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I hear what you are saying but many folks grew up being fans of star players or the top teams (hence why many folks around my age around here are Cowboys, Steelers, or Packers fans) but I feel its ok to be a fan and that's fine, but there is nothing wrong with being a bandwagon fan, if you want to see good sports/good games, do you, no problems with it, I think people feel since they went through the bad times with a team, they are the only ones who can be fans when(if) they win, I feel the folks who didn't want to sit around and watch a crappy product did the smart thing.
i mean its not like you can't do both though. You can admire the talent of elite level players and watch when they play while still rooting for your team. Like i admire Aaron Rodgers' talent and i try to catch some Packers games, but would I say I'm a Packers fan? nah.
Do i feel any sort of gratification or elation when the Packers win? nah.