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goddfather40 · 04-27-2003, 07:35 PM

Philly is a good sports town, but the general consensus is that their fans are assholes (ask native son Kobe Bryant in the '02 All Star game).

I think the overall best sports town is indeed Boston. They seem to be the most intelligent fans.

Someone mentioned the Bay Area is a good sports town as well. The city of San Francisco is pretty good, but the for the whole area, that is definitely not true. With the exception of the very loyal Giants and Niners fans, the other teams don't get support. The A's have been perennial powerhouses, but rarely draw more than 30,000, the Warriors are a joke, the Raiders don't sell out and have a horrible owner, the Sharks are kind of a mystery to everyone. Cal and Stanford don't get the love they deserve, especially in football. The Sacto Kings are not a Bay Area team (different TV market, etc.).

Meanwhile, people love to diss LA. Though I admit that a lot of LA fans are frontrunners, teams like the Dodgers break the theory that all LA fans are bandwagoners. The Dodgers are always near the top in attendance despite their sorry play. The Kings and even Clippers fans are pretty loyal. The Angels lead the league in attendance this year, and Edison Field was generally regarded as one of the loudest baseball stadiums in recently memory during the playoffs. College teams such as UCLA, USC, Pepperdine, Long Beach State, and Cal St. Northridge have loyal fans. LA is very underrated as sports town. Note that I convienently leave the NFL out of the picture, but the fact is we don't want a team. People follow whoever they want and they are fine with that. If they want to see a game, they can drive two hours to San Diego. Meanwhile, we get no blackouts which is awesome.

04-27-2003, 07:35 PM	#25 (permalink)
goddfather40 Llama Location: Cali-for-nye-a	Philly is a good sports town, but the general consensus is that their fans are assholes (ask native son Kobe Bryant in the '02 All Star game). I think the overall best sports town is indeed Boston. They seem to be the most intelligent fans. Someone mentioned the Bay Area is a good sports town as well. The city of San Francisco is pretty good, but the for the whole area, that is definitely not true. With the exception of the very loyal Giants and Niners fans, the other teams don't get support. The A's have been perennial powerhouses, but rarely draw more than 30,000, the Warriors are a joke, the Raiders don't sell out and have a horrible owner, the Sharks are kind of a mystery to everyone. Cal and Stanford don't get the love they deserve, especially in football. The Sacto Kings are not a Bay Area team (different TV market, etc.). Meanwhile, people love to diss LA. Though I admit that a lot of LA fans are frontrunners, teams like the Dodgers break the theory that all LA fans are bandwagoners. The Dodgers are always near the top in attendance despite their sorry play. The Kings and even Clippers fans are pretty loyal. The Angels lead the league in attendance this year, and Edison Field was generally regarded as one of the loudest baseball stadiums in recently memory during the playoffs. College teams such as UCLA, USC, Pepperdine, Long Beach State, and Cal St. Northridge have loyal fans. LA is very underrated as sports town. Note that I convienently leave the NFL out of the picture, but the fact is we don't want a team. People follow whoever they want and they are fine with that. If they want to see a game, they can drive two hours to San Diego. Meanwhile, we get no blackouts which is awesome. __________________ My name is goddfather40 and I approved this message. I got ho's and I got bitches, In C++ I branch with switches -MC Plus+