Bandwagon Fans

Why are there bandwagon fans? Do people feel such a need for winning that they abandon the team they love for a team that's winning? Why can't people just love one team, through thick and thin?

I have been a lifelong fan of the Cincinnati Reds, Bengals, and Bearcats. The Bengals didn't become a winning team until the last couple of years, but that run has been shortlived. If they go back to the Bengals of old, I will still be the same old fan. I'll watch their games every Sunday, and keep cheering until we get to the playoffs. The Reds are finally becoming a good team again, but I never stopped loving them. I went to game after game while they were bad, and I'll go to game after game while they're good. My beloved Bearcats have been excellent my whole life, up until they fired Bob Huggins. Just because they have faltered, I'm not going to quit loving them.

Many people are quick to jump off a team's bandwagon just because they stop winning. Who cares? They are the same team, they just need help. They're not going to get better because somebody quits supporting them, so why do it? What does it prove if you quit supporting one team, and support a team that is winning? I guess that just shows how little of a fan you actually are. What's the competition in it? Hopefully people support the team, because those are the true fans that can get the team back on track.

Teams like Duke, North Carolina, UCLA, Kentucky, they all have tons of fans. It's not that people have supported them forever, it's that people want to support a winner. Why not try to make your team a winner. It might not be much, but if you support an organization like UCats, which is the booster program for the UC Bearcats, you are supporting your team. You are helping your team build a foundation for forever. That way those fans are jumping on your bandwagon, not off.