What would it take for you to switch team alliances?

[PaulRevere]

The opposite for me.

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 moved from Philly to Boston in 1987. I rooted for the Philly teams as long as I could but when I no longer recognized any of the names in the box score things changed. I still root for the Philly teams against anybody else (except Boston) but I would say now I am a Boston fan. It also helps that I respect the organizations in New England and the way they are run.

 

[Zeke_Mowatt]

If my son became a player, I'd root for him no matter what, but every other day of the year I'm a Pats fan. If his team plays the pats, I probably don't watch or watch and can't help but root for my kid. Other than that, I root for the pats every weekend and I root for him every weekend as long as there isn't a conflict of interest. Head to head, I don't know how you don't root for your kid. Of course, best possible scenario is my kid gets drafted by the Pats. Or that could also be worst possible scenario if they suck while he's there. Damn, good question, thankfully the wife and I have no kids yet, so this decision is a LONG way in the future. Other than my own kid, screw the relatives, they could get drafted by anyone, wouldn't keep me from being a Pats fan.

 

[Mike the Brit]

If the Patriots went really badly downhill -- say they were bought by some shady type with no ethics and were full of wife-beaters and drunken drivers -- then I would lose enthusiasm but not switch (that has happened to me with soccer). If they were sold and moved and got renamed, I would be a fan without a team.

I guess I'm just a one man dog.

 

[DNR]

I was born and raised a Pats fan. Have been one for over 40 years and have stuck with them thru some pretty hard times.

I don't think I could switch allegiances now if I wanted to.

The only scenario I could see swaying me even remotely, is if my son were to be drafted by another team. I would definately root for his team to do well, just not against the Pats. Of course I'd want to see him have a great game though.....

 

[American]

Never will happen. Same for Sox.

 

[BradyFTW!]

The only way I could ever switch alliances would be if a member of my immediate family played for a different team. Even then, the switch would be 100% temporary. That applies to the Pats, Sox, and Celtics.

 

[castlelong1]

If the Patriots went really badly downhill -- say they were bought by some shady type with no ethics and were full of wife-beaters and drunken drivers -- then I would lose enthusiasm but not switch (that has happened to me with soccer). If they were sold and moved and got renamed, I would be a fan without a team.

I guess I'm just a one man dog.

I did not think of them moving. I would not have been a fan of the St. Louis Patriots. If, say the Krafts were hit by an asteroid and a third cousin in LA inherited them and moved them, I eventually stop being a fan of the LA Patriots. (It takes a while as players retire, etc.)

 

[Mainefan]

I also grew up near Cleveland, in the Paul Brown days. But I left Ohio when I was 18 and lived in Chicago and New York afterwards, never becoming a Bears or Giant or Jets fan.

After 30 years of living in New England, I started getting interested in the Patriots just before the Drew Bledsoe era. I soon became as much of a fanatic as I was in my Cleveland days, where a loss could send me into a week's depression. Fortunately, losses were, as they are now, very infrequent.

 

[patriotspride]

if a penthouse centerfold told me she would have sex with me everyday anytime i wanted for the rest of my life if i would become a yankee laker canadian fan i would. it would be HARD but i would .

 

[chris66]

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.

That would never happen because GOD is a pats fan

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

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 was close to losing my love and excitement for the Cincy Reds when I found out Marge Schott had some nazi material inside her desk at the stadium but I kept with them as a fan and when Marge was happily removed from the team it was like they won the World Series - She may have been the worst owner piece of sh!t to ever exist in sports history.

 

[Sean Pa Patriot]

I would have to be in my grave to swtich my love for the pats..

 

[tedylb]

A. A lobotomy...

 

[Born_a_Patriot]

Jessica Alba I definitely do it for her. During the off-season. Once the season starts asta la vista baby.

 

[Patjew]

My daughter recently asked me who would I root for if my son played for an NFL team other than the Pats. I would root for my son's team for as long as he played for them, but I would always root for the Pats too. When they went head to head, I'd have to root for my son. Very few things are more important to me than the Pats, but my family is one of them.

 

[PatsRI]

There is only one chance that I would ever go against the Pats....and that's if a loss would give them the #1 draft pick, and since we know that won't be possible for many years to come I guess my answer would be a resounding "no".

 

[Mike the Brit]

My daughter recently asked me who would I root for if my son played for an NFL team other than the Pats. I would root for my son's team for as long as he played for them, but I would always root for the Pats too. When they went head to head, I'd have to root for my son. Very few things are more important to me than the Pats, but my family is one of them.

Fortunately, I only have a daughter. If she dated an NFL player they'd just have to put up with the old man droning on about the Pats ...

 

[ScottieC]

The only way that happens is if Kraft looses the franchise and the team moves. In which case I would be a fan of where ever our franchise landed.

 

[fair catch fryar]

Tough one to ponder, but I don't think I could ever root for another team. It would have to be an act of dismantling the franchise to force me to root for someone else, and if I had to I've always had a soft spot for those poor, hapless Lions

 

[LuthierJr]

Nothing. It would never happen.