Mike Wilbon said Washington D.C isn't a sports town
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Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
ATL is the shytty sports town poster child
that's Miami fam....with Charlotte a close second...
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
attendance figures?
Attendance don't make you a sports town....nor a professional sports the only consideration for what's considered a sports town either
DC is a place where you're more likely to find fans of non local teams...than you are of the skins,wizards and nats.
dennis roadman
nuclear war in my bag
so one game in the nadir of redskins history and the coinciding peak of a steelers' run of dominance means fedex gets invaded regularly?
you really don't know shyt breh...you're the transplant that only knows transplants i was referring to earlier, aren't you? you from jersey, florida, or oregon?
the steelers and cowboys are special cases historically, because of the marshall racism thing back in the day and the fact that no one wanted to live in pittsburgh in the 80s so they came here for jobs. those are two teams that might have a strong presence in the area, and that one game, as i said before, was an exception.
fedex field is a horribly inconvenient stadium with partially blocked views all over with a mediocre team playing in it, yet its nearly always filled to capacity with people wearing burgundy and gold. horrible fans
shyt, mastermind and i are on this site every nfl season lamenting how well supported the skins are despite the high prices and bad teams.
when the wizards were a .500 team they sold out every game. what city in america packs the gym for a team that wins 15 games? when boston was winning title after title in the 60s, they barely supported the celtics, yet everyone considers them the greatest sports city of all time? it took white superstars to get consistent sellouts in the garden
there's a layer of washington that transplants aren't even aware of that operates underneath all the hysteria of the city that newcomers thrive on
so one game in the nadir of redskins history and the coinciding peak of a steelers' run of dominance means fedex gets invaded regularly?
you really don't know shyt breh...you're the transplant that only knows transplants i was referring to earlier, aren't you? you from jersey, florida, or oregon?
the steelers and cowboys are special cases historically, because of the marshall racism thing back in the day and the fact that no one wanted to live in pittsburgh in the 80s so they came here for jobs. those are two teams that might have a strong presence in the area, and that one game, as i said before, was an exception.
fedex field is a horribly inconvenient stadium with partially blocked views all over with a mediocre team playing in it, yet its nearly always filled to capacity with people wearing burgundy and gold. horrible fans
shyt, mastermind and i are on this site every nfl season lamenting how well supported the skins are despite the high prices and bad teams.
when the wizards were a .500 team they sold out every game. what city in america packs the gym for a team that wins 15 games? when boston was winning title after title in the 60s, they barely supported the celtics, yet everyone considers them the greatest sports city of all time? it took white superstars to get consistent sellouts in the garden
there's a layer of washington that transplants aren't even aware of that operates underneath all the hysteria of the city that newcomers thrive on
....and if you're truly from here then you've seen it at some point.
R.E.N. Spells Ren
Veteran
Boston is too, but that's a discussion for another thread.
superunknown23
Superstar
If you go to a Nats game, you'll feel like you're in OKC
lochead
All Star
I agree that "NOW" this town has a bunch of bandwagon, hoe hoppin fans due to DC being very transient now (Gov't, Jobs, etc..)
At its core D.C. is a basketball town (H.S. ball is crazy huge) and a Skins town. A lot of your fake cowboy fans reside in Moco, P.G., So. MD and a small fragment in NO VA (they all just want attention)
As mentioned earlier D.C. created two genres of music (Punk, GO-GO) so we don't ride other peoples dikks like other cities do.
Another thing that pisses me off is when folks say MD is a white school but yet give G-Town a pass. MD has like 5,000 students of African descent unlike G-Town or any other local school not named Howard (the real HU).
So out of towners like Wilbon can get the fukk out our city with hating ass
DMicah2k12
Son of Dusty Chico
First DC fanbase is more of area of 3 states than a town Wilbon to smart to say that shyt tho. Im in R- VA and i ride for all DC area teams except for 
Wizards, (76ers fan)
The Orioles good this year, the Nats, Ravens,
Redskins going to win the superbowl, Caps (whenever season is back on) going to be good,
the Wizards.... nah the fukked up by not drafting Thomas Robinson
Wizards, (76ers fan) The Orioles good this year, the Nats, Ravens,
Redskins going to win the superbowl, Caps (whenever season is back on) going to be good, the Wizards.... nah the fukked up by not drafting Thomas Robinson
I don't even know where to begin here.
D.C. has a hype-beast mentality?
Everyone's favorite rapper is Jay-Z and we all wear Jordans?
Okay.
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so one game in the nadir of redskins history and the coinciding peak of a steelers' run of dominance means fedex gets invaded regularly?
you really don't know shyt breh...you're the transplant that only knows transplants i was referring to earlier, aren't you? you from jersey, florida, or oregon?
the steelers and cowboys are special cases historically, because of the marshall racism thing back in the day and the fact that no one wanted to live in pittsburgh in the 80s so they came here for jobs. those are two teams that might have a strong presence in the area, and that one game, as i said before, was an exception.
fedex field is a horribly inconvenient stadium with partially blocked views all over with a mediocre team playing in it, yet its nearly always filled to capacity with people wearing burgundy and gold. horrible fans
shyt, mastermind and i are on this site every nfl season lamenting how well supported the skins are despite the high prices and bad teams.
when the wizards were a .500 team they sold out every game. what city in america packs the gym for a team that wins 15 games? when boston was winning title after title in the 60s, they barely supported the celtics, yet everyone considers them the greatest sports city of all time? it took white superstars to get consistent sellouts in the garden
there's a layer of washington that transplants aren't even aware of that operates underneath all the hysteria of the city that newcomers thrive on
I see..
Like I said I am a newcomer I've only been here 5 years so I'm not hip to the underground scene where apparently local sports hysteria runs rampant in speak easies and hidden basements...
I don't recall seeing Wizards games sold out during 15 win seasons, but if you say so, then okay...No doubt you probably know something that I don't..
I see the same apathy, front running and bandwagoning I saw in Atlanta and Miami..But if you think you're special I'm not gonna try to convince you that you're wrong...I can only speak on what I see...
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Yeah I hear ya.. For me all I know is "NOW" so of course my perspective is gonna be tainted by the present... I'm sure it wasn't always like that...People are always telling me how different things are from the 80's and 90's...
No it's not.
You mentioned Dallas ... the Cowboys dwarf attendance at SMU games.
Cleveland? If there's a FBS team there, let us know. Same with Detroit.
The Steelers play in the same stadium as Pitt ... they outdraw them by a grip.
The Eagles play in the same stadium as Temple ... they outdraw them by a grip.
Compare attendance at Miami Dolphins and Miami Hurricane games, Atlanta Falcons and Georgia Tech game, Houston Texans and Houston/Rice games, Arizona Cardinals and Arizona State games, Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Bulls games, Tennessee Titans and Vanderbilt games, Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Bearcats games, Denver Broncos and Colorado St. games, Giants/Jets and Rutgers games, San Diego Chargers and SDSU games ...
What's rare about it again?
And the Wiz are consistently getting 17,000+ at home games and you can't find a fan? I'm from here and know a ton.
attendance figures?
Attendance don't make you a sports town....nor a professional sports the only consideration for what's considered a sports town either
DC is a place where you're more likely to find fans of non local teams...than you are of the skins,wizards and nats.
nikka, so what does make you a sports town?!?! You still haven't answered that basic question ...
So the reason why the Caps are over-capacity at every home game is because everybody is there to see the other team?
The reason why the Redskins are getting 85,000+ at every home game and are second in the league in attendance is because all of the Giants and Cowboys fans here would rather miss their team's game to go to Fed Ex to watch the Redskins play the Browns?
The reason why one of the worst teams in the NBA - the Wizards - for a long ass time is getting 17,000 at every home game is because fans from other teams are buying season tickets to watch the other team?
GTFOH.
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
I remember a time back in the 90's where Wilbon would appear on Schaap's Sports Reporters show. How times have changed. He used to be knowledgeable.