The Red Sox thing will pass. It won’t be cool after awhile.  Being from Boston is the cool thing right now. It won’t last, and after Manny and Papi retire and the Rays become the power of the AL East, most of these assholes will have found another team.

I became a Packers fan on Nov. 24th, 1994 when Brett Favre threw 4 touchdown passes to Sterling Sharpe in a 42-31 loss to the Cowboys.

You want to know who the Seahawks QB was in 1994? Rick fucking Mirer.  His backup (who started 3 games) Dan fucking McGuire.  You want me, as a 9 year old, to root for that garbage?

I became a Cowboys fan because my dad always watched them on Sunday. Oddly, around the mid 80s, my dad stopped watching football because he said the money was making the game hard to watch. Not sure exactly what spurred his anger. But I continued on with the Cowboys and went through some pretty horrific years before things actually cleared up.

Here is a prime example of how terrible bandwagon Red Sox fans in Seattle truly are:
Last night I happened to be sitting right near Theo Epstein, about 1/3 of the way up the first level behind home plate. Now even I, as an M’s fan, was able to recognize him sitting there. He got up an left his seat around the 6th inning.
Despite the hundreds of shiny new Sox jerseys and hats, not ONE person I could see even slightly acknowledged him as he slowly walked up the iasle. For a guy who is so visable as a GM, who has done so much for the success of that franchise, not one “fan” could distinguish him from any other casual observer of the game.
Well, except for Bill Gates, who happened to be sitting very near to him. Of course, all of “Red Sox Nation” could obviously pick him out of a crowd quite easily.

Bottom line, we’re talking bout Bandwagon fans who get under our skin like the guy who double dips his chip. Its ri-goddamn-diculous that you are from Tacoma, Mill Creek, etc. and are all of a sudden the biggest Patriots fan ever, yet if I asked you who Andre Tippett is you’ll look at me with a blank face and say he won American Idol two season ago. Fuck you all you fake Boston fans, you’re a bunch of frauds.

Secondly, just to be 100 percent clear, the term America’s Team was created by the NFL Network in 1978. That era was dominated by the Steelers. It doesn’t mean the Cowboys didn’t have wins during those years. Does Dallas have more fairweather fans than say, the Seahawks? Sure. That comes with the territory. Win a few super bowls and become a dynasty and watch how many new fans you get.

But I would criticize life long fans of any team just because they don’t live in the same state as that team. It doesn’t work.

What I am saying is that if you live in a state where there is a franchise, (unless for other already stated reasons) that is where your loyalty should be.  If you lived somewhere that had a team, and you move and choose to continue to root for that original team than that’s ok.  If you used to visit your grandfather, and he used to take you to Raiders games, and that’s who you choose to root for, you guessed it, that’s ok too.  What is not ok, is rooting for a team just because.  Because coincidently enough, it’s usually a team that is doing well at the time.  People should root for their backyard, not pick and choose which backyard is the nicest.
In response to your claim that the Cowboys forged their way to being “America’s Team” during an era where they were overshadowed by the Steelers, I have added an excerpt for Wikipedia, clearly pointing out, in my opinion, why they are “America’s Team.” Like I said, it’s easy to root for a winner.

“The Cowboys are the most successful team of the modern era (since 1960). They have won 5 Super Bowls and 8 Conference Championships. The Cowboys have more victories (40) on Monday Night Football than any other NFL team. They hold NFL records for the most consecutive winning seasons (20, from 1966 to 1985) and most seasons with at least 10 wins (25). The team has earned the most postseason appearances (29, which includes another league record of 56 postseason games, winning 32 of them), the most appearances in the NFC Championship Game (14), and the most Super Bowl appearances (8), two more than any other NFL team. The Cowboys also played in 2 NFL championship games before the NFL’s 1970 merger with the American Football League. The Cowboys became the first team in NFL history to win 3 Super Bowls in just 4 years (a feat that has been matched only once since, by the New England Patriots

And finally, in regards to your definition of what a fairweather fan is, my entire point was that I don’t understand how people can jump from team to team based on thier current success, and that geography should play a role in initial loyalties.  Rooting for a team here or there is inconsequntial as long as your true allegiances stay the same.  Even Dictionary.com gives the definition of fairweather as “weakening or failing in time of trouble.” That’s the problem, people jumping ship if the boat is sinking, and trying to come aboard when we’re heading to the Caribbean.

A fairweather fan is not one who doesn’t live in the same state or whatever your argument is. A fairweather fan is actually a fan who decides to change his team based on where he lives. Quite the opposite of your argument.

Just food for thought.