What was your breaking point?
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I was 12 when the Sonics were born. So that's the only local team I cared about. And I was a NBA fan from before that. Still am although I think the game sucks at the moment
Seahawks and Mariners came long after I had other favorite teams. Rarely watch baseball anymore. Bandwagon NFL fan. Who is winning?
Born a Husky football fan. Just a few more tweaks and college football will be fine
The entire season is a playoff
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Even after all that pro sports ball came to Seattle in the 70's the Huskies managed to remain top Dawg in the Emerald City well through the 1990s.
This was one of the unique things about the program that we've lost.
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CFB: Still in it, moreso even now with kid "working" in it
NFL: Mid 2010s when RG3 sucked and Dan Snyder was never going to change, but still close to it due to fantasy and its the NFL
MLB: When the Orioles let Mussina go to the Yankees, came back for the 2019 Nats. Fully fairweather.
NHL: Still in it but fairweather for the Caps
NBA: The wizards will always suck so it is amusing
CBB: Fairweather Husky fan, but it is less interesting than it used to be
soccer: national level stuff only
Tennis: interest at all time high for me
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MLB - Was never more than a casual Padres and Dodgers fan as a kid. Lost interest in the early 90s.
NBA - Died for me when Magic got HIV.
NFL - Dawgs displaced the Bolts as my favorite sports team in 1990. If they were still in San Diego I'd have more of an emotional attachment.
NHL - Meh.
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There's something here. It certainly felt like UW football was much more part of the cultural fabric when I was growing up and before I left town in 2008. I get the vibe this has changed with programs in major cities the past couple of decades.
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I think the demarcation line falls around the time of Todd Turner's hiring
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As gay as soccer is, the euro leagues do it right with moving up and down between leagues. Fans get way more invested than arbitrary conferences/divisions and their respective rivalries.
The older I’ve got the less I care about sports in general. Enshittification to the max.
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UWFootball…full commitment through Neu’s hiring, steady decline for Gilby / Ty, moderate enthusiasm with Sark (if only because he wasn’t Ty), genuinely jazzed over Pete…you couldn’t script the last 4 years. All of the talk about “getting back”, The game has moved on, and I guess I need to move with it, because it has changed so dramatically in such a short period…a work in progress…
NFL…During a mid 90’s playoff game, one of the heads said that “If Butkus or Nitschke were playing today, they would come out of the game on 3rd down for an extra DB”…it was a players league, and has become a coaches league…casual observer
NBA…Grew up on West, Wilt, Doc, and the Sonics. When Larry and Magic retired, I pretty much did too.
MLB…I’m a baseball guy, but it is getting harder to watch…three true outcomes and “Let the Kids Play” are hell on boomer baseball dudes…
NHL…Just starting out
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I just don't understand how you could walk through the tailgating for the Michigan game, one of the major games the last couple years such as Oregon/Old Stanford and think that anything has changed much.
2008-10 I thought it was different because with Ty it was clear that they weren't trying.
But the only thing that seems to have changed to me is just the U-District, which pretends like cfb doesn't even exist, even on gamedays.
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NFL: was always for fags
MLB: always for fags
NHL: season is too long, teams are too anonymous now when the playoffs start. Expansion is a turn off.
NBA: the players live and act like Kings and dress like they're fashion designers and it's a turn off for the fans. Still attend ~5-10 games a year and enjoy the playoffs.
CFB: ride or die
