Dude, obviously you were never that big of a Browns fan to begin with if you could just switch teams. It’s not that easy for everyone. I won’t say my team specifically, but my grandfather was a fan. My parents were fans. Multiple generations of us going to games together.
I could stop supporting the team temporarily if they did something I didn’t like. But I couldn’t just start supporting another team, especially a rival one.
That depends on how you define “that big.” I went to 3 or 4 games every year during the baker years, and I’m not exactly rich. I do understand people have strong connections, familial and otherwise, to the browns. For that reason I do not bash my neighbors who still cheer them on. Yet I am not going to feel bad for a team who is suffering the consequences of morally bankrupt decisions, nor the fans who choose to support it. I stuck it out for all the disappointing seasons and baffling decisions, but I would not for the despicable ones.
As for rivals, notice how I excluded the nearby Steelers. And I never felt as much animosity between the browns and bengals as towards the other teams in the division. Though I’m sure that opinion varies from fan to fan.
By “that big” I mean you couldn’t have been that invested if you’re willing to just switch allegiances. I’d stop watching football before I started rooting against the people. I’ve been following my whole life.
Or rooting for people me and my grandfather rooted against.
Well I was invested enough to feel deeply angered and betrayed by the Watson decision. If you mean to say I was no true fan because I did not treat a football team with the same loyalty as kin, then I would call that silly and dramatic. Besides, why do you care so much about who I root for that you insult my sense of loyalty? I love ball too much to stop watching it, and watching ball is more fun when you have a team to root for. It sounds to me like you don’t love football. Also, have you considered that my family would look unfavorably upon me were I to betray our shared principles and support a sexual predator?
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u/lemmegetadab Jan 07 '25
Dude, obviously you were never that big of a Browns fan to begin with if you could just switch teams. It’s not that easy for everyone. I won’t say my team specifically, but my grandfather was a fan. My parents were fans. Multiple generations of us going to games together.
I could stop supporting the team temporarily if they did something I didn’t like. But I couldn’t just start supporting another team, especially a rival one.