NOT ON MY FLOOR, YOU GUYS

[Tailback U]

The reason to follow sports is so you can go nuts after your local team wins?

I'm happy for the guys that put the time and work in. They deserve it. I follow sports because I was an athlete and I enjoy watching sports..,I don't need to go nuts or cry or act like a lunatic win or lose.

Celebrate it responsibly and enjoy it but don't act like an idiot.

[NAHSTE]

Gonna ignore pro sports for a second here -- I do think there's something to be said for civic pride but I'm the type who only roots for my hometown and I know that doesn't apply to everyone, and besides, the players are mercenaries anyway. It's not their hometown team, they just rent townhomes in nice suburbs 45 minutes away for a few months out of the year.

However ... college sports are different. If you attend or attended a university which has a football or basketball team win the national title, that means so much revenue and monetary value has been added to your school that it does in fact affect you. Out of state enrollment tends to soar at any given university following a national championship. Higher OOS enrollment = more revenue for the school, a larger endowment, higher national academic rankings, etc.

For better or worse, athletic success is a huge factor in how American college are perceived and valued. Five years ago i'm walking around NY trying to find a job with a degree from LSU, a pretty mediocre school from a pretty terrible region for education, in a region where I'm surrounded by graduates of much more reputable academic institutions. Of course, first thing my eventual boss says in the interview after glancing at my resume, "oh wow, great football team. I've heard the tailgating experience is crazy down there!" ... That leads to a 20 minute conversation. He's a Notre Dame fan it turns out. He likes college football. He has only heard of my school from college football. But hey, common ground.

... He never got around to asking me about the school's broadcasting program. Because who gives a shit? As sad as it may be, the value of my education is directly tied to the fortunes of the football team.

So yeah, when my school wins, I'm not celebrating because the guys wearing the right colored laundry won. I'm celebrating because all the money and resources that have been dumped into this pursuit by myself and fellow students/alumni/faculty/players/coaches/staff etc. has paid off, and will yield additional money, resources and recognition down the road.

As for the rest of you bandwagon fucks cheering for a school you didn't attend, meh. Find a hobby. Losers.

[Glenbino]

The reason to follow sports is so you can go nuts after your local team wins?

I'm happy for the guys that put the time and work in. They deserve it. I follow sports because I was an athlete and I enjoy watching sports..,I don't need to go nuts or cry or act like a lunatic win or lose.

Celebrate it responsibly and enjoy it but don't act like an idiot.

I follow sports to celebrate when my favorite teams win.

I think if you read my entire post you can deduce that my definition of going nuts is confined to loud noises, finger pointing, and high fives.

Anything more is barbaric.

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[seaplus]

The reason to follow sports is so you can go nuts after your local team wins?

Thanks for not using the term "hometown team" since no such thing exist


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[Tailback U]

I follow sports to celebrate when my favorite teams win.

I think if you read my entire post you can deduce that my definition of going nuts is confined to loud noises, finger pointing, and high fives.

Anything more is barbaric.

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That's exactly what I'm saying and I think that is what the RA is trying to say.

[Youk]

That's exactly what I'm saying and I think that is what the RA is trying to say.

Except for that whole rooting for laundry thing, and how winning really doesn't matter. (RA, that is)

[MrBill]

It's cool, you're a Raiders fan, we know you haven't had a chance to party too hard in a long time.

I live in Boston and we used it as an excuse to party hard simply because it's a New England team. This city, and colleges like UConn, are hotbeds of passionate sports fans. You could make an argument for everything being pointless you fucking debbie downers, but you might as well enjoy the ride (which, I think, IS the point of the life)

Where you been dude?

[Argath]

Except for that whole rooting for laundry thing, and how winning really doesn't matter. (RA, that is)

That was a Seinfeld joke

[Youk]

That was a Seinfeld joke

Oh right, that whole email the RA sent out was a Seinfeld joke.

[Diivox]

Where you been dude?

The real world. I moved from Phoenix to Boston right at the beginning of the winter. I've never even lived in a snowy climate before. It was... an adjustment. Plenty of room on this Celtics bandwagon!