Ce match des Rangers était pathétique… et ne me lancez pas sur Bucs/Lions… Honteux !
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TampaTitties69
@Lightning de Tampa Bay
Ce match des Rangers était pathétique… et ne me lancez pas sur Bucs/Lions… Honteux !
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TampaTitties69
12 Comments
I hear you for the playoffs, but some STM sell a few games to the big markets and get a rebate for the season.
Also, we played in Detriot… you would expect their fans to be there.
It’s been happening forever. My wife and I were STM’s for 10 years and we would show up to the Boston game like we were in the TD Garden.
Those damn opposing team jerseys contaminating our beautiful arena.
It happens everywhere the big market teams play unfortunately
You live in a city full of northern transplants. They teach their kids to be fans of their northern teams. Half of those Rangers and Lions fans live in Tampa Bay and a good amount were born there.
Go to a sports bar in Chicago and it’s 99% Bears fans in there. Sports bar in Cleveland is 99% Browns fans. Sports bar in Tampa Bay on an nfl Sunday? Maybe 40% Bucs fans, 10% Lions fans, 10% Bills fans, 10% Steelers fans, 10% Browns fans, 5% Giants fans, 5% Jets fans, 5% Dolphins fans, the last 5% is a smattering of every other team.
The only way to stop it is to keep winning until the younger generations of these fan bases that live in the bay switch allegiances from their parents’ team to their local team.
I had season tickets to the Bucs for years and years. I’d see the same people in my section wearing their Bucs gear week after week, and then when the Bucs played their « team from back home » they’d show up in that jersey. It annoyed me, but I guess that’s the way it goes in a city full of people that didn’t grow up here.
Yup I’ve lived in Tampa for 26 years seen the ups and downs. There are some real die hard fans but unfortunately most people here are not.
It used to be part of the stm economics. If you sold the right games it paid for most of your package. It’s actually better than it used to be.
I hate knowing opposing fans are buying my tickets, but I’m not just going to eat the cost when I can’t go due to work
You do realize where we live right? Snowbird capital of the world. Lmfao
I hear you. BUT the look on the faces of so many when it was 4-3…. then 5-3…..6-3. Priceless. I don’t mind opposing fans as most of them are interesting to talk to. Some are assholes though. It’s interesting to hear other people’s view of their own team. And the shit talking can be fun. There’s nothing like trying to give a kid in a Bruins jersey a high 5 after the bolts score. The kid gives you a dirty look, the dad is laughing at him. Good times.
First of all, people who sell their tickets don’t have any control over who buys them. Second of all, it’s spring break so there’s probably people who were out of town. Third, it’s spring training, so there’s extra New York assholes here to snatch up tickets. Fourth, most times I see people complaining about this, they weren’t at the game themselves (Not saying that’s the case with you, OP, I’m just saying in general).
Anyway, I always think it’s super fun to say bye to them when they leave all heartbroken