Thoughts?

[Danni]

I am re-reading the book 'The Footy Club - Inside the Brisbane Bears' at present. At the beginning of each chapter they have a 'quote'. One has really caught my eye:

"Loyalty to any one team is pretty hard to justify because the players are always changing. You are actually rooting for the clothes. Fans will be so in love with a player, but if he goes to another team, the same human being in a different shirt, they hate him."

Jerry Seinfeld

In some ways what he says does ring true, but in other ways it makes me want to question his very motive for such a comment......saying we are not loyal to our teams. Is this a good example maybe of the difference between supporting a 'team' and supporting a 'club'?

 

[dees*gal]

Originally posted by Danni
I am re-reading the book 'The Footy Club - Inside the Brisbane Bears' at present. At the beginning of each chapter they have a 'quote'. One has really caught my eye:

"Loyalty to any one team is pretty hard to justify because the players are always changing. You are actually rooting for the clothes. Fans will be so in love with a player, but if he goes to another team, the same human being in a different shirt, they hate him."

Jerry Seinfeld

In some ways what he says does ring true, but in other ways it makes me want to question his very motive for such a comment......saying we are not loyal to our teams. Is this a good example maybe of the difference between supporting a 'team' and supporting a 'club'?

i guess thats true, but once that player puts on the team jumper, you like him because he is doing good for the team you support, not JUST because he's wearing that jumper. and that kinda says why some people don't like allllll of their players.
once their liked player moves to another team, you're more upset that someone you liked doesn't help you're team anymore, not just coz he's gone.
well, thats what i reckon any ways...

 

[dee_girl9]

Originally posted by Danni
I am re-reading the book 'The Footy Club - Inside the Brisbane Bears' at present. At the beginning of each chapter they have a 'quote'. One has really caught my eye:

"Loyalty to any one team is pretty hard to justify because the players are always changing. You are actually rooting for the clothes. Fans will be so in love with a player, but if he goes to another team, the same human being in a different shirt, they hate him."

Jerry Seinfeld

In some ways what he says does ring true, but in other ways it makes me want to question his very motive for such a comment......saying we are not loyal to our teams. Is this a good example maybe of the difference between supporting a 'team' and supporting a 'club'?

Yeah but remember that he is probably speaking from an American sporting culture perspective....and things r definately more different over there. They r more fickle....in some respects. But the main strain of what he says is true.

 

[The Hitman]

The culture is different.

Here, we are clubs. We can go to training, have a sausage, go to the social club, have a beer, meet the players, talk to the CEO...we aren't just a team, we are a club with members.

Over there, they are a team. They have season ticket holders, they call them franchises, and you can't get within a mile of players.

I barrack for the Hawthorn Football Club.

The Hitman

 

[lioness]

I love the jumper and the club............not the players.*







*Exception to the rule: Steven Lawrence.