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Interesting topic about Alabama fandom by @gbdawkins "ON APATHY AND FAIR WEATHER FANDOM" http://t.co/NUNX9nvMTq
bammer- Interesting topic and some good points made by Greg. When we took over RBR five months ago, we made a vow to do our best to give as many Alabama sports the coverage they deserve. Football is king and will always be the favorite of the majority of this fan base. That's OK btw but the lack in attendance, especially at home baseball games, is disconcerting to say the least. Did y'all know Alabama is the leader in all-time SEC baseball wins? You wouldn't know it given the lack of support that team receives by not only the fan base but the University as well..
Multiple choice: Pick one and only one. Do you prefer a) winning, b) football, c) The University of Alabama? I ask because itās an issue thatās been bothering me. Lately, particularly on social media sites, there have been a lot of snarky comments that āBama fans donāt care about (fill in the sport here that isnāt football),ā and earlier this year one of my best friends and fellow UA alum commented, āI donāt know why you do this to yourself,ā when I was in the midst of an Alabama basketball meltdown.
I do this to myself because I love The University of Alabama. Sure, I enjoy the football programās success. But I also watch the hockey team online. Is it because I have an intrinsic love of hockey? Or basketball for that matter? No, not at all. I watch because I went to Alabama, I owe much of my success to The University, and I want to watch whether it succeeds or fails. I feel like I owe that. My question is: why donāt you?
Look, being a Bama football fan is easy, especially now. Hell, itās almost a lazy manās game. You can sweat two games a year, but itās almost guaranteed that your team will be better than 99% of college football teams. Baseball? Basketball? Itās not easy, but Iām invested in my universityās success, just as Iām proud that its public relations program is the nationās best.
Softball and gymnastics have strong attendance, but thatās because they win. If they didnāt, their arenas would be ghost towns much like Sewell-Thomas Stadium is on a perfect Tuscaloosa Saturday afternoon. What once just made me sad now makes me angry. Perhaps it dates me, but I remember a time when baseball and basketball were sell outs most of the time. The product was a little better then, but not by a lot. While UA is not a national title contender in either sport, neither are they an embarrassment. To compare, Mississippi State hasnāt been a title contender in baseball for awhile until this year, and Tennessee hasnāt set the world on fire in basketball. Neither of those programs have been noticeably superior to Alabamaās. Yet, there they are, at the top of attendance lists. Who isnāt? The University of Alabama.
So, returning to our multiple choice quiz earlier, it seems that most of the Alabama fan base should have selected either a or b. The numbers certainly do not seem to indicate c. Pretty sad.
bammer- Interesting topic and some good points made by Greg. When we took over RBR five months ago, we made a vow to do our best to give as many Alabama sports the coverage they deserve. Football is king and will always be the favorite of the majority of this fan base. That's OK btw but the lack in attendance, especially at home baseball games, is disconcerting to say the least. Did y'all know Alabama is the leader in all-time SEC baseball wins? You wouldn't know it given the lack of support that team receives by not only the fan base but the University as well..
Multiple choice: Pick one and only one. Do you prefer a) winning, b) football, c) The University of Alabama? I ask because itās an issue thatās been bothering me. Lately, particularly on social media sites, there have been a lot of snarky comments that āBama fans donāt care about (fill in the sport here that isnāt football),ā and earlier this year one of my best friends and fellow UA alum commented, āI donāt know why you do this to yourself,ā when I was in the midst of an Alabama basketball meltdown.
I do this to myself because I love The University of Alabama. Sure, I enjoy the football programās success. But I also watch the hockey team online. Is it because I have an intrinsic love of hockey? Or basketball for that matter? No, not at all. I watch because I went to Alabama, I owe much of my success to The University, and I want to watch whether it succeeds or fails. I feel like I owe that. My question is: why donāt you?
Look, being a Bama football fan is easy, especially now. Hell, itās almost a lazy manās game. You can sweat two games a year, but itās almost guaranteed that your team will be better than 99% of college football teams. Baseball? Basketball? Itās not easy, but Iām invested in my universityās success, just as Iām proud that its public relations program is the nationās best.
Softball and gymnastics have strong attendance, but thatās because they win. If they didnāt, their arenas would be ghost towns much like Sewell-Thomas Stadium is on a perfect Tuscaloosa Saturday afternoon. What once just made me sad now makes me angry. Perhaps it dates me, but I remember a time when baseball and basketball were sell outs most of the time. The product was a little better then, but not by a lot. While UA is not a national title contender in either sport, neither are they an embarrassment. To compare, Mississippi State hasnāt been a title contender in baseball for awhile until this year, and Tennessee hasnāt set the world on fire in basketball. Neither of those programs have been noticeably superior to Alabamaās. Yet, there they are, at the top of attendance lists. Who isnāt? The University of Alabama.
So, returning to our multiple choice quiz earlier, it seems that most of the Alabama fan base should have selected either a or b. The numbers certainly do not seem to indicate c. Pretty sad.
