Survey of Fan Loyalties: Are You a Displaced Fan?

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

An old article but I thought it was still interesting:

I fell under the "Military category" for a long time. As far as the large population of Skins fans in the DC Area, I have 2 theories.

The first is that there are some children out there that hated their father so much that they chose to root for the Dallas Cowboys instead of the Washington Redskins.

The second is the fact that a redskins owner many years ago stated that the Washington redskins will never be integrated. This comment sparked rage in many DC area natives durring the time. In turn all of those DC area natives decided to root for the biggest rival of the Redskins instead. (BTW, it was the same owner of the Redskins that opposed an expansion team in Dallas)

The crazy thing is that now if you ask one of the decendants of a DC, native, Cowboys fan "Why do they like the Cowboys?" They cannot even tell you the answer. Pathetic, its all in the past, get over it.

Readers Point to Race as Reason for Cowboys Fans in Redskins Land - The Fifth Down Blog - NYTimes.com

Dallas Cowboys History - The History of Texas' First NFL Team