Some Rules for Bandwagon Fans

This is really hilarious, you've got to check it out. ESPN.com's DJ Gallo came up with a list of 10 things you must do to prepare yourself for the bandwagon jump.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/080620

My favorite is #4: create a connection. I'd say about 50% of GSers are guilty of this one (you know who you are).

'"What?! I have been a fan since I was a kid. You see, it all began when ... ." And then you throw in some concocted story about loving the team since before you even escaped the womb.'

This is really hilarious, you've got to check it out. ESPN.com's DJ Gallo came up with a list of 10 things you must do to prepare yourself for the bandwagon jump.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/080620

My favorite is #4: create a connection. I'd say about 50% of GSers are guilty of this one (you know who you are).

'"What?! I have been a fan since I was a kid. You see, it all began when ... ." And then you throw in some concocted story about loving the team since before you even escaped the womb.'

murlow12

'"What?! I have been a fan since I was a kid. You see, it all began when ... ." And then you throw in some concocted story about loving the team since before you even escaped the womb.'

murlow12

i usually dont care if someones a fan of a team thats no where near their state but im always curious as to why and how there fans of that team, its like no matter what they say will never makes sense to me

I really don't see anything wrong with bandwagon fans---it's a win win for everyone. More fans, more money to the team, more cheers, and everyone is happy.feryl06

It was next to impossible for me to attend any Mariner games during the 2001 season (the year they won 116). Bandwagoners took all the seats. Not everyone was happy.

but wouldn't a real fan have gotten those seats already? And really, it's a business, the only thing that matters to the team is filled seats and not about the customer who didn't get his ticket. :)

[QUOTE="feryl06"]I really don't see anything wrong with bandwagon fans---it's a win win for everyone. More fans, more money to the team, more cheers, and everyone is happy.Oleg_Huzwog

It was next to impossible for me to attend any Mariner games during the 2001 season (the year they won 116). Bandwagoners took all the seats. Not everyone was happy.

I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.duxup

[QUOTE="duxup"]I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.murlow12

Yeah I've thought about getting a jersey or something like that from time to time but I'd likely put "fan" on it for the name or something.

I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.duxup

#4-HAHAA!!! Pilgrims!

We've all seen it. Boston seems to be crawling with them and for some reason, them 'beantowners' even show up out here, the city by the bay, in droves. But I can't hate on people who find a winning team exciting to watch and want to be a part of that experience. But what irks me are those that don't take the time to even find out about the team they're rooting for. I don't get it. You can't be a FAN if you don't even know whose Jersey you're wearing. You know who you are!

It was great to see the Warrior's Oracle Arena selling out every night, because for 12 long years it was a pretty dismal sight before the resurgence. You could go to any game in the Bay Area and pretty much see it clear out before the end. When Pac Bell, (now AT&T), first opened and 'til this day, I see "fans" on the phone, texting, on laptops, and even "Fan" interference. I can't stand it. Learn about the sport stupid, then pay attention, and stay out of the way! Don't block my sight while the batter's up or when the ball is in play, wait til the stop in action then take your soda & hot dog holding arse to your seat and say excuse me. Sorry, maybe a lil too rough on 'em. Have FUN BE A FAN!

That was great. Can't wait until all the bandwagon fans on here come in defending themselves, saying they really have been fans of their teams since childhood. :lol:

Don't block my sight while the batter's up or when the ball is in play, wait til the stop in action then take your soda & hot dog holding arse to your seat and say excuse me. Sorry, maybe a lil too rough on 'em. Have FUN BE A FAN!

wornstar

Don't the ushers do anything?

Up here the Ushers are ... well I think they studied at some sort of military school. I think it is great. They enforce the rules about when to move and when not to consistently.

I do remember when the As were playing the Twins in the MLB playoffs a while back. We were watching on TV at work during a day game absolutely baffled as to why the A's weren't sold out, while playoff tickets here are gobbled up immediately.

[QUOTE="wornstar"]

Don't block my sight while the batter's up or when the ball is in play, wait til the stop in action then take your soda & hot dog holding arse to your seat and say excuse me. Sorry, maybe a lil too rough on 'em. Have FUN BE A FAN!

duxup

Don't the ushers do anything?

Up here the Ushers are ... well I think they studied at some sort of military school. I think it is great. They enforce the rules about when to move and when not to consistently.

I do remember when the As were playing the Twins in the MLB playoffs a while back. We were watching on TV at work during a day game absolutely baffled as to why the A's weren't sold out, while playoff tickets here are gobbled up immediately.

I guess I'm always sitting in a section where the ushers are on break, don't care, or are too old to stop the annoying bandwagoneers fromm running amuck! Yeah the A's have that problem no matter what part of the season. It's the stadium that Al Davis built and is a poor fit for baseball.

[QUOTE="duxup"][QUOTE="wornstar"]

Don't block my sight while the batter's up or when the ball is in play, wait til the stop in action then take your soda & hot dog holding arse to your seat and say excuse me. Sorry, maybe a lil too rough on 'em. Have FUN BE A FAN!

wornstar

Don't the ushers do anything?

Up here the Ushers are ... well I think they studied at some sort of military school. I think it is great. They enforce the rules about when to move and when not to consistently.

I do remember when the As were playing the Twins in the MLB playoffs a while back. We were watching on TV at work during a day game absolutely baffled as to why the A's weren't sold out, while playoff tickets here are gobbled up immediately.

I guess I'm always sitting in a section where the ushers are on break, don't care, or are too old to stop the annoying bandwagoneers fromm running amuck! Yeah the A's have that problem no matter what part of the season. It's the stadium that Al Davis built and is a poor fit for baseball.

Apparently ushers at Dodger Stadium don't feel the need to babysit us fans, but at Staples Center and Petco Park (San Diego) they do. It's such a dumb rule.

[QUOTE="wornstar"][QUOTE="duxup"][QUOTE="wornstar"]

Don't block my sight while the batter's up or when the ball is in play, wait til the stop in action then take your soda & hot dog holding arse to your seat and say excuse me. Sorry, maybe a lil too rough on 'em. Have FUN BE A FAN!

murlow12

Don't the ushers do anything?

Up here the Ushers are ... well I think they studied at some sort of military school. I think it is great. They enforce the rules about when to move and when not to consistently.

I do remember when the As were playing the Twins in the MLB playoffs a while back. We were watching on TV at work during a day game absolutely baffled as to why the A's weren't sold out, while playoff tickets here are gobbled up immediately.

I guess I'm always sitting in a section where the ushers are on break, don't care, or are too old to stop the annoying bandwagoneers fromm running amuck! Yeah the A's have that problem no matter what part of the season. It's the stadium that Al Davis built and is a poor fit for baseball.

Apparently ushers at Dodger Stadium don't feel the need to babysit us fans, but at Staples Center and Petco Park (San Diego) they do. It's such a dumb rule.

Apparently ushers at Dodger Stadium don't feel the need to babysit us fans, but at Staples Center and Petco Park (San Diego) they do. It's such a dumb rule.

murlow12

seriously though. I went to a lakers nuggets game and before the game about 45 minutes before tip off they wouldn't even let me go down to the lower level just to take a few pictures while the team was warming up. they let me take the picture right by the usher near the tunnel, it's so dumb. most baseball games I go to let all the kids and everyone else go down near the bleachers and lower levels to take pictures while they have batting practice but some places like you said petco park especially has some pretty serious ushers that won't let you go down to a lower level even when you have the fans that have already left the ballpark at night when the game is almost over

[QUOTE="feryl06"]I really don't see anything wrong with bandwagon fans---it's a win win for everyone. More fans, more money to the team, more cheers, and everyone is happy.Oleg_Huzwog

It was next to impossible for me to attend any Mariner games during the 2001 season (the year they won 116). Bandwagoners took all the seats. Not everyone was happy.

It's a person's instinct to leave their team when they are playing really bad. Murlow, you think you're a pro on bandwagon fans. Are you telling me you have never jumped on the bandwagon?monkeytoes61

that was pretty funny article, it's like a handbook for bandwagoners lolandyboiii

LOL that right.

[QUOTE="duxup"]I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.murlow12

Some people don't like spending $100 on clothes. Unless it's autographed, I won't spend $100 on a jersey. I can buy at least 2 pairs of shirt-pants with it. $120 for an authentic Eli Manning jersey. Great, now what do I do with it? Wear it and walk around showing everybody I'm a Giants fan? I don't care if they know. I know I'm a Giants fan. Why spend $100+ to show everybody I'm a fan of some team?

I wanted to buy the Giants SB collection though, but didn't have the money back then.

Very good guide, however, my Dodgers stink so in the playoffs i'll probably be rooting for the Rays. I don't think that makes me a bandwagon :|X360PS3AMD05

It's a person's instinct to leave their team when they are playing really bad. Murlow, you think you're a pro on bandwagon fans. Are you telling me you have never jumped on the bandwagon?monkeytoes61

[QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="duxup"]I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.manningbowl135

Some people don't like spending $100 on clothes. Unless it's autographed, I won't spend $100 on a jersey. I can buy at least 2 pairs of shirt-pants with it. $120 for an authentic Eli Manning jersey. Great, now what do I do with it? Wear it and walk around showing everybody I'm a Giants fan? I don't care if they know. I know I'm a Giants fan. Why spend $100+ to show everybody I'm a fan of some team?

I wanted to buy the Giants SB collection though, but didn't have the money back then.

[QUOTE="manningbowl135"]

[QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="duxup"]I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.murlow12

Some people don't like spending $100 on clothes. Unless it's autographed, I won't spend $100 on a jersey. I can buy at least 2 pairs of shirt-pants with it. $120 for an authentic Eli Manning jersey. Great, now what do I do with it? Wear it and walk around showing everybody I'm a Giants fan? I don't care if they know. I know I'm a Giants fan. Why spend $100+ to show everybody I'm a fan of some team?

I wanted to buy the Giants SB collection though, but didn't have the money back then.

I don't buy it for the Giants either b/c I don't like spending more than $30-40 on casual clothes. It's pretty much impossible to get some reasonably priced Giants game, that could be another reason.

I did get an Ichiro jersey as a gift and wearing it to the Mets game on the 23rd.

I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.duxup

I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.duxup

its not that hard to since jerseys are about 70 bucks by themselves.

ok. mayb u meant on something by itself. ive never speant 100 on one particular thing either. im pretty sure all the autographed pictures we have were free.

[QUOTE="duxup"]I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.dcowboys3315

its not that hard to since jerseys are about 70 bucks by themselves.

ok. mayb u meant on something by itself. ive never speant 100 on one particular thing either. im pretty sure all the autographed pictures we have were free.

Not even in total I don't think I've spend $100 on any one team.

I personally havne't spent over $100 on sports stuff, but if I add up jerseys from my parents gave me for my birthday/xmas, I would say...$300. Two Steelers jerseys and a Malkin, that'll do it. I probably have about ten Steelers shirts, a Pirates shirt, two pens shirts (those are just t-shirts, nothing fancy). And a hat for each team. Oh and two Terrible Towels.

Haha, that was great. I feel like I should print it out and put it on the windshields of all the schmucks' cars that have Yankees AND Cowboys bumper stickers (in Pennsylvania). :PKaptainKorn

You'll go broke from having to pay for all of the ink from your printer...I can't stand bandwagoners persoanlly but I can deal with them.

[QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="manningbowl135"]

[QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="duxup"]I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.manningbowl135

Some people don't like spending $100 on clothes. Unless it's autographed, I won't spend $100 on a jersey. I can buy at least 2 pairs of shirt-pants with it. $120 for an authentic Eli Manning jersey. Great, now what do I do with it? Wear it and walk around showing everybody I'm a Giants fan? I don't care if they know. I know I'm a Giants fan. Why spend $100+ to show everybody I'm a fan of some team?

I wanted to buy the Giants SB collection though, but didn't have the money back then.

I don't buy it for the Giants either b/c I don't like spending more than $30-40 on casual clothes. It's pretty much impossible to get some reasonably priced Giants game, that could be another reason.

I did get an Ichiro jersey as a gift and wearing it to the Mets game on the 23rd.

[QUOTE="manningbowl135"][QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="manningbowl135"]

[QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="duxup"]I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.murlow12

Some people don't like spending $100 on clothes. Unless it's autographed, I won't spend $100 on a jersey. I can buy at least 2 pairs of shirt-pants with it. $120 for an authentic Eli Manning jersey. Great, now what do I do with it? Wear it and walk around showing everybody I'm a Giants fan? I don't care if they know. I know I'm a Giants fan. Why spend $100+ to show everybody I'm a fan of some team?

I wanted to buy the Giants SB collection though, but didn't have the money back then.

I don't buy it for the Giants either b/c I don't like spending more than $30-40 on casual clothes. It's pretty much impossible to get some reasonably priced Giants game, that could be another reason.

I did get an Ichiro jersey as a gift and wearing it to the Mets game on the 23rd.

It would be stupid to wear it otherwise.

Felix Hernandez grand slam. Awesome to watch.

[QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="manningbowl135"][QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="manningbowl135"]

[QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="duxup"]I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.manningbowl135

Some people don't like spending $100 on clothes. Unless it's autographed, I won't spend $100 on a jersey. I can buy at least 2 pairs of shirt-pants with it. $120 for an authentic Eli Manning jersey. Great, now what do I do with it? Wear it and walk around showing everybody I'm a Giants fan? I don't care if they know. I know I'm a Giants fan. Why spend $100+ to show everybody I'm a fan of some team?

I wanted to buy the Giants SB collection though, but didn't have the money back then.

I don't buy it for the Giants either b/c I don't like spending more than $30-40 on casual clothes. It's pretty much impossible to get some reasonably priced Giants game, that could be another reason.

I did get an Ichiro jersey as a gift and wearing it to the Mets game on the 23rd.

It would be stupid to wear it otherwise.

Felix Hernandez grand slam. Awesome to watch.

[QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="manningbowl135"][QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="manningbowl135"]

[QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="duxup"]I don't think I've ever spent $100 on gear, ever, for any team I support.manningbowl135

Some people don't like spending $100 on clothes. Unless it's autographed, I won't spend $100 on a jersey. I can buy at least 2 pairs of shirt-pants with it. $120 for an authentic Eli Manning jersey. Great, now what do I do with it? Wear it and walk around showing everybody I'm a Giants fan? I don't care if they know. I know I'm a Giants fan. Why spend $100+ to show everybody I'm a fan of some team?

I wanted to buy the Giants SB collection though, but didn't have the money back then.

I don't buy it for the Giants either b/c I don't like spending more than $30-40 on casual clothes. It's pretty much impossible to get some reasonably priced Giants game, that could be another reason.

I did get an Ichiro jersey as a gift and wearing it to the Mets game on the 23rd.

It would be stupid to wear it otherwise.

Felix Hernandez grand slam. Awesome to watch.