Future Fans

[halijack]

I've always been a fan of the teams my dad roots for in sports (NHL, MLB, NFL) I have a 2 year old myself and got him all kinds of Bills gear and already try to get him watching games with me. After sleeping on it last night, I honestly feel it would be cruel to have my son suffer through the agony of being a Bills fan. I feel I should set him free and let him choose his own team (except the pats). Does anyone else feel this way?

[PearlHowardman]

Suggestion: Depends on where you live. I live in Syracuse so I follow the SU Orange and college football in general. Try to point your son in the direction of your local college FB team.

[qwksilver]

I've always been a fan of the teams my dad roots for in sports (NHL, MLB, NFL) I have a 2 year old myself and got him all kinds of Bills gear and already try to get him watching games with me. After sleeping on it last night, I honestly feel it would be cruel to have my son suffer through the agony of being a Bills fan. I feel I should set him free and let him choose his own team (except the pats). Does anyone else feel this way?

 

Probably a good idea. Especially if you don't live in Bflo.

 

Other teams I would add to your list: Miami, Jets & Cowboys.

[MarkAF43]

how will you feel if your son chooses to follow in the path of Bills fans?

[May Day 10]

I've always been a fan of the teams my dad roots for in sports (NHL, MLB, NFL) I have a 2 year old myself and got him all kinds of Bills gear and already try to get him watching games with me. After sleeping on it last night, I honestly feel it would be cruel to have my son suffer through the agony of being a Bills fan. I feel I should set him free and let him choose his own team (except the pats). Does anyone else feel this way?

 

no.

 

I have various friends that are Yankee fans and Pats fans, etc... I dont really envy them at all. In a way they are really missing out. The real thrill of the chase is gone. Games arent really meaningful until the Conference Championships. Bills fan is exceptionally bad because there is just no good things at all. I am thinking though if we are blessed with a new local owner, the team will once again break out of its 53 year slumber.

 

Being a Bills, Sabres, and Indians fan, I wouldnt trade it for anything.

[Dorkington]

Watch non Bills games as well as Bills games and let him decide who to root for.

[mjt328]

I've just about given up on the NFL in general.

 

The sport is becoming a sad shell of itself. I've got no confidence the Bills will ever become something. Meanwhile, the same teams win year after year.

 

As I spend another Sunday night/Monday morning in a terrible mood (thanks to the Bills), I can't help but wonder if my time would be better spent doing something else.

[GOBILLS78]

The only team my daughters are rooting for are the Bubble Guppies.

[Hazed and Amuzed]

lol Why would you NOT let your son chose which team he roots for?

[Cugalabanza]

lol Why would you NOT let your son chose which team he roots for?

 

It's not that you don't let them choose. It's just that if it's something you share with them from a very early age and it becomes something you do together (cheering and suffering for the Bills), then it's likely to stick with them.

 

I've had the same thoughts with my little one.

[Shamrock]

Should I post a pic of my kids Thomas Thurman- 2 years old & Henry Jones (wife's maiden name is Jones)- 9 months old. Maybe when they're old enough the Bills will make a playoff...

[Corp000085]

My 4 year old is a bills and sabres fan now through osmosis. Heck, our first game that we watched together was the mckelvin MNF fumble disaster. That's a legacy right there!!!