This is something I posted on the Skins board awhile back. I thought it would be interesting to gauge the responses of Cowboys fans as well.
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This is something I've been contemplating for awhile now...but I haven't been able to put it into words. Truth be told, I know the answer, but thinking about it is a lot of fun.
Do you root for the Cowboys, or do you root based on the relationships the players form with one another and with the fans.
That is the question which I wish to dissect. Listen to this absolutely, positively hypothetical situation: Imagine, by some freak accident, some loophole, natural disaster, or scandal, that the Cowboys swapped their entire personel (front office, players, coaches, sponsors et cetera.) with another team. For the sake of neutrality we'll say everything is swapped with the Tennessee Titans.
The Titans now have Marion Barber, Julius Jones, Drew Bledoe, Roy Williams, Terrell Owens, Aaron Glenn, Bill Parcells, Jerry Jones, Bobby Carpenter et cetera. What was once the Cowboys, is now the Titans. The Cowboys have Vince Young...and that's the only player I can think of that's on the Titans at the moment- but you get the point.
Of course you're going to root for the Silver and Blue, with this decision being compromised under no conditions...but if this were to happen, would you feel obliged to root for the hypothetical Titans?
I feel that more elaboration is needed. You love to watch your Cowboys performing as a team...Demarcus Ware pressuring an opposing QB to the outside, only to have him run into Akin Ayodele (even though he hasn't played a down in Blue yet). Roy Williams benefitting from TNew's solid coverage, and picking off McNabb to win the game. Watching the chemistry between T.O and Bledsoe beginning to unfold. Sorry, I'm a Commanders fan, so I'm not too keen on the Cowboy's relationships, but you should get the gist by now.
What if all these relationships remained in tact, but they were moved under another team name. Would it be difficult to simply sever the ties we've made with these players?
Note: Please spare the "dude, what are the thinking! this could never happen! ban him" comments, for you are merely stating the obvious.
