reasoning is I can’t enjoy watching Mickey Mantle or Willy Mays play if he wasn’t on my team.
Or who wants to watch Michael Jordan if I wasn’t a Bulls fan or Magic if I’m not a Lakers fan,
I can shoot so many holes in this type of childish mentality it’s shredded to pieces.
“ if you aren’t on my team you are the enemy”This is infantile.
In grown up land, the NFL is an entertainment business, and players will change their employers from time to time.
For us it's entertainment. For them it's their career. It's the financial security of their families for decades to come, for which their bodies will be paying a health toll for decades to come.
Good for Murray for cashing in with Philly. Good for Beasley for cashing in with Buffalo. When guys leave and strike a pot of gold, I'm happy for them. They're actual people. They're not little toy soldiers existing only for our amusement.
Yea, it’s really childish. But my target in this thread is the more juvenile responses like “ anyone not on our team is the enemy”.I agree watching the great players in sports regardless of the team to me has always been enjoyable and awe inspiring. Even players like Ware when he left Dallas I wanted nothing but the best for him, he was always a class act and to see him get that SB I have to say was great. No doubt wished he would have got one in Dallas it was still great to see him get one in Denver
Yea, it’s really childish. But my target in this thread is the more juvenile responses like “ anyone not on our team is the enemy”.
Of course. Fierce competitive nature.Roger Staubach an interview once said he saw the other team as the enemy and did not particularly look to shake hands after a game. However it was said Roger did not like losing at anything be it a flag football game or a game of Jacks.
I see so many posters admire players that leave and trash our team. You want to follow a SB winner, fine, that man has earned his respect.
I hated Deion Sanders with a passion, but when he was a Cowboy I loved him. When he took off for the Commanders, I hated him again (I actually did not like him too much his last season with the Boyz). I respected TO while he was with the team, hated him before and after.
Unless a player is absolute elite, like Emmitt Smith, and they leave the team, to me they are them enemy. Point being, this is not college ball, if you are on my team, then you are the man I root for. If you are not on the team, you are the enemy.
Old School - My team rules, KA..
New School - He was such a nice guy.
Of course. Fierce competitive nature.
But my references and or comments didn’t apply to our Game Day opponents.
I rooted against Montana at every turn while I sat on the edge of my seat marveling in his performance which was a thing of beauty.I get that. I can recall I hated the teams like Steelers and 49ers but then as I grew up I looked back and really respected what they accomplished as a team and with some great individual players.
I rooted against Montana at every turn while I sat on the edge of my seat marveling in his performance which was a thing of beauty.
I see so many posters admire players that leave and trash our team. You want to follow a SB winner, fine, that man has earned his respect.
I hated Deion Sanders with a passion, but when he was a Cowboy I loved him. When he took off for the Commanders, I hated him again (I actually did not like him too much his last season with the Boyz). I respected TO while he was with the team, hated him before and after.
Unless a player is absolute elite, like Emmitt Smith, and they leave the team, to me they are them enemy. Point being, this is not college ball, if you are on my team, then you are the man I root for. If you are not on the team, you are the enemy.
Old School - My team rules, KA..
New School - He was such a nice guy.
Agreed. The loyalty to players is undeserving.Ive been like that my entire life. I am a Cowboys fan, and I root for all Cowboys players. I loved Emmitt, and I didnt root against him when he left, but I didnt root for him either. I am ONLY about the team. I have no problems cutting ANY player when their time comes. I would be ok for showing loyalty of there was no salary cap. Players dont show much loyalty to teams, so why should teams show loyalty to players. Look at Kevin Durant? Has won back to back titles and possibly a third and he is likely leaving?
LeBron....... unlike Magic or Bird who are clearly connected to one team.... who the heck is LeBron connected to?
I’m an old school professor who teaches the class.I'm an old-school fan with a diploma in not giving a damn what other fans do or think