Survey of Fan Loyalties: Are You a Displaced Fan?

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Originally Posted by Bishop Hammer

I have always wondered why the Skins were the football team in a lot of southern areas? Either way I am proud of the fact that some out of state people are fans of our beloved franchise. Sadly the way the team keeps losing that could easily change. How many in house folks have jumped ship to the Ravens?

I have also heard Japan is a major Skins area. The reason being they put on a good show in the first NFL game played in the country and now a lot of Japanese folks are fans of the team now.

For a long time, there were no teams south of DC along the eastern states. Actually, if you look at a map, there was a huge chunk of the country with no pro football for quite some time. The Jaguars and Panthers weren't around until '95, the Buccaneers didn't come around until '76, and prior to that, it was the Falcons and Dolphins in '66. So for quite a while it was just the Redskins south of the Mason-Dixon line.