camakazee
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Yeah there's this guy I know from Youngstown who roots for the Steelers, Lakers and Indians
Why even bother with the Indians, then? Yankees/Red Sox sound like the teams for him. :chuckles:
As far as the bandwagon fans go, I really don't care. I think it's a sign that your team has "made it." I remember being at game 3 of the 2006 ECSF versus the Pistons and at least one fifth/one fourth of the fans there were Detroit fans. That's back when the "Pistons nation" stretched far beyond the borders of Detroit and most of their fans even made the trip down to Cleveland for that series. Flash forward to this season and we packed their shitty stadium with tons of our fans, rivaling their trespassing in 2006. Ultimately, I think the "Cavaliers nation" of traveling fans works to attract a lot of these bandwagoners and it's hard to fight.
As far as the Pittsburgh Cavs fans go, I agree wholeheartedly. However, it's not a phenomenon I've really witnessed. I go to school in Pittsburgh and have the unfortunate pleasure of witnessing hundreds of fans in black and gold everytime I step outside. However, having friends that are Steelers fans, most of them just aren't into basketball. They are true to the core fans, so they understand the Cleveland/Pittsburgh dichotomy doesn't allow you to mix and match sports teams from those cities. And as far as rooting for the '6ers, I know Pittsburghers than hate the city of Philadelphia far more than Cleveland, so that doesn't happen either.
My only problem with the bandwagoners is them acting like this championship will mean something to them, which it clearly won't unless you've suffered with the Cavs your entire life (or Cleveland for that matter). As long as it's casual rooting instead of posing as diehard fans, I'm fine with it (for example, that thread on the Spurs site).
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