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Post by Feologild Oakes on May 30, 2019 23:09:46 GMT
I say this all the time to my cousin who is a Mets fan. Like how long are you gonna be miserable supporting the same shitty team with ownership that won't do anything to improve the club? OMG they acquired Todd Frazier and a 35-year-old Robinson Cano in the offseason! Look out! Fuck that. I don't sit at home watching the shitty D-League Knicks, I watch good teams play team basketball. Why put yourself through that? One of the reason why i have decided not to support Leeds United anymore. I mean they have pretty much just made me miserable since 2004 when they got relegated from the premier league. So i am just going to start support a team that actually does win trophies.
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Post by xystophoros on May 31, 2019 0:33:41 GMT
I say this all the time to my cousin who is a Mets fan. Like how long are you gonna be miserable supporting the same shitty team with ownership that won't do anything to improve the club? OMG they acquired Todd Frazier and a 35-year-old Robinson Cano in the offseason! Look out! Fuck that. I don't sit at home watching the shitty D-League Knicks, I watch good teams play team basketball. Why put yourself through that? One of the reason why i have decided not to support Leeds United anymore. I mean they have pretty much just made me miserable since 2004 when they got relegated from the premier league. So i am just going to start support a team that actually does win trophies.
Does any team ever survive relegation?
I think it's an awesome idea and I wish they'd institute it in the NBA and MLB, which could both benefit from a way to make teams compete. Too many teams make money even though they lose season after season, so the owners don't bother to improve the product on the field/court.
But the problem is if you relegate, the team loses so much revenue that it could bankrupt the entire organization. Losing TV money, jersey sales, gate tickets, all that stuff.
Look at a team like the Yankees. Everyone loves to hate the Yankees. But they went through a full rebuild over four or five years and never had a losing season. Not once! The Yankees have now had 26 consecutive winning seasons, which will definitely be 27 after this year as they are in first place despite an absurd number of injuries to their best players.
So it really is about making smart decisions in addition to the money.
Contrast that with a team like the Mets, for whom losing is the default. If relegation were a danger, you can bet they'd do everything they could not to lose.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on May 31, 2019 3:58:01 GMT
Why would you want to change teams? Collingwood missed the finals for 7 straight season from 1995-2001 and then 4 straight years from 2014-17. Just makes the successful years sweeter.
On the relegation thing. My favourite English team is Barnsley. I usually enjoy them being relegated from the Championship to League One as they win a lot more games, score more often and play in front of bigger crowds. 2015-16 was magical. We won the EFL Trophy and went on a huge run after Christmas to get promoted. I'd much prefer that to winning 8 games and finishing 20th in the Championship.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 31, 2019 4:36:42 GMT
The 1 team I've ever changed was in 1993 from Buffalo Bills to New England Patriots. I hate Buffalo but their team was the most available to me as a kid pre-cable, pre-internets... & the Patriots had a large Atlantic Canadian fanbase so I went there (Seahawks & Vikings seem to have big Canadian followings also - thanks but no f'n thanks).
I truly grew sick of the Bills culture & Buffalo's (still ongoing) 365 days obsession with the team. The world could be ending but if the Bills backup QB throws 4 tds in August, it's headline news.
Bill Parcells & Drew Bledsoe were instant favs of mine.
That was an easy decision because Toronto hasn't ever had an NFL team of its own for loyalty sakes.
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Post by poelzig on May 31, 2019 6:35:30 GMT
Sports is life, especially if you grow up in a Big 4 city in the US. Philadelphia teams, with a few random exceptions, have sucked more than they’ve been good during my lifetime, but the thought of dropping them FOR ANOTHER TEAM is absurd to me. True, I barely follow the Flyers now, but I’ll never start rooting for, say, the Penguins or Capitals. I mean, I’m pulling for the Blues, but that’s also partly for my dislike of Boston teams. I’m not about to go out and get a Brett Hull jersey. If you were raised in and live in Dubuque, Iowa, you’re a free agent. Root for whatever team you like. But if you’re from Philly or New York or Boston or Chicago etc. then you’d better root for one of those teams. If you don’t then you are a pussy Cowboys fan. I am from Europe. There's like thousands of soccer Cups so if you wait long enough everyone eventually gets a trophy. Why change teams?
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Post by Jep Gambardella on May 31, 2019 17:22:52 GMT
That was an easy decision because Toronto hasn't ever had an NFL team of its own for loyalty sakes.
And I hope that continues to be the case. The last thing the Canadian sports scene needs is for the NFL to come here and destroy the CFL.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 31, 2019 21:22:36 GMT
That was an easy decision because Toronto hasn't ever had an NFL team of its own for loyalty sakes.
And I hope that continues to be the case. The last thing the Canadian sports scene needs is for the NFL to come here and destroy the CFL.
Also please not a 2nd NHL team either tyvm. Leafs, Jays, Raptors, TFC, Argos, & mountains of entertainment options... don't water it down with a forever 2nd fiddle NHL team in the suburbs.
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