the bungals have some dedicated fans...
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it's because they're always good to great every year. why do you think they became steeler fans in the first place? let them suffer through a few seasons in a row with a bad to horrible team. it's easy to claim you have the best fan base when your team is always winning. the cowboys probably have the biggest fanbase in the nfl, but you wouldn't know it right now. when they're playing good enough to be considered super bowl contenders, suddenly they're everywhere.
It's because when the steel mills collapsed in the 80s, they just won 4 Super Bowls, and everyone left town in a mass exodus. Population dropped by like 500,000. Those aren't bandwagon fans. They're Pittsburghers who got transplanted by a bad economy. That's why they love the Steelers so much, it keeps them connected to the city. Steelers bars aren't for people born in another city who love the Steelers. It's for Pittsburghers who live in another city.
In fairness, you don't see 49ers bars because nobody ever wants to leave Cali. And you don't see Browns bars because most of their fans have killed themselves.
In fairness, you don't see 49ers bars because nobody ever wants to leave Cali. And you don't see Browns bars because most of their fans have killed themselves.
I don't know about other cities, but there's a steeler's bar here in boise and none of the fans I've met there are from pitts. I imagine most of the people stayed out east when they left pittsburgh.
fact is, winning teams have a lot of bandwagon fans. there's no way around that, trying to say otherwise is just being a homer. steeler's have more super bowls than anybody and the fans haven't had to suffer through any real bad times in 40 years.
fact is, winning teams have a lot of bandwagon fans. there's no way around that, trying to say otherwise is just being a homer. steeler's have more super bowls than anybody and the fans haven't had to suffer through any real bad times in 40 years.