LeBron James is a Cowboy Fan, Cleveland doesn't like that...

[BehindEnemyLinez]

America loves the Cowboys just as much as it hates 'em. The ratings bear that out. Based on your "community" nonsense, you must stop rooting for the deadskins if you leave the DC area because you will no longer be a part of that community. That's stupid. There are many many reasons to develop an allegiance toward an organization. Proximity is the least intellectual reason of all. You act like people outside Dallas are idiots for loving the Cowboys, but it doesn't take any brains whatsoever to root for the "home" team. Have you ever considered that?

This November will be my 30th anniversary as a Dallas Cowboys fan. I started liking them as a teenager growing up in Detroit (yes TV exposure makes a difference) and my love for them has grown ever since. The Dallas Cowboys Football Club has an appeal that can't really be put into words. There's charisma surrounding that star. Even if you hate them, you have to admit that there is something special about the Dallas Cowboys. They have that "it" factor that other ball clubs do not. And they have stood the test of time. You can't say we only like the Cowboys because they win. Believe it or not the Cowboys have had some down time, some low down time, but we Cowboys fans are still here.

You refer to your fanhood as stupidity. That's probably what it is. But for me, being a Dallas Cowboys fan is a totally rational and sane part of my being. I am just as fanatical as any fan who happens to reside close to Irving, TX. I'd wager that I'm more fanatical than many of them. If you don't understand that or if you think my fanhood is somehow inferior to you rooting for your home team, then that is shortsightedness on your part.

Great post! :worthy2: You've so eloquently described how us so-called "displaced fans" are as die-hard as anyone who lives in their favorite team's city. I've never understood the "you have to live there" argument anyhow. Except for being able to have more "personal" contact with the organization (which is cool but not necessarily my cup of tea) I don't see the advantage, especially in this day and age. With all the satellite channels, internet, etc. those of us who are outside our teams' vicinity are still able to get plenty of info and stay abreast of what's going on that it's like we're in Valley Ranch!

 

[TheBeheader31]

Hows Jason Kidd workin out for ya? :

ugh...don't remind me of that craptastic trade. That trade was basically the equivalent of the Rangers trading Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez to the Pads for a bunch of garbage. I knew both trades were horrible the moment I heard about them.

 

[Tolstrup]

I'm sure the both of you enjoyed rooting for Kosuke Kitajima, Yang Wei, and Alain Bernard at the Olympics. How silly of me to back the U.S. just because I was born here. That's downright Iranian of me.

You support the athletes from your country because you love your country and feel that you got more in common with your countrymen, than you got in common with citizens from other countries.
I can't see why it is natural to love team in another part of your country any less. You get interested in a team because of lot of various reasons( it is local team, the team is the most covered team on TV , the team is winning a lot, you know a player on the team personally)
I honestly can't see why any of those reasons is a better reason to become a fan of a teamthan the other reasons.
Unless you are a bandwagoner you become a more and more passionate fan of the teams you support through time, and support them through good times and bad times.

BTW I am a cowboy fan from Denmark. Skinsmaniac you probably feel i should support the Saints since the only dane, who has played in the NFL, Morten Andersen played for the Saints when I got interested in Football

 

[Audiman]

Actually, ratings would not differentiate between loving a team and hating them. Most of Howard Stern's fans hate him.


Actually community is why I became a Commanders fan. There is no logical necessity for me to stop becoming one just because I move. And if you had bothered to read my post you would see that I have considered that it doesn't take any brains to root for the local team. Of course choosing a team because it wins is evidence of insecurity not brains.


You were able to see more Cowboys games on TV than Lions games?


Of course it can. They have been very successful. Some people like rooting for successful teams.


Are you really suggesting that Cowboys fans have had to endure anything comparable to other fanbases? Again, that "it" factor is five superbowl rings and plenty of other winning seasons.


So you did read my post after all.


If your fandom is sane and rational then it is not fanatical. It is not sane and rational to care so much about the success and failure of 53 people you do not know, whose success does not impact your life.



I'm sure the both of you enjoyed rooting for Kosuke Kitajima, Yang Wei, and Alain Bernard at the Olympics. How silly of me to back the U.S. just because I was born here. That's downright Iranian of me.

it sounds as if you're just mad because the Commanders suck. it's really not our fault that you became a fan of a team that's inferior to the Cowboys...

 

[monkey]

This right here explains why America thinks most Cowboys fans are a joke, and why the real Cowboys fans must be so frustrated with fellow "fans." If you have to "make up your mind who to root for" then I'm guessing you aren't very passionate about your team. Being a fan isn't an intellectual exercise, it's complete irrational stupidity - being "fanatic."

So says the Commander fan hanging out on a Cowboys board. I guess it is to just show us how bad us Cowboys fans. You have taught me the error of my ways. Please, please, please can I be a Commanders fan? Oh wait, I didn't grow up in DC, I guess I can't. Why God did you curse me so!!!:bang2::bang2:


If you want to take only little phrase to use for your soapbox go ahead, but I guess you were born liking the Commanders as much as you do now. At some point in time you had to make a choice, either consciously or subconsciously, whether the Commanders were worth rooting for or not. Unless you are a robot and can only do what you are told to do by others. If you want to define being a fan as irrational stupidity, then go ahead. But be prepared to be called out on it (as you already have) since that is not a definition of a fanatic.

For me, I had an affinity for the Cowboys since a young age as my dad was a Cowboys fan. However, I can remember deciding if I should be a fan of Dallas or not (maybe because I was older when I really began to enjoy football--22/23). This was during the Quincy Carter era, so not exactly the 'Boys finest hour, but since I have become an ardent fan. Just because someone comes to be a fan in a way different than you did, doesn't make them less of a fan.

 

[MONT17]

I wish we could put lebron @ the X!

 

[Clove]

I was born in Dallas, and started out a front-runner because I was born in the 70s, and we all know how they did then. But the problem is, I remained a Cowboys fan since 1975, through the putrid 80s, and the all the other sucky years.

As long as you remain a fan, you're a fan.

 

[DallasEast]

I was born in Dallas, and started out a front-runner because I was born in the 70s, and we all know how they did then. But the problem is, I remained a Cowboys fan since 1975, through the putrid 80s, and the all the other sucky years.

As long as you remain a fan, you're a fan.

Great post.

 

[SA_Gunslinger]

lebron is such a front runner. yanks? cowboys?


i hate people like him.