The Phenomenon of Sports Fan Migration
September 15, 2008 11:33 AM | 0 Comments
If you're a Sports Widow in Seattle, you may think relief is here. From what I hear, all of the teams in Seattle (the Mariners, the UW Huskies and the WSU Cougars) and environs either stink (to use a highly sophisticated term) or are no longer physically located here (as is the case with the Seattle SuperSonics, our former Pro basketball team which was relocated to Oklahoma with much objection and angst. New name: Oklahoma City Thunders).
So, you might mistakenly believe you don't need to stand on your widow's walk waiting for your fan to come home: He's stuck by dint of his circumstances. The seas miraculously dried up, and there's no fishing, right?
Ahhh, but this is where your naivete is revealed and where you see the treachery of sports fanaticism. The lack of success with local teams merely redirects your fan's attention to other teams or other sports. This is called sports fan migration. This is because many fans are omnivores, ambidextrious, willing to watch just about anything that has a whiff of competition. You can't win. You simply can't win. What's a sports widow to do. We're never out of business.
The Sports Widow(aka Nan Hall)
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