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I'm having a midlife fan crisis and debating switching allegiances for the first time in decades on two sports at the same time. Is this even legal?

NFL- Dolphin since birth, i've been pretty checked out since the Jags buried Marino in the playoffs. I really want to see how the QB position works out in next years draft, but **** i really like what the Browns are building with Highsmith and the rest of them Canes.

NBA- Started a Magic fan - Switched to Lakers the day they drafted/traded for kobe. Hate lebron, lonzo, ty lue. Really think i'm just going to roll with whoever drafts Zion.

CFB-Cane since birth. Death before Dishonor.
 
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CFLCane said:
I'm having a midlife fan crisis and debating switching allegiances for the first time in decades on two sports at the same time. Is this even legal?

NFL- Dolphin since birth, i've been pretty checked out since the Jags buried Marino in the playoffs. I really want to see how the QB position works out in next years draft, but **** i really like what the Browns are building with Highsmith and the rest of them Canes.

NBA- Started a Magic fan - Switched to Lakers the day they drafted/traded for kobe. Hate lebron, lonzo, ty lue. Really think i'm just going to roll with whoever drafts Zion.

CFB-Cane since birth. Death before Dishonor.
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Yeahh..when Lebron switches teams..and nfl I was a huge Vick/falcons fan...till he got on the eagles..only sports I have a true emotional team ties is the U and Yankees. Other than that I’d rather follow players
 
Came close. I grew up in Tampa and a Bucs fan. Move to SoCal in 1984 but still followed the team. There were strong rumors the team was going to be purchased by the Orioles' ownership and moved to Baltimore. This was before the Browns moved and turned into the Ravens. I would have dropped the NFL.

Today, maybe. I no longer have any ties to Tampa (mother passed away this past January). If Bruce Arians proves to yet another bad hire I may just take my football and go home.

Rams or Chargers?
 
Uhn no.

I've been a Hurricane/Raider fan since day one and I've rode it out through the worst of times, clearly.
 
It's been a long hard road being a Dolphins fan. Shula was the only coach I knew and everyone was calling for him and Marino to retire. Then they did and we've been mired in mediocrity ever since.

But hope springs eternal.
 
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Nope! turn 2 on May 17 and been a lifelong Cubs, Bears, and Miami Hurricanes fan! Go Canes, and how about those Cubbies?!?
Now starting tonite please take 4 from the Marlins...
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Yankees and canes only teams I root for or wear paraphernalia.
Nfl anyone except the cowboys only time I root for them when Jimmy ,Irvin where there.
Nba never liked any team but my favorite players were Dr.J and Moses Malone.
Never have changed my allegiance just because times were tough.those times helps you appreciate the good times.
 
Not sure if this counts as switching allegiances....But, was a big fan of the Miami Caliente of the Lingerie Football League...the level of strategy and skill is phenomenal...not to mention the round butts and jiggling *****....but when the Caliente folded before my libido folded...I switched allegiances to the Seattle Mist....I know. It's Benedict Arnold level treachery....
 
Seriously, there are very, very limited instances whereby a team switch is OK.

1. Your team up and moves to a new town. If this happens, it's not like you're switching teams, but your team switched on you. I was a Houston Oilers fan back in the day and then they moved to Tennessee where I had no attachment. I simply was not going to root for a team based in Tennessee (I was born in Houston). Living in South FL, I became a Dolphins fan for the same rationale as why I originally became an Oilers fan. The Oilers switched on me, but I'll still rock a throwback Warren Moon jersey.

2. Your team drafts a dude like Jameis Winston #1 overall. I get it. As a Miami Hurricanes fan, that may be too much to bear. I don't even want to think of what that'd be like for Canes fans who had to deal with that.

3. You're gambling on a game between two teams and for 3 hours you root for where your $ is.

Other than that, I just think it's a bandwagon, frontrunner move. No one ever just stops being a fan when **** was good and jumps to a crappy team. Nah, they run to the Patriots or whatever the hot team is like fan mercenaries.
 
Switched from Phins to Bucs around the mid-90s. Sapp could be why but I liked Dungy as a coach and switched to the Colts when he left. Not a big professional team follower.
 
Halcyon Daze said:
Not sure if this counts as switching allegiances....But, was a big fan of the Miami Caliente of the Lingerie Football League...the level of strategy and skill is phenomenal...not to mention the round butts and jiggling *****....but when the Caliente folded before my libido folded...I switched allegiances to the Seattle Mist....I know. It's Benedict Arnold level treachery....
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CFLCane said:
I'm having a midlife fan crisis and debating switching allegiances for the first time in decades on two sports at the same time. Is this even legal?

NFL- Dolphin since birth, i've been pretty checked out since the Jags buried Marino in the playoffs. I really want to see how the QB position works out in next years draft, but **** i really like what the Browns are building with Highsmith and the rest of them Canes.

NBA- Started a Magic fan - Switched to Lakers the day they drafted/traded for kobe. Hate lebron, lonzo, ty lue. Really think i'm just going to roll with whoever drafts Zion.

CFB-Cane since birth. Death before Dishonor.
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You've been a traitor once...why quit now
 
1mg of Epi said:
Never switched allegiances, but went from long time dolphins season ticket holder/hardcore fan, to complete disinterest. I can’t remember the last time I watched a game.
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Ditto, a whole game, couldn’t tell you the last time. Not only do the Dolphins suck but I also blame the NFL for having such a watered down parity filled league. My parents had season tickets starting in ‘66 for decades, now pftttttth!
 
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