What would it take for you to switch team alliances?

[TheGodInAGreyHoodie]

I expect that when the 49ers and the Patriots play this year Thomas Brady Sr. will be rooting for New England, and not the his home team 49ers that he use to take young Tommy to so they could root for the 49ers and the the great Joe Montana.

However, I am sure that some of Tom's high school friends will be rooting for the team that they have been rooting for since childhood friendship be damned.

I am sure anyone of us would don an outfit of aqua and orange or wear a horseshoe logo if our own son was drafted by a rival team. But would you do it for a brother? a cousin? a friend? classmate? a brother-in-law?

Is anybody here a Pats fan because of a relationship that didn't start out a Pats fan?

 

[Sivy]

My gf asked me the other day if Id give up watching the patritos for her. I had to tell her no, I said I can give up alot of things, but nothing comes between me and this team. Sorry bro, babe, dad, cousin or friend, when it comes to sunday, its us against them, monday morning we'll go back to lovin each other (or tuesday if its a monday night game)

 

[BelichickFan]

I was a Browns fan (grew up in Cleveland) before they moved. Pats were my second team back then as my wife was a Pats fan. So it was an easy move for me as my team was gone.

I have no expectation to ever find another team but if your team was sold to an owner who was a dumbass I see nothing wrong with finding a team more worthy of rooting for. Why root for crap ? Anyway, the Patriots fans won't be in this situation with Jonathon there for when Robert can no longer run the team.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

I grew up outside Boston but moved to Philly nearly 25 years ago... When the locals ask if I'm an Eagles fan, my response is the same. I ask them that if they moved to Dallas or NYC would they become a cowboy or Giant fan? They look at me with a pained look and reply "of course not" Then they understand why I'm a Pats fan.
My kids have become Boston sports fans because.......it's Philly, need I say more? Put another way, today is the 25th anniversary of the last Philly championship.............

 

[TheGodInAGreyHoodie]

I grew up outside Boston but moved to Philly nearly 25 years ago... When the locals ask if I'm an Eagles fan, my response is the same. I ask them that if they moved to Dallas or NYC would they become a cowboy or Giant fan? They look at me with a pained look and reply "of course not" Then they understand why I'm a Pats fan.
My kids have become Boston sports fans because.......it's Philly, need I say more? Put another way, today is the 25th anniversary of the last Philly championship.............

I am not really talking about moving. Very few people switch teams because they move to a new city.

More a long the lines of lets say your nephew was drafted by Jets, or your daughter's boyfriend was signed with the Colts, or your son's best friend was the starting QB for the Bills.

 

[Tunescribe]

My gf asked me the other day if Id give up watching the patritos for her. I had to tell her no, I said I can give up alot of things, but nothing comes between me and this team. Sorry bro, babe, dad, cousin or friend, when it comes to sunday, its us against them, monday morning we'll go back to lovin each other (or tuesday if its a monday night game)

You need a new girlfriend. She should know better than to ask questions like that.

 

[Tunescribe]

I was a Browns fan (grew up in Cleveland) before they moved. Pats were my second team back then as my wife was a Pats fan. So it was an easy move for me as my team was gone.

I have no expectation to ever find another team but if your team was sold to an owner who was a dumbass I see nothing wrong with finding a team more worthy of rooting for. Why root for crap ? Anyway, the Patriots fans won't be in this situation with Jonathon there for when Robert can no longer run the team.

I grew up in the Midwest a diehard Bears fan. I still have a soft spot for the Bears, but don't care much for Lovie Smith. I moved to Mass. in '88. Finally when Tuna came onboard, I got season tickets and now bleed blue and silver. The transformation didn't take long.

 

[primetime]

The word you're looking for is allegiance.

 

[Keegs]

It'll never happen. Even if they moved and changed names i would still follow the team since i don't live on the East Coast anyways.

If Tom Brady finished his career on another team, that would be my 2nd favorite team... unless it was the Jets or Colts.

or Bears or Dolphins or Broncos or Chargers or Steelers or Titans

 

[NEPatriot]

If my Pats plays against my relative team, I still root for Pats.
if my relative team plays against somebody else, i will root for my relative team.

 

[blackglass3]

I am still a Knicks fan. If the past five years has not amde me stop cheering for them, I highly doubt anything the Pats did would make me choose another team.

 

[Deus Irae]

If I happened to be passing by Mt. Sinai, and a burning bush that was not being consumed by its flames started talking to me and commanded me to switch team alliance, I'd look around for ventriloquists and tape machines. If none of those were around, I'd do as that voice commanded.

Short of that, nothing springs to mind.

 

[chech1965]

My gf asked me the other day if Id give up watching the patritos for her. I had to tell her no, I said I can give up alot of things, but nothing comes between me and this team.

LOL. Good answer.

There are plenty of us fembots out there that looooove football.

:woohoo:

 

[castlelong1]

I expect that when the 49ers and the Patriots play this year Thomas Brady Sr. will be rooting for New England, and not the his home team 49ers that he use to take young Tommy to so they could root for the 49ers and the the great Joe Montana.

However, I am sure that some of Tom's high school friends will be rooting for the team that they have been rooting for since childhood friendship be damned.

I am sure anyone of us would don an outfit of aqua and orange or wear a horseshoe logo if our own son was drafted by a rival team. But would you do it for a brother? a cousin? a friend? classmate? a brother-in-law?

Is anybody here a Pats fan because of a relationship that didn't start out a Pats fan?

My first reaction was "my death...if you believe in reincarnation. Then I thought about it. How close a cousin? I have many cousins in the Philly area that I've never met. If a cousin I never met plays for, say KC, who cares. If a kid of a friend is drafted by, say, the Jets I'll be rooting for a trade and be very respectful of him during Jets games, but I'd still be quietly rooting for the Patriots even if I don't wear Patriots stuff to his house.

My brother is in Seattle, but if my nephew started playing for the Jets, well, see above.

My sister's kids I know. I might become a Jet fan then, but root for a trade.

For my daughter and my niece if they married a Jet player, see above.

Oh, this is for player/coach only. If they become a Costanza-Yankee-like who cares?

 

[Jackson 2]

I expect that when the 49ers and the Patriots play this year Thomas Brady Sr. will be rooting for New England, and not the his home team 49ers that he use to take young Tommy to so they could root for the 49ers and the the great Joe Montana.

However, I am sure that some of Tom's high school friends will be rooting for the team that they have been rooting for since childhood friendship be damned.

I am sure anyone of us would don an outfit of aqua and orange or wear a horseshoe logo if our own son was drafted by a rival team. But would you do it for a brother? a cousin? a friend? classmate? a brother-in-law?

Is anybody here a Pats fan because of a relationship that didn't start out a Pats fan?

It would take a nuclear holocaust.

 

[hernandeztribe]

I was a LA Raider and LA Rams fan back in 1994. It took them moving for me to give up my alliance with them. My brother and I put all the TEAMS in a hat, except the Raiders and Rams and drew. I picked up NE and he picked up "Goober's Team". I have been a Happy NE fan for the last 14 years and even if Los Angeles some how by a miracle got a team I would not switch. It is an awesome feeling being the only NE fan in my family and friends. They hate me every Sunday. They talk so much trash and every Sunday they shut up when we win.

 

[#56300ex]

What would it take? How about hell suddenly freezing over.

I was raised in a house full of Seahawk fans. They tried to brainwash me as a child by buying me Seahawk gear, but one Christmas when I was probably 5 or 6 years old, my mom bought me a NFL bedspread with all the teams' logos on it. I asked, "What team is that with the guy hiking the football?" The rest is history. I chose the Patriots because none else was rooting for them and even at that young age, I was going against the grain.

 

[NEPatriot]

Originally Posted by Sivy
My gf asked me the other day if Id give up watching the patritos for her. I had to tell her no, I said I can give up alot of things, but nothing comes between me and this team.

how many times did you sleep on the sofa because of your loyalty to Pats.?

 

[Bella*chick]

If I happened to be passing by Mt. Sinai, and a burning bush that was not being consumed by its flames started talking to me and commanded me to switch team alliance, I'd look around for ventriloquists and tape machines. If none of those were around, I'd do as that voice commanded.

Short of that, nothing springs to mind.

Totally awesome. I second the above.

 

[DarrylS]

If I had a son or grandson the caliber of Tom Brady and he played for San Francisco.. would have to be fans of both, and as hard as it would be might have to switch and become a SF fan..

But as my son is a chef and my grandson wants to be a mechanic, looks like no, not, never will I ever have to face this situation.. my wife is a Pats fan, most of my friends are so will die bleeding these colors.