Being a sports fan is tough, and never let anyone tell you differently. In a way, it's like a relationship, you need to stay loyal to a team through good times and bad times. Those of us who change our alliances based upon a team's performance are considered "fairweather fans", and not looked upon well in the sports realm.
There is one thing I consider even worse than your average fairweather fans however- those who adopt a team literally minutes before a championship game. This was very prevalent during the Super Bowl this year. All of the sudden, those who had failed to watch a professional football fan were passionate Steeler or Cardinal fans, even if they could not tell you the team's quaterback or even which city the teams hail from.
Now, I'm not saying these people do not have the right to watch the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is much more than a sporting event- it is a very social event with interesting commercials to boot. However, I think people need to be honest about their football knowledge as well as their lack of perference concerning the teams involved. No one likes a fairweather fan, espeically one that jumps on the band wagon at the last minute.
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