Nothing brings people together more than sports, especially when your team is doing well. What happens when the home team isn't doing so hot? Do you stay and still cheer for the local team, or do you move on to a team that "is doing better?" If you chose to switch home teams just because the statistics and number of wins are higher, shame on you.

I was born into the world of sports, where I was taught to love the boys in red and the Bengal cats. My father showed me that no matter how bad your team is, you stick with them and cheer them through the rough patch. Because once they start winning, you get to say that you were with them through it all. You got to watch them grow into the team they are today.

Once you switch teams, whether that be to the team rival or the best team in the league, you have betrayed your team, the team you grew up watching, the team that your friends and family cheer for. Every sports team goes through a period where they do really well, they win game after game, and they may even win a national champion title. But you know what follows that? A period of struggle and losses. They could go for weeks without winning a single game. What do you do when your new team goes through this drought of wins? Do you just bounce from team to team, just trying to pick the team that is doing the best that year? How is that fun? You don't know a single player. You can't just randomly decide to go to a game if they aren't from your home town; you are just in it for the wins, so you can "seem cooler" among your friends.

It's just pathetic if you randomly decided to switch home teams in the middle of the season just because the local team doesn't win every single game they play. It's sad that you feel like you have to jump on the bandwagon of fans for the best team in the league just so you feel popular.

A true fan would never leave their team midseason just because they aren't winning enough. A true fan knows that their team will get better. They know that their time to shine will come. They just have to wait their turn. True fans know that bandwagon fans come and go, but the real people stick around through the rough times. I hope you enjoy all your wins for this season, and I enjoy see who your cheer for in the next.

Sincerely,

The loyal sports fan