A question of Loyalty to this team

Hey..if you can stomach it, get out while you can. This franchise has likely cost me at least 5 years of my life....there's no turning back, even though I know I'll never see a jets championship, and will likely have to endure 10 more Patriot super bowls.

 

From the second I put on my first Jets cap, and cheered them on at the age of 8, on a dreary day in the upper deck of Giants Stadium against Philadelphia in 1996, I have been condemned to a life of misery cheering for this franchise...

Unfortunately, I hate too many other NFL franchises (partially because of my love for the Jets) to ever "switch," and I have invested too much time, money, and emotion in this team to ever think about 'giving up.'

That being said, if you can get out without feeling terrible about yourself or questioning your manhood, more power to you.... The rest of us will be haplessly cheering on the Jets for the rest of our (or the franchise's) lives...

J-E-T-S


Ugh...

 

Ive been a JET fan sine i was 8 years old ive seen a lot of horrible things in my time as a jets fan... but i could never root for any other team. J-E-T-S 4 LIFE!!!

 

I wouldnt think any less of ya....I have this same conversation with a buddy of mine all the time....not about switching teams but the fact that as much as I love football I have had very very few enjoyable moments watching it! kinda retarded really

 

I wouldnt put you down,you can do what you want. this is a tough team to follow. For me The Jets are inbedded. I enjoy watching all the games,but will always be a Jet fan. That can't change. My dad is a Jet fan,a lot of the team used to eat and drink at his pub in Oceanside years ago when he had it. Rooting for this miserable excuse of a football team is just part of the family for me.

 

If you're a football fan you have a prayer of salvaging your watching experience because you can theoretically switch.

Me? I'm a Jet's fan and would give up football completely if I ever stopped watching them so I have no hope.

I speak from experience, having given up the Knicks and Rangers both after 1994 because I just didn't have the time to root for 4 sports teams. the Rangers I went out on a high note with and have never watched another NHL hockey game.

 

Seasons like this will make it all the more sweeter when we reach the top......of course it will probably be my great....great...great.....great...grandchildren who will get to see the victory parade.

 

Do as you please.. If you are ok being a bandwagon fan by all means be a bandwagon fan.

 

Dropping this pathetic excuse of a team would be the most logical, rational thing to do right now...however it's strangely impossible for me. Like Kurt said, if you can do it, get as far away from this mess as you can and don't look back. It's already too late for most of us.

But, personally, I don't have a problem with bandwagons fans. It's the one's that act all arrogant and deny they are, that bug me.

 

I’ve been to jail for this team…more than once.

 

Thank you. I just had my first belly laugh in a month.

And no I don't doubt you at all.

 

This is my deal.
Even if I could somehow divorce myself from the Jets, who would I switch over to? My options are not much better except for one team.
Other teams I can stomach are the Cardinals, Broncos, Saints, and Vikings.
I hate or am indifferent to every other team.

 

Maybe I'm still really cranky after the loss, but all those teams seem better off than the Jets. You'd probably live a happier life if you made the switch.

 

the only other 2 teams i even like are the Niners and Packers. Pretty much because Steve Young was fun to watch and Favre still is.

 

If NFL Sunday Ticket existed and my family subscribed to it when I first watched NFL games on a regular basis (1984), I would most likely be a Broncos fan.

(My family does have a home video of me, as a 7-year old, talking about the Steelers-Broncos playoff game of that year.)

 

Ah, what could've been. Instead your childhood was probably spent watching Kotite and crew deliver gems each Sunday afternoon.

 

I'd trade this team for their entire lineup in a heartbeat.