What's the definition of not being a true fan?

[SmootSmack]

I think you're a fan DynamiteRave. Doesn't hide the fact that I do think there are plenty of non-fans here.

More importantly, I feel there are plenty of people who don't allow others to be fans.

But whatever, it is an increasingly tired debate that only seems to come up after a loss.

[NYC2LA]

This is my first post...I never thought it could happen, but in the past several years I have grown to love football, look forward to Sundays and have become a true, albeit recent, Redskins fan. (Let’s say it has a lot to do with marrying a Redskins-fan-for-life who is on this board all the time.) I especially loved #21 and I began coming to this board over the past week for information as well as solace.

Losing today sucked and it was painful and emotionally trying, so I came to the board to cheer myself up. Why so much negativity from “fans”? This is a time when the team needs us more than ever to support them. Being a fan is not just cheering a team on when they win, it’s supporting them through losses as well, and it’s not just a game they’ve lost this week. They lost a great player AND a best friend and yet there are still millions of people counting on them to play hard and “in the memory of their teammate”…that’s a hell of a lot of pressure on an already emotionally drained team.

I know since I’m a newbie not only to this board but to Redskins fandom and football in general there are many aspects of the game that I don’t understand, but one thing I do get is loyalty. I feel honored to be a Redskins fan and I’m not ashamed of the way they played at all, I am proud of them. I’d still defend them and cheer them on if we were 0-12. Call me naïve…or call me a “true fan”? I don’t think being critical of your team takes away from being a “true fan” but there were so many people on the game thread who said they were ashamed, weren’t going to watch anymore games and they had given up on our team. I know it’s disappointing to see us lose games we should have won, but being a fan is not always easy. It takes more dedication than just cheering on winning games.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by NYC2LA

This is my first post...I never thought it could happen, but in the past several years I have grown to love football, look forward to Sundays and have become a true, albeit recent, Redskins fan. (Let’s say it has a lot to do with marrying a Redskins-fan-for-life who is on this board all the time.) I especially loved #21 and I began coming to this board over the past week for information as well as solace.

Losing today sucked and it was painful and emotionally trying, so I came to the board to cheer myself up. Why so much negativity from “fans”? This is a time when the team needs us more than ever to support them. Being a fan is not just cheering a team on when they win, it’s supporting them through losses as well, and it’s not just a game they’ve lost this week. They lost a great player AND a best friend and yet there are still millions of people counting on them to play hard and “in the memory of their teammate”…that’s a hell of a lot of pressure on an already emotionally drained team.

I know since I’m a newbie not only to this board but to Redskins fandom and football in general there are many aspects of the game that I don’t understand, but one thing I do get is loyalty. I feel honored to be a Redskins fan and I’m not ashamed of the way they played at all, I am proud of them. I’d still defend them and cheer them on if we were 0-12. Call me naïve…or call me a “true fan”? I don’t think being critical of your team takes away from being a “true fan” but there were so many people on the game thread who said they were ashamed, weren’t going to watch anymore games and they had given up on our team. I know it’s disappointing to see us lose games we should have won, but being a fan is not always easy. It takes more dedication than just cheering on winning games.

Welcome to the board. Nice post.

[ptracy20]

Will you marry me??

[chocho]

you loser you have time on a monday to write this crap

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by chocho

you loser you have time on a monday to write this crap

Who's the "loser" that had time to respond to it? First warning.

[firstdown]

A Skins fan does not sell their ST stuff on ebay.

[jgalecpa]

Originally Posted by firstdown

A Skins fan does not sell their ST stuff on ebay.

I agree. This really pisses me off.

taylor towel, Fan Apparel Souvenirs, Golf items on eBay.com=

Selling those towels is Sacriledge

But that is just my opinion.

Morals are what you do when no one is watching.

J-Dawg

[BrunellMVP?]

Call me simple, but I think for the most part (overwhelming majority) the fact that people are on this site, day in, day out, pretty much means they are a fan. They may think the skins are pure garbage, or they may think Gibbs poops golden footballs, but in the end, we are all fans, who disagree...and that's natural. debate and discussion is why fan sites exist. We want to gossip, we want to vent, we want to cheer, we want to share our views, we want others to react to those views (because its natural). this is not wrong. why does it have to be heads i win, tails you lose? what happened to agreeing to disagree?

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by BrunellMVP?

Call me simple, but I think for the most part (overwhelming majority) the fact that people are on this site, day in, day out, pretty much means they are a fan. They may think the skins are pure garbage, or they may think Gibbs poops golden footballs, but in the end, we are all fans, who disagree...and that's natural. debate and discussion is why fan sites exist. We want to gossip, we want to vent, we want to cheer, we want to share our views, we want others to react to those views (because its natural). this is not wrong. why does it have to be heads i win, tails you lose? what happened to agreeing to disagree?

What a wonderful world it would be.

[BrunellMVP?]

Even more simplistic may be answering the following question (meant only for Redskins "fans" registered on thewarpath.net:

1). If the skins won the superbowl, would you be happy?
A) Yes.
B) No.

If your answer to question 1 (the only question) was A, you are a fan. If your answer to question 1 is B, you are not a fan.

That is all.