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[3kings]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

The band wagoners are everywhere.

When the Red Wings come to town, half the arena is red. The Tigers or Lions come to town....crickets.

When the Cowboys come to town, they come out of the woodwork. The Stars or Rangers come to town...crickets.

The Raiders come to town, Raider Nation is out in full force. The A's or Sharks come to town....crickets.

The only fans I would say are not band wagoners, are the New York fans. They come out for the Yankess, Mets, Giants, Jets and Rangers no matter how bad the team is.

Bigs, I'm not sure it is all bandwagon fans......I think it has a lot to do with ticket availability and cost. The Yankees and Red Sox ticket prices are outrageous and tickets are almost impossible to get without going to a scalper. It is cheaper to go to Baltimore or Tampa and make a weekend out of it than pay $200 a ticket for box seats.

Same thing with certain football and hockey teams. It is very difficult to get a Redskin or Steeler ticket in the home city but pretty easy to go see a game in Atlanta or Buffalo.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by 3kings

Bigs, I'm not sure it is all bandwagon fans......I think it has a lot to do with ticket availability and cost. The Yankees and Red Sox ticket prices are outrageous and tickets are almost impossible to get without going to a scalper. It is cheaper to go to Baltimore or Tampa and make a weekend out of it than pay $200 a ticket for box seats.

Same thing with certain football and hockey teams. It is very difficult to get a Redskin or Steeler ticket in the home city but pretty easy to go see a game in Atlanta or Buffalo.

Could be, but a majority of the "fans" of opposing teams I see down here are locals.

We have a phenomenon here where fans support the local teams until their bandwagon team comes to town and suddenly they switch colors. I didn't know the dude that sits next to me every week for the Bucs game was really a Cowboys "fan" until the Cowboys came to town and his jersey changed for one week.