BY JESSICA SCHIEBER
So, you want to get into sports but don’t know how to find a team to support? You’re not alone in the wondering.
Here are some tips I have to help you on the journey to your favorite pass time.
The first is a birthright team. If there is a team your family supports in the sport you are looking into liking, well buddy, there’s your ticket in. If your parents like a team, chances are you know more about that team than you let on. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I truly started getting into football, but I knew my team. The Kansas City Chiefs have been my dad’s team for as long as I have been alive and that support ended up being passed down to me. It doesn’t matter if they’re winning or losing, those boys are my team.
The second team picking could be spiteful. Your entire family likes one team, and you want to be different. Maybe you chose to support their rival team? Maybe you will go into a different division and choose a team? It doesn’t matter how you do it as long as you aren’t supporting the team your family does.
Another could be trying to get into a sport that isn’t around you at all. This was me with hockey. Any team had a fair chance to become my team, but I kept seeing something about one team. This choice I call the wildcard choice. There really is no rhyme or reason to the choice you just like it. After I did research on my team I found out they were once based in Kansas City-maybe it’s an internal liking.
This choice can lead to getting your family into a new sport, and their choice of like a team might not be the same as yours. That is fine.
My family got into hockey after I did, and they chose to support the Dallas Stars. This could be technically considered our home team, because it is the closest to us.
This does not affect my already decided choice however, I got first pick in team, so their choice means nothing to me in all actuality.
Another way to pick could be to like a team because you like a different sports team in the area. This would be like me liking the Kansas City Royals because I like the Chiefs. This doesn’t hold any true merit, but I support the teams around the same area. This just heightens your chances of going to the city for more than one event a year.
Overall, the choice to like a team is fully on the individual making it. These are just some ideas I had on how you can come about your next favorite logo.
Maybe you decided to like a team because of a player and you decided to just follow that player wherever they go, the choice is yours.
And what is important is that you have fun and enjoy the sport.