sj-roc wrote:My view is if they're wearing stuff for the team that they're watching in person then overwhelmingly chances are they support that team. If they've got something from any other team then they're doing it for their own reasons. Reasons they don't have to defend to anybody.
I'd say there's more than a few who wear sports apparel for fashion purposes instead of being a fan for that team. Notable examples Vancouver throughout the last 35 years would be....In MLB, the New York Yankees cap are the most popular followed by a distance second by the cap for the Cleveland Indians and I doubt most them would be a huge fan of that team considering they had many hapless years with small exceptions. In the NBA in the 1990's everyone jumped on the bandwagon and started to wear Chicago Bulls clothing. And in the NFL wearing LA/Oakland Raiders jackets would mean that you're a gang wannabe given the association with street gang apparel.
Ballistic Bob wrote:sj-roc wrote:Ballistic Bob wrote:Hi Just a pet peeve of mine when opposing fans cheer for the Lions opposition but not wearing any team colors. I got to yelling at a guy who was cheering for Toronto after a score or two or three. I told him if you are going to cheer get some bblue on. He didnt like my take on team cheering and said the usual lame comebacks. Thnx BB
Sorry Bob, I have to side with KIA on this one. There are probably plenty of Lions supporters in the building who don't wear orange; it doesn't mean they can't cheer for the Lions. Like I've said before, fans can be fans any way they want to be; no one gets to choose that for anyone else.
Speaking of wearing orange, did anyone notice in the Ssk/Ott game on Sunday, they showed this fan decked head to toe in orange? Not sure if it was Lions gear, but didn't look like it. He was on at least twice. First time was fairly close up, he was among, I dunno, four or five fans in a fairly tight shot. Then he was on again later, in a much wider shot showing at least 100 fans but you couldn't miss him surrounded by all the green-clad Rider faithful. An odd sight at Taylor Field with the Lions not visiting.
hi Scott if you are in the Lions building you are probably a Lion fan. So no need to wear Lion gearif you want to cheer but I have greater respect for fans who wear the opposition colors. Not the ones laying in the weeds. Thnx Bb
This goes to the point I've made a few times recently that Seahawks-Sounders-Mariners jerseys can be used interchangeably given their similar colour schemes that unfortunately Vancouver-based teams do not have that convenience.
Suppose there's a new Lions fan who does not have a Lions jersey yet and for the sake of support the local city's team, chooses to wear a blue Canucks jersey or a blue Whitecaps jersey or a blue UBC Thunderbirds jersey at a Lions game with the understanding that he is supporting Vancouver and Vancouver's sports team. That probably wouldn't sit well and would be misunderstood by fellow Lions fans when the Argonauts or Blue Bombers are in town. On the same token, wearing an orange Lions jersey may not sit well in a Whitecaps game when the Houston Dynamo are in town or in a Canucks game when the Philadelphia Flyers are in town.
And during the Super Bowl XLVIII on the streets of Vancouver, if you wore your orange Lions jersey then did that imply that you were supporting the Broncos since their uniforms more resemble the Lions colours compared to the Seahawks colours?
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What I'm not too sure about though since Vancouver doesn't have this is when a large city has two pro sports teams in the same league - then is it okay to wear jerseys interchangeably to support the local team given the fact that they are in the same CITY? Typical examples being New York Yankees-Mets, New York Giants-Jets, New York Rangers-Islanders, Chicago White Sox-Cubs, Los Angeles Clippers-Lakers.
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