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I just got a job in Schaumburg and I'm coming to Chicago from the Phoenix area. Along with everything else, I am pscyhed to become a newbie Bears fan.

Being a Cardinals supporter was a frustrating, degrading, and gut wrenching experience. Now I finally get to be a fan of a great team with a rich tradition that has a snow balls chance of making the playoffs. Hellalujah!! :excited:

 
I just got a job in Schaumburg and I'm coming to Chicago from the Phoenix area. Along with everything else, I am pscyhed to become a newbie Bears fan.

Being a Cardinals supporter was a frustrating, degrading, and gut wrenching experience. Now I finally get to be a fan of a great team with a rich tradition that has a snow balls chance of making the playoffs. Hellalujah!! :excited:
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Denied.We are no longer accepting memberships. Sorry. I hear the little cheese town up north is still accepting applications.

 
I just got a job in Schaumburg and I'm coming to Chicago from the Phoenix area.  Along with everything else, I am pscyhed to become a newbie Bears fan. 

Being a Cardinals supporter was a frustrating, degrading, and gut wrenching experience.  Now I finally get to be a fan of a great team with a rich tradition that has a snow balls chance of making the playoffs.  Hellalujah!!  :excited:
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Denied.We are no longer accepting memberships. Sorry. I hear the little cheese town up north is still accepting applications.
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Hmmm...you guys obviously don't know the Cardinals. They are not the kind of team you root for from afar. And besides, like everyone who is a Bears fan is a native born in the area. Give me a break. :rolleyes: Anyways, I wasn't asking for permission. Sorry if I interrupted the consumption of your second 12-pack of the day.

 
I just got a job in Schaumburg and I'm coming to Chicago from the Phoenix area.  Along with everything else, I am pscyhed to become a newbie Bears fan. 

Being a Cardinals supporter was a frustrating, degrading, and gut wrenching experience.  Now I finally get to be a fan of a great team with a rich tradition that has a snow balls chance of making the playoffs.   Hellalujah!!   :excited:
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Denied.We are no longer accepting memberships. Sorry. I hear the little cheese town up north is still accepting applications.
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Hmmm...you guys obviously don't know the Cardinals. They are not the kind of team you root for from afar. And besides, like everyone who is a Bears fan is a native born in the area. Give me a break. :rolleyes: Anyways, I wasn't asking for permission. Sorry if I interrupted the consumption of your second 12-pack of the day.
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It was a joke. Lighten up Francis.
 
If you like watching offenses running from intimidating defense, then Chicago is the team for you. Even our offense acts like that. Welcome. Zona vs Chicago would be a good game to watch too.

 
I just got a job in Schaumburg and I'm coming to Chicago from the Phoenix area.
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Is this part of some exchange program in Phoenix where we send one resident for every 400,000 that move here from Chicago?
 
If you like watching offenses running from intimidating defense, then Chicago is the team for you. Even our offense acts like that. Welcome. Zona vs Chicago would be a good game to watch too.
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Well, having a defense would be different. Denny not exactly known for his dominating defensive teams. :rolleyes: I just have always like the Bears style of football - smash mouth, grind it out offense with a great defense. Now THAT is how football is supposed to be played.

Top Ten Reasons I've not embraced the West Coast/Arizona sports mindset:

10. 70 degrees in December is NOT football weather

09. I only own one pair of sandles (not sure what this has to do with sports, but worth mentioning)

08. Offensive lineman and Tight ends should know how to block

07. Sucky mascots - Angry Cardinal, Baxter the Bobcat, Suns Gorilla, Howler the Coyote

06. The toughest guy on your football team shouldn't be your kicker

05. The football season shouldn't be over in week 6

04. Matt Leinart isn't the great white hope

03. Grass shouldn't "roll" into the stadium

02. Diamondbacks/Cards/Suns/Coyote stadium police - "Applaud politely and quietly or kindly leave sir"

And the #1 reason....

Domes are for p###ys

 
I have to work with a jag that grew up in phoenix and turned into a packer fan the day he moved to Wisconsin.

Stick with a team you grew up watching dont be a jag.

 
Hmm. As a Vikings/Twins fan in New Jersey (who hasn't lived in Minnesota since 1994), I am one who is usually frowns on switching of sports allegiances. Let's take a look at the "rules" and your specific case.

For background, here are the Sports Guy's official rules for sports fans (which I pretty much agree with & I have yet to see a better attempt at laying them down):

1. No sports bigamy - you have to select one team in each sport.

2. If your city has fielded a professional team since your formative years, you have to support that team. [Not sure if this applies in this specific case...]

3. You can't root for a team, back off during a down cycle, then renew the relationship once the team starts winning again.

4. If you're between the ages of 20 and 40 and root for the Yankees, Cowboys, Braves, Raiders, Steelers, Celtics, Lakers, Bulls, Canadiens, and/or Oilers without hailing from their respective regions...well, you better have a damn good reason.

5. If you marry someone who roots for another team, you can't be bullied into switching allegiances.

6. Once you choose a team, you're stuck with that team for the rest of your life, unless one of the following applies:

a) You grew up in a city without a team for that specific sport, so you picked a random team to fill that void...and then your city landed a team.

b) One of your immediate family members or best friends ends up playing professionally or taking a management/coaching/front office position with a certain team.

c) The owner of your favorite team treated his fans so eggregiously that you coldn't take it anymore, so you decided to stop following them until the team was sold.

d) Your team moves to another city.

I think you specifically get a pass for the reason I bolded above. Bidwell. I'm not going to go into details. Everybody knows that he is one of the worst owners in the NFL. You get a pass for moving during a time when your sports allegiance is technically "in limbo". Also, the Cardinals haven't really been there that long and have pretty much been in ownership hell the whole time they have been there. I honestly don't think ANYONE can even be expected to be a fan of the Arizona Cardinals. I give the whole state a pass.

If you were moving from say Carolina, Tennessee, or Buffalo, I would have real problems with this decision. But you certainly qualify for an exemption.

Welcome to the NFC North!

 
You have to figure that the Cardinals were from Chicago anyways, they're all Chicago fans at heart anyways.

 
Welcome to Chicago... where here, every few years, the Bears get a really nice schedule, get some seriously lucky bounces to pull off a nice record and a first round bye... then fall flat on their faces in the playoffs showing everyone what a fraud of a season they had. :yes:

 
traitor  :hot:

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Michael Bidwell, is that you? :crazy:
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FIRST, IT'S BIDWILL NOT BIDWELL, SECOND YOU WERE NEVER A FAN,PERIOD. SO, AS A CARD FAN I WILL GLADY SEE YOU NO LONGER CALL YOUR SELF A FAN.GO JUMP ON SOMEONE ELSES WAGON. AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SEE IT, YOU WILL BE BACK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TELLING ALL YOUR CHICAGO BUDDIES HOW YOU BEEN A CARD FAN FOREVER. JUST KNOW YOUR REALLY NOT.
 
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traitor  :hot:

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Michael Bidwell, is that you? :crazy:
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FIRST, IT'S BIDWILL NOT BIDWELL, SECOND YOU WERE NEVER A FAN,PERIOD. SO, AS A CARD FAN I WILL GLADY SEE YOU NO LONGER CALL YOUR SELF A FAN.GO JUMP ON SOMEONE ELSES WAGON. AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SEE IT, YOU WILL BE BACK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TELLING ALL YOUR CHICAGO BUDDIES HOW YOU BEEN A CARD FAN FOREVER. JUST KNOW YOUR REALLY NOT.
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Why are you yelling? Caps lock stuck? Drinking deep from the Hatorade bucket this evening? Let me retort. :pokey: In regards to Mike, I will spell his name right when he puts a winning product on the field. And not before.

You have to WIN to have a bandwagon.

I have been a Cardinal supporter since before you didn't score on your prom night youngster so don't lecture me on loyalty. Seventeen long years...I put in my time.

 
The Cardinals sucked last year, the Bears had one of the youngest teams in the league and they won the division. Good trade.

 
Seventeen years and you switch because of a job you took? What happens when you take a different job in a different city?

 
Seventeen years and you switch because of a job you took? What happens when you take a different job in a different city?

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Depends, if they're better than the Bears, he'll make the switch. If the Bears are better, he's a diehard Bears fan. Always has been.
 
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FUnny, I grew up in MIchigan, lived in North Carolina for a while, spent 4 years in Tempe, even went to a couple of Cards games....but I remain a die hard Lions fan.

where I live has no bearing on who I root for. For better or worse, i'm all Spartans and All Detroit. No milquetoasty bandwagon jumping for me, thanks. If I were to move to Chicago, i'd merely be spending a lot of weekends at the Gin Mill :)

 
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I love how people get all uppity about switching sports teams.

You picked your team based on geography in the first place. Changing teams based on a change in geography seems reasonable. If you can leave your home, family, friends, etc. behind, you can leave your sports team too.

That said, I'll be moving to the Indianapolis area shortly and will not abandon the Lions for the Colts. Obviously I am a stubborn, stupid person.

 
People can be fans of whatever teams they want whenever they want---its their decision. Who gives two flips what anyone else thinks about it.

To the OP-Root for whoever you want, and dont let some schmo named Bill Simmons enact his "rules" on you. He doesnt control you.

 
People can be fans of whatever teams they want whenever they want---its their decision.  Who gives two flips what anyone else thinks about it.

To the OP-Root for whoever you want, and dont let some schmo named Bill Simmons enact his "rules" on you.  He doesnt control you.

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Obviously more people than you think give " two flips about it".You can call yourself a fan of a team but that dosent make you a fan. Perhaps you need to look up what the word means.

It is their decision to go with whatever team they want just make sure to call yourself a "fair weather fan"

 
People can be fans of whatever teams they want whenever they want---its their decision.  Who gives two flips what anyone else thinks about it.

To the OP-Root for whoever you want, and dont let some schmo named Bill Simmons enact his "rules" on you.  He doesnt control you.

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Obviously more people than you think give " two flips about it".You can call yourself a fan of a team but that dosent make you a fan. Perhaps you need to look up what the word means.

It is their decision to go with whatever team they want just make sure to call yourself a "fair weather fan"

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And if I dont? Who are you or anyone else to tell me, or another person if they are or are not a fan?

 
People can be fans of whatever teams they want whenever they want---its their decision.  Who gives two flips what anyone else thinks about it.

To the OP-Root for whoever you want, and dont let some schmo named Bill Simmons enact his "rules" on you.  He doesnt control you.

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Obviously more people than you think give " two flips about it".You can call yourself a fan of a team but that dosent make you a fan. Perhaps you need to look up what the word means.

It is their decision to go with whatever team they want just make sure to call yourself a "fair weather fan"

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And if I dont? Who are you or anyone else to tell me, or another person if they are or are not a fan?

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:goodposting:
 
People can be fans of whatever teams they want whenever they want---its their decision.  Who gives two flips what anyone else thinks about it.

To the OP-Root for whoever you want, and dont let some schmo named Bill Simmons enact his "rules" on you.  He doesnt control you.

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Obviously more people than you think give " two flips about it".You can call yourself a fan of a team but that dosent make you a fan. Perhaps you need to look up what the word means.

It is their decision to go with whatever team they want just make sure to call yourself a "fair weather fan"

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I'm not sure what your definition of fan is, but I don't think it matches mine. It's probably much closer to my definition of "cult member".
 
People can be fans of whatever teams they want whenever they want---its their decision.  Who gives two flips what anyone else thinks about it.

To the OP-Root for whoever you want, and dont let some schmo named Bill Simmons enact his "rules" on you.  He doesnt control you.

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Obviously more people than you think give " two flips about it".You can call yourself a fan of a team but that dosent make you a fan. Perhaps you need to look up what the word means.

It is their decision to go with whatever team they want just make sure to call yourself a "fair weather fan"

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And if I dont? Who are you or anyone else to tell me, or another person if they are or are not a fan?

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Well by definition you would not be a fanFan come from the word Fanatic. Here is the def

fanatic

adj : marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: fanatical, overzealous, rabid] n : a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill [syn: fiend]

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A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"

So I think you can call youself a Fan and jump teams but I think I will call you a Poser

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poser

n 1: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not [syn: poseur] 2: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" [syn: model] 3: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem [syn: stumper, toughie, sticker]

 
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People can be fans of whatever teams they want whenever they want---its their decision.  Who gives two flips what anyone else thinks about it.

To the OP-Root for whoever you want, and dont let some schmo named Bill Simmons enact his "rules" on you.  He doesnt control you.

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Obviously more people than you think give " two flips about it".You can call yourself a fan of a team but that dosent make you a fan. Perhaps you need to look up what the word means.

It is their decision to go with whatever team they want just make sure to call yourself a "fair weather fan"

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And if I dont? Who are you or anyone else to tell me, or another person if they are or are not a fan?

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Look, I could call myself Superman, but that doesn't make it so. Lie to yourself if you want to, but the rest of us will know the truth.

 
People can be fans of whatever teams they want whenever they want---its their decision.  Who gives two flips what anyone else thinks about it.

To the OP-Root for whoever you want, and dont let some schmo named Bill Simmons enact his "rules" on you.  He doesnt control you.

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Obviously more people than you think give " two flips about it".You can call yourself a fan of a team but that dosent make you a fan. Perhaps you need to look up what the word means.

It is their decision to go with whatever team they want just make sure to call yourself a "fair weather fan"

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And if I dont? Who are you or anyone else to tell me, or another person if they are or are not a fan?

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Well by definition you would not be a fanFan come from the word Fanatic. Here is the def

fanatic

adj : marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: fanatical, overzealous, rabid] n : a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill [syn: fiend]

note the

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"

So I think you can call youself a Fan and jump teams but I think I will call you a Poser

Edit to add Poser def

poser

n 1: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not [syn: poseur] 2: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" [syn: model] 3: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem [syn: stumper, toughie, sticker]

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:goodposting: Nice use of the dictionary.

 
I just got a job in Schaumburg and I'm coming to Chicago from the Phoenix area.  Along with everything else, I am pscyhed to become a newbie Bears fan. 

Being a Cardinals supporter was a frustrating, degrading, and gut wrenching experience.  Now I finally get to be a fan of a great team with a rich tradition that has a snow balls chance of making the playoffs.  Hellalujah!!  :excited:

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I also work in Schaumburg, but continue to hate the Bears.

 
Welcome aboard to the charter franchise of the NFL.  :thumbup:

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The Cardinals are actually the oldest operation in professional football.You can look it up. Here you go. So actually he's losing some seniority with this change of teams.

As somebody who lives in NJ (we have no pro football teams here) and has been a Bengals fan for 20+ years now, I have to say :thumbdown: especially with the coming good times for the Cardinals. Even with poor ownership (and believe me, Mike Brown was no prize for a long time) the winning will come there with the current management they got. But if you want to shadowbox with the Bears, so be it.

-QG

 
Maybe you are a Bear fan immigrant. Repenting and changing once for a better opportunity for your generations to come can't be too bad.

[SIZE=14pt]What kind of fan will you be?[/SIZE]

A device that creates air current?

A normal Bears fan supporter?

Supporter fans know how to have a good time with everyone around us while we root for the Bears? We know some history and enjoy experiencing it as it is made. We are happy for the Bears success and down with the Bears when the team is down. Like ribbing Packer fans. Don't start fights. Can forgive an immigrant fan their past indiscretion.

A exclusive fan?

Just wants to belong to a group to keep other out. Will defend their stuckup right.

Usually very quiet when team is down and can't stop putting others down when the team is up.



Fanatic?

Insane. They think their behavior is a good thing? Life is changed and revolves around thier sports team. Does not play fantasy sports unless all of his team is the Bears. Knows the most inane parts of the Bears history, but gets too excited to be fully intelligable. Elation to suicide watch expected every Sunday.

Disruptive Drunk?

Don't really care about the team. Just an excuse. You see them on TV. Usually easy to see handcuffs due to the lack of clothing.

Of course, if you change again, I think you become air current. Reflect carefully. Is your heart into to it? Post your penance and devotion. You'll be ok.

 
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People can be fans of whatever teams they want whenever they want---its their decision.  Who gives two flips what anyone else thinks about it.

To the OP-Root for whoever you want, and dont let some schmo named Bill Simmons enact his "rules" on you.  He doesnt control you.

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Obviously more people than you think give " two flips about it".You can call yourself a fan of a team but that dosent make you a fan. Perhaps you need to look up what the word means.

It is their decision to go with whatever team they want just make sure to call yourself a "fair weather fan"

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And if I dont? Who are you or anyone else to tell me, or another person if they are or are not a fan?

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Look, I could call myself Superman, but that doesn't make it so. Lie to yourself if you want to, but the rest of us will know the truth.

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Whatever helps you sleep better at night, O Captain of the Fan Police....the arrogance is dripping off you.
 
People can be fans of whatever teams they want whenever they want---its their decision.  Who gives two flips what anyone else thinks about it.

To the OP-Root for whoever you want, and dont let some schmo named Bill Simmons enact his "rules" on you.  He doesnt control you.

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Obviously more people than you think give " two flips about it".You can call yourself a fan of a team but that dosent make you a fan. Perhaps you need to look up what the word means.

It is their decision to go with whatever team they want just make sure to call yourself a "fair weather fan"

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And if I dont? Who are you or anyone else to tell me, or another person if they are or are not a fan?

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Well by definition you would not be a fanFan come from the word Fanatic. Here is the def

fanatic

adj : marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: fanatical, overzealous, rabid] n : a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill [syn: fiend]

note the

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"

So I think you can call youself a Fan and jump teams but I think I will call you a Poser

Edit to add Poser def

poser

n 1: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not [syn: poseur] 2: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" [syn: model] 3: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem [syn: stumper, toughie, sticker]

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:goodposting: Nice use of the dictionary.

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At least we know now that Billy can read a dictionary. I will sleep better at night.
 
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