I don't know if this has been asked or not, but how is this really any different than liking a pro team? If a person from say, new orleans, is a saints fan, why are they a saints fan? Did they play for the Saints? Also, the same applies in europe where they don't have school based teams. Should only former players for that club be fan of the club? I don't get why just b/c it's a college team one would be required to have attended, or more strictly, graduated from a college to be a fan of theirs.

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Posted by DelU249

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Posted on 4/9/13 at 2:48 pm to LSUROCKS52

No because there isn't a university attached to the saints, which happens to be the main function of a school.

I'm not ragging on anyone, just tryin to figure out why. I still don't have an answer. I think it's fine if you grew up an LSU or bama football fan but if you didn't go to the school why does your fanaticism extend to other sports, say women's basketball. Can someone answer this?

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Posted by CrippleCreek

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Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:18 pm to LSUROCKS52

quote:
I don't know if this has been asked or not, but how is this really any different than liking a pro team?

probably because it's not a pro team?

I don't think people that didn't attend the university aren't "true" fans, but the experience of a student and an alumnus is one that is different from what others get to experience, and it chaps some people's asses if you bring that up.

If you didn't go to LSU you may be the biggest LSU fan in the world, but your experience is most certainly affected by having been a student at the university.

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