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Opinions Please: switching pro team loyalty...

  • I'm a long time Cincinnati Reds fan--basically, we lived outside Cincinnati when I was a kid, and it stuck...pretty easy to follow now with the Extra Innings package and such...but I live in Atlanta now. Didn't affect anything, I pull for my Reds on TV and go see them once a year when they come to down....but here's the question. Not so much an issue with my 2 little girls, but now with a son on the way, should I try (not even sure if I can do it) to abandon my Reds and adopt the Braves?? Obviously as Bama grad, my loyalty there will never change. Leaving aside which team you like--when should you switch pro team loyalty?? So the you and the kids can go out and pull for the local team?? Never???

    erisabama

  • Easy choice...pull for the local team...you stated you lived close to Ciny young and that obviously impacted you, you have memories of that. Establish that for your kids. Wish I had a pro team close by...guess Charlotte is and I've lived in Charlotte, and dis-owned them when the drafted Cam. As last season progressed I thought that was silly, but my boys all like to follow former Bama guys and are big Saints and Falcons fans...soon to expand I am sure.

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    DrHartman

  • Hard to abandon what was once the Big Red Machine.

    My all time favorites.

    22musso

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    Never Gets Old

    shawnboy

  • I'm a Yankees fan..given my love for the pinstripes that would never change. However, I became a Spurs fan when I lived in SA and haven't changed (didn't like the Suns or Sonics). I was a Redskins fan as a kid...but now i just cheer for Bama players.

    Long story short...stay with the Reds and explain to your kids why...your stories, etc.

    Phoenix Bama40488

  • With the way pro athletes change teams these days, it seems like all we're really cheering for is a uniform.

    bama sailor