First season actually watching,came from a family that only watched the superbowl, my only local options are the jets which I feel are just a pathetic franchise and theres nothing about the giants I enjoy, but I've genuinely been hooked on buffalo since the beginning of the season,I actually like the players which I can't say about the jets/giants, so i reiterate my initial my question.
So, I've been a Pats fan since 2004 when they beat the Panthers in the Super Bowl. Yes, I was a bandwagon fan (the Pats were coming off a victory two years ago). I've been loyal ever since, especially when it comes to hating the Giants.
My question is this: CAN I PLEASE NOT LIVE IN SHAME ANYMORE?
Furthermore, just when is someone a true fan, and not just riding the Tom Brady/PFM/Legion of Boom train?
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Someone who will choose awful teams/underdogs in the hope of a fairytale one day
I'm asking this because I have this friend on facebook who seems to always think the opposite of popular belief, even if it makes no sense. I started to look into mental biases and I was wondering if it was one. Thanks
What are your opinions on bandwagon fans? As a Cubs fan who has now watched 2 straight season of 60W baseball, it made me think of bandwagon fans. Surprisingly, we still get more than half a ballpark for every game, but when they're good, it becomes a mad house. Piles of people flooding into Wrigleyville. This isn't a comparison of fan bases, I'm just curious how your city reacts when your team is good.
Like is it bad for the Yankees? Does it seem like the fan numbers EXPLODE when they're a top contender? Or the Red Sox now winning their 3rd in 10 seasons? The Cardinals with their constant contention?
From someone who lives around Toronto, it was absolutely hilarious to see all of these fake Jays fans come out of nowhere after they made their big offseason moves this past year. As a Canadian, it shocks people when I tell them I prefer baseball over hockey, so it bugged me a lot seeing this Blue Jays bandwagoners.
Geez - can you imagine how many people will claim to be die-hard Cubs fans if they ever win the World Series?
And how about the Braves not even selling out playoff games? That is mind-boggling for a long-suffering Cubs fan.
Edit: not a hipster. I mean somebody who swears they are just "blunt" and always go with the unpopular opinion on highly controversial topics, thinking they're more enlightened/intelligent than the people around them.
Ex: somebody liking Trump just because a lot of people hate him
Curious to what other people think about these types of fans. Which one is worse? Which teams have the most bandwagoners or fair weathers. If there's another type of fan thats much worse then let me know.
Here the definitions if you need it:
Bandwagon Fan: "Sports fans who have shown no past loyalty to a team, and who only support them when they are doing well"-Wikihow
Fair Weather Fan: "A fan who only pays attention to their favorite team when they are performing well" - Wikitionary
In my opinion: I dont care what you want to do in your life, whatever makes you happy and as long as your not hurting others. And Bandwagoners and Fair Weathers aren't hurting anyone obviously. But, that doesn't help the fact that they're annoying. Especially if their a fan of your team or they're talking crap about your team.
The type of fan thats much worse is Bandwagoners, because there not a real fan, but act like they were for all their life. At least fair weather fans are usually loyal to one team most of the time, and many of them you can just categorize as "causal fans"
At what point do you make the transfer from the bandwagon? From a recent post about how the number of subreddit subscribers is due to bandwagon fans, I am curios how long you need to be a fan before shedding the "bandwagon" status. I was always a Packers "fan" but this past year I really got into it and would describe myself as a Fan now. Am I still a "bandwagon" fan?
Edit: I live in Wisconsin and was not a real football fan prior to last year
If you dont hop teams without reason (owner is just not trying, fucking over fans and taxpayers to an extreme degree) then you are not a bandwagon.
Just be a fan man, dont worry about what other people think. Just enjoy your packers, but if you swap to the bucs or something in a few years when tides turn then fuck you bandwaggoner.
Not looking to start a lynch mob, but merely to open up the discussion. There's so much animosity at bandwagon fans and people are so quick to label others with it, strictly as a negative attack.
So what warrents this? Why is it such a bad thing to support a team that's performing well? Not everyone is born into a particular fandom circle, so is anyone who randomly starts cheering for a team cursed to have that label? Does one HAVE to support a bad team to avoid the attacks? Why do you hate bandwagon fans or why do you think it doesn't even matter?
I get hit with this a lot. I made a conscious decision at the tail end of last season to get into sports. I wanted to support a local team, so it was either going to be the Clippers or Lakers. And with the success of the Clips, I just naturally gravitated towards them. Is that such a bad thing? What other scenario should I have followed to not be bashed by snobs while watching the game at a bar?
I know too many people who were Laker fans during their recent championship seasons who are heat fans now. Apparently they've "always liked the Heat " and decided to express their fandom since the decision
That kind of shit, I can't take
The dispassion stems from folks who jump on the team's bandwagon when things are going well, then jump back off when things go south. A true fan supports their team through better or worse (words chosen carefully, i am wedded to my teams, in a very pre-protestant way; divorce does not exist). all you can do is support your team, be loyal, and the bandwagon label will fade in applicability. tl;dr you're not the worst of "bandwagon" fandom. be a good fan.
For a sports team, bandwagon fan is probably the most common term in the US. Bandwagoner would be the more general, non-sports case, and most everyone would know what you mean although it's not very a common term.
If we're focused on sports, fair-weather fan also works well. It does have a slightly different connotation than bandwagon fan, in my opinion. A bandwagon fan is more likely to follow any team that is currently popular. A fair-weather fan is more likely to follow only one team (in a particular sport), but is likely to only act like a fan when that team is doing well.
e.g.:
"Dan is a bandwagon fan. He used to be a Yankees fan, but now he says he's a Red Sox fan."
"I never saw Dan wear a Red Sox jersey even when he lived in Boston, but now that they've won a World Series he wears them all the time. He's such a fair-weather fan."
It would be called a faddist.
A fad is any form of behavior that develops among a large population and is collectively followed enthusiastically for a period of time, generally as a result of the behavior being perceived as popular by one's peers or being deemed "cool" by social media.
Though the term trend may be used interchangeably with fad, a fad is generally considered a quick and short behavior whereas a trend is considered to be a behavior that evolves into a relatively permanent change
Yo, I support LA teams, like the kings, dodgers and rams, but im wondering between clippers or lakers. But if i support the clippers am i not being a bandwagon cause they are better right now than the lakers, or is it the other way round?
My 11th grade history teacher was a massive Eagles fan. Everytime the Eagles won a game, I'd have to hear Fly Eagles Fly everytime I walked into his class. Annoyed me like crazy and I didn't even like football then. So, when I hear the Eagles are going to the Super Bowl against the Chiefs, I'm like "I want the Chiefs to win just so this guy can shut up." They won, I was happy, I trolled him a bit.
Fast forward to November 2023, I start getting into football. I have no idea which team to support (I'm from Jersey). I hear that the Chiefs are gonna be playing the Eagles again, and I was intrigued. I watched the game, and even though the Chiefs lost, I enjoyed the way they played (especially Patrick Mahomes) and have basically been a Chiefs fan ever since.
Everyone's been calling me a bandwagon and a Mahomes dickrider and it's getting mad annoying and is making me wish I never got into football tbh. Is there anyway I can stop this? I didn't necessarily start supporting KC simply because they're great, but I just wanted a team to support. Even now, if they have a really bad season I wouldn't switch up on them.
I've been learning Spanish and supplementing it by chatting with my Mexican friend. Tonight I wanna give her shit for jumping on the bandwagon. How do I say this in Spanish?
Recently there seems to be a lot of international unrest regarding bandwagon USA soccer fans. And more generally, there always seems to be a negative response to a bandwagon fan of a team and I don't understand why. The argument against bandwagon fans is that "they're not real fans", but what even constitutes being a real fan? Staying with the team no matter what? Going through tough times with a team? I'm a Lions fan, I know tough times, yet I love when people hop on our bandwagon and support us. For me, a fan is a fan.
What's your take on bandwagon fans?
I don't know about international teams. Most of the time, people will go for USA strictly because they're, well, USA.
When I think bandwagon I think of someone jumping to a team that is really good after liking a team that hasn't been as great. The other example would be someone who constantly changes their favorite team so they no longer like a sucky team.