Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
Originally posted by TheWooLick:
That depends on the person and how they feel about the team. We are talking about feelings.
Do you feel the same way when you hear a fan say "We" when talking about the 49ers or an ASU sporting team?
Sports teams bring out a communal feeling for fans and I think that is where the pride and pronouns come into play.
Yes I think using "we" is a silly fantasy. I don't wear jerseys either. Although I don't have a problem with people escaping into the fantasy, as long as they know it's a fantasy.
I think the community angle is speculative. I think a college team, primarily made up of local players that grew up in the community, has a better claim to that. Or even high school sports.
If it was about community, I'd expect people making it out to local highschool sport games to essentially support their neighbours
Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
I am proud of what they have accomplished. Notice I never said that I contributed anything to their success but in my opinion I dont need to have been a contributor to be happy and proud of what my favorite team has done. I believe most people are in agreement with this. I am also proud to have been a Warriors fan through ALL the years when they sucked and that I never jumped to root for another team just because they were winning.
I'm sure the masses of sports fans these days do believe they are closely associated with a team. People devote their lives and emotional well being to teams. People frame their identity around their fandom, know more about their team than their own government.
That doesn't change the fact people are escaping into a false reality
You know who definitely doesn't give a f**k if fans use 'we' when describing their team? The players. We make them feel good, we support them when they are down, boo them when they suck, watch them 3 times a week dribble a ball, talk s**t on their rivals on pointless online forums for a different sport. We fkn matter, and I bet you players love the fans that use 'we', cuz we usually care the most. Ask the lifers - Dirk, Tim, Kobe - what they think of fans in LA, SA, Dallas. They will tell you the fans matter just as much as they do. Sure they don't mind it. And if players don't mind it, why do you care?
Now we need to sign a max fkn player or my head is gonna pop off - signed, your resident Lake show fan.
