re: How does one determine who a "true fan" is anyway?

I started going to the games as a little kid with my dad when Curly Hallman was coach. We never had tickets. We'd walk around the stadium with our fingers up and most of the time people would just give us their tickets. By half time, sometimes before, the stadium would be almost empty and we'd go sit on the 50 right behind the bench. I asked my dad why would people with such great seats leave before the game was over. He said there are 2 kinds of fans, fair weather fans who only support the team when they do well and true Tiger fans who support the team no matter what. Real fans stay till the end of the game. The players deserve that.