Who is Switching Teams?

[*Awful Llama*]

(01-03-2017, 08:41 PM)AussieBengal Wrote: I'm the idiot who has never been to Cincinnati, started following the Bengals in the 90's because they were the closest to a Tiger in Madden, I follow the Tigers in Rugby League. Now I am as passionate about the Bengals as I am the Tigers, if anyone should be able to switch teams it's me, my attachment is through a video game and the association of a Tiger as a mascot, but I could not ever change to another team. I follow this team from the other side of the world as if it is my local team, all because of a stupid Tiger emblem lol.

Picking a favorite team sometimes has little to no logic involved.  Sure, some swear allegiance based on simple geography, but many follow a strange path to their fandom.  I have a buddy who was a child when the Vikings were in one of the early '70s Super Bowls.  He liked the color purple so he rooted for them that game.  40-some years later he's still a Viking fan.  Your story is unusual given your residing on the other side of the planet, but you're no less of a fan than someone who lives ten miles from PBS and cheers for the Bengals. You took a road less taken but arrived at the same spot as the rest of us.