dolphan74 wrote:
read the quote...it says South Florida sports....shame you don't read before you type...and news flash living somewhere doesn't make you a enthusiastic fan....and there never was hatred over the Heat till this year.... I thought the Decision was way over the top...I can't stand Lebron...he has the biggest sense of entitlement then anyone I have met...the Into party was so retarded... I mean win something first..I personally don't think SF can support all those sports teams.....as evidenced by mediocre attendance figures for most teams....Canes and Phins....that's what I grew up with and that's what I root for...cause you root for all 4 doesn't make you more knowledgeable about SF sports history....but then again you didn't actually read the quote did you?
Sidebar: Can you work on sentence and paragraph structure please?
dolphan74 wrote:
read the quote...it says South Florida sports....shame you don't read before you type...
I did read it. My mind automatically went to pro sports. So sue me.
dolphan74 wrote:
and news flash living somewhere doesn't make you a enthusiastic fan.... cause you root for all 4 doesn't make you more knowledgeable about SF sports history....but then again you didn't actually read the quote did you?
I didn't say that. The comment we are talking about is the "greatest thing in South Florida sports history." This is not a history lesson here. The word "greatest" makes this whole thing purely subjective. By its own nature, you can't really win an argument like this: one person's greatest is different from another's.
However, if you don't even like all of the teams in question, your judgment is clouded. Simple as that. You have to be emotionally attached to all of its teams. So knowledge of SF history is not enough. You can take umbrage to it all you want, but you are never going to be able to say anything the Heat do is "great" because you don't like them. And even if you can begrudgingly admit something, you are not going to like it more than anything your favorite teams do. To a lesser extent, living here during said events is very different than experiencing it from afar. It is a minor difference, but one that needs to be mentioned.
dolphan74 wrote:
..I personally don't think SF can support all those sports teams.....as evidenced by mediocre attendance figures for most teams....
SF has disadvantages that other cities don't have. One is the transplant problem. The other is the fact that these teams are relatively new franchises. For example, our oldest pro team (Phins) is exactly as old as the Chicago Bulls, which is the
youngest team in Chicago. Think about it, if you are over the age of 40 (for example) you can't even say you grew up watching these teams. All you had were the Dolphins. Therefore, it is safe to say a sizeable portion of the population's favorite teams were originally ones NOT from South Florida.
Dolphan74 is living proof of this. He hates the Heat and he grew up here. He will forever be a Lakers fan. And he is certainly not the only one.
Give it a few more generations and then we will see.