re: Minimum requirements to be a fan of a college team?

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Happy when they win.
Sad when they lose.
Support regardless.

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Pretty much sums it up......I hate fans that are only "fans" when their team is winning.

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I never attended UA, but by god i've bought enough tickets, shirts, license plates, etc to have funded a tuition or two.

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Same boat but I did fund TWO college educations from The University of Alabama and proud of both of them. As a young man I was not able to attend college and had to go to work but I wanted to make sure both of my children would be able to go to school and get a good education....It was worth every dime I spent and if someone wants to call me a sidewalk fan I dont really care.

Pretty much a combination of everything in this thread, except of course the agtard that said you have to donate shite tons of money to them. I understand, like many, that you dont have to be rich to be a fan of a team. Some people cant afford to donate a bunch of money to their school of preference and that has absolutely nothing to do with their fandom.

If you bleed whatever colors represents your school, regardless of current success, then you can say that you are a fan of that team imo.

Yeah, I agree. I stared it by saying I'd spent enough for a tuition and it was continued with season tickets. Except at Alabama......season tickets are a wealthy and patient man's game. I'm neither. But i've bought lots of tickets for lot's of sports. I can name and locate most of the major buildings on campus. I spent my first 5 years in Alabama where I became a huge fan and lived most of my life only an hour away from Tuscaloosa. If you were representing the script A from 1997-2007 and you're not just a complete embarrasment then Alabama fans are accepting. I think the term "sidewalk alum" is designated for people who no one wants to complain. I'm not offended by it. I could've gone to UA if I wanted and I don't think anyone mistakes me for a common dumb wal-mart fan.

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except of course the agtard that said you have to donate shite tons of money to them.

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Except of course he never said nor even implied that.

No, your post was acceptable. You merely stated that you had spent enough money with them that you felt you more than qualified. This tard I was talking about was saying donations and shite are a requirement.

I throw plenty of my money at the UA athletic department, but if I wasnt comfortable enough financially to do so, I would punch someone in the mouth for telling me I wasnt a true fan because of it.

It goes along with the pretentious fricknuts on here that tell you what is and isnt acceptable attire to wear to a football game. Wear whatever the frick you think looks good and is comfortable. If you want to wear khakis and a button down, then wear it. If you want to wear blue jean shorts, a cutoff shirt and one of those visors that has the colored fake hair sticking out the top, then wear that shite too. If people didnt wear that kind of shite then we wouldnt have anyone to make fun of later.

Bottom line TLDR

Be a fan however you want. You are doing it for YOUR enjoyment, not anyone elses.

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Except of course he never said nor even implied that.

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If you're not a graduate, you need to have some pecuniary interest in the university. For example, giving to the alumni association, the athletic foundation, and/or perennially purchasing season tickets to a sport.

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Yeah, he kind of did.

Seems to be pretty common logic among the A&M fan base.

Then you are not a "True" fan according to me. I guess I hit the mark.

I don't like women's softball, soccer, volleyball or lacrosse but they are fun to attend and root for your college team.

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Then you are not a "True" fan according to me. I guess I hit the mark.

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Just so you know, if I ever see you away from this board, as promised in another post, I will punch you in the mouth.