It seems kind of selfish for me to force my Yankees/Giants/Knicks fandom on my children when it would be much easier for them to (shudder) root for and go to Philadelphia area sports teams. I will never condone the Eagles, but overall I'm trying to steer clear of football with my boys so I suppose this is more baseball/basketball related. While it might be somewhat selfish, setting them up to root for perennial losers is also not cool. What say ye BBI?
Seriously, though, I could grudgingly accept other teams so long as they weren't rivals of my teams. IOW, no Cowboys, Redskins or Eagles, no Orioles, and for the love of god no Red Sox.
For the other sports, I really didn't care as much if they rooted for the Nationals, Wizards, Capitals or decided to root for another team of their choice in those sports.
The BIG battle was football and I won on that from as all three root for the Giants.
They are NY Rangers fans too. I didn't really try with baseball, which is why my wife likes the Bo-Sox (yuck!), but 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
I don't feel bad about it. It's fun to be a little different. Gives her something to spar with her friends about.
There can be no other way in this house.
You want to root for another team?
Go find a new dad.
I never really cared about the NBA, so I let them choose the Sixers. I will always love the Yankees, but I love to go to baseball games too much to not hit up Citizen's Bank Park a lot. So my kids have grown attached to the Phillies. No real conflict there, and everybody can come together and hate the Mets.
I initially wanted them to just root for "my" teams, but there is a social experience that comes from rooting for the hometown team that I did not want to deprive them of. I found this to be the best balance. I get to share football with them, and they get to enjoy the collective experience of sports at the stadiums and with their friends...
This is why my kids are required to root for the two most hated!
That said, there are many creative ways to plant the seeds properly. And these days, you can pretty much see your team every week if you want to, and hell, in Philly, you can see a game without traveling every year, and you're close enough to see more!
No-brainer.
My younger one who is obviously the son who is getting most of my money when I die a huge Giant fan. Dolphins also have foundered or been mediocre at best. They grew up w 2 SB wins. I did them a favor.
There can be no other way in this house.
You want to root for another team?
Go find a new dad.
Agree entirely. Fandom is very often a patrilineal tradition passed down regardless of geography.
Except fuck the Pats and Red Sox fans here in northern New York. Teaching their kids that shit is reprehensible.
My next door neighbor is a Giants fan as well. It's a melting pot over here.
If I recall, you re up here as well??
As far as my son is concerned I named him Eli, and almost everytime he introduces himself now he says after Eli Manning.LOL.
Not only has he become a pretty big Giants fan, he has also learned to despise the Cowboys. I am very proud. The wife and daughter also are fairly big fans of the Giants too. Winning two Super Bowls in my childrens early developmental years probably didnt hurt either.
He is not allowed to like the Eagles.
He is not allowed to like the Eagles.
Or wear an OBJ jersey.
We do root for the Terps and Navy and of course Army when we are back in NY.
My next door neighbor is a Giants fan as well. It's a melting pot over here.
If I recall, you re up here as well??
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I'll advise him to steer clear of the Mets and save him a lifetime of pain.
He is not allowed to like the Eagles.
Or wear an OBJ jersey.
I don't care about that. My complaints at this point involving Beckham aren't even with him anymore. It's the front office and the fanboys.
Moms family likes Steelers so they successfully recruited one.
The other strayed to Seattle with his friends.
I'm ok wth the Steelers but pretending to root for Seattle sucks
My son is 30 and doesn't care for team sports. He hang glides, rock climbs, snowboards, bikerides, etc. is in better shape than I ever was in my life. Even when I played football in high school.
My son has worn NYG jerseys to Bronco rally days throughout elementary school. Although I did take him to Invesco Field for the Turkey Day massacre 8 years ago. He was 7, and after wiping the tears away after that 26-6 debacle, he said "the next game we go to is going to be at Giants Stadium! I wanna be around real Giants fans!!!"
My work is done.
That's just all there is to say.
For example, somehow my 3.5 year old son has taken an affinity to Larry Bird. I don't really follow the NBA anymore but somewhere in my closet are two Lakers jerseys. But Larry Bird is awesome, so if my kid wants to pretend he's Larry Bird I really don't mind.
My wife however is an Eagles fan. I started dating her because I thought she wouldn't expect a ring anytime soon.
"We can't let them choose, Leonard, they're children!" - ( New Window )
She has no idea yet about anything. But nobody is dumb enough to say anything. We are far enough from Philly that they are civil.
As for when they became Giant fans, I told them in no uncertain terms when they were old enough that they didn't have to care about football at all, but if they did there were basically two, no-argument rules. In order to sleep indoors each night, no burgundy and gold could ever be considered acceptable and it would really, really please your meal ticket if you adopted the New York Football Giants as your favorite team. Their mother is a Redskin fan and we proudly keep her in the minority. Make that long suffering minority - and may it ever be so.
I am a Canadiens fan.
the kids are all Bruins fans and it doesn't bother me, though we cannot watch when they play each other in the same room. I don't get mad but they get in my face and it's annoying. luckily the Canadiens have mostly dominated the Bruins (other than f-ing stanley cup win the Bruins had in 2008, but the kids were very little for that and too young to remember it).
However, my kids are all Giants fans.
In February 2012 the Friday before the Super Bowl they had Tom Brady day (really Patriots day - but they already have that here so as to not confuse things they had Tom Brady day) and the kids could wear Patriots gear in honor of the upcoming Super Bowl.
My daughter wore a pink Eli Manning jersey (she was maybe in 3rd or 4th grade). She was ridiculed all day, but on Monday after the Super Bowl she wore it again. I loved it.
all that said I don't give a shit.
My father is a diehard Yankees fan and NY Rangers fan. My father IMO rivals Francessa in how much Yankees lore he knows. He can recite lineups, stats, games from the 60' onward like an encyclopedia. I grew up a Mets and Canadiens fans. So who gives a shit really. I think he would have had a problem if I were a Red Sox fan. that rivalry in the 70's was as good as any in sports, maybe ever.
I am a Canadiens fan.
the kids are all Bruins fans and it doesn't bother me, though we cannot watch when they play each other in the same room. I don't get mad but they get in my face and it's annoying. luckily the Canadiens have mostly dominated the Bruins (other than f-ing stanley cup win the Bruins had in 2008, but the kids were very little for that and too young to remember it).
However, my kids are all Giants fans.
In February 2012 the Friday before the Super Bowl they had Tom Brady day (really Patriots day - but they already have that here so as to not confuse things they had Tom Brady day) and the kids could wear Patriots gear in honor of the upcoming Super Bowl.
My daughter wore a pink Eli Manning jersey (she was maybe in 3rd or 4th grade). She was ridiculed all day, but on Monday after the Super Bowl she wore it again. I loved it.
all that said I don't give a shit.
My father is a diehard Yankees fan and NY Rangers fan. My father IMO rivals Francessa in how much Yankees lore he knows. He can recite lineups, stats, games from the 60' onward like an encyclopedia. I grew up a Mets and Canadiens fans. So who gives a shit really. I think he would have had a problem if I were a Red Sox fan. that rivalry in the 70's was as good as any in sports, maybe ever.
2011 sorry for Bruins Stanley Cup
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I'll advise him to steer clear of the Mets and save him a lifetime of pain.
He is not allowed to like the Eagles.
Or wear an OBJ jersey.
I don't care about that. My complaints at this point involving Beckham aren't even with him anymore. It's the front office and the fanboys.
Yes. Fuck the front office for....um.....what exactly?
And fuck those Giants fans that love Beckham! Be a man and demand more out of your player.