{"id":6356,"date":"2016-01-20T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-giant-foam-finger-how-do-you-choose-your-favorite-team\/"},"modified":"2016-01-20T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T17:44:00","slug":"the-giant-foam-finger-how-do-you-choose-your-favorite-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-giant-foam-finger-how-do-you-choose-your-favorite-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The Giant Foam Finger: How Do You Choose Your Favorite Team?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Stephen Thompson<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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If you rooted for Washington’s NFL team because of Robert Griffin III, you’ll almost certainly root for a new team this fall. Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A few months ago, Code Switch<\/a> lead blogger Gene Demby turned to Twitter in an attempt to crowd-source a solution to a problem he’d been having. Gene had begun watching Premier League soccer but couldn’t settle on a rooting interest, so he asked the league’s fans<\/a> to convince him to root for one team or another.<\/p>\n

In this episode of The Giant Foam Finger<\/em> \u2014 our occasional sports-themed offshoot of Pop Culture Happy Hour<\/em> \u2014 I open by asking Gene for an update on his Premier League search. But then we move on to a farther-reaching discussion of why we might root for one team or another in any sport, for reasons ranging from geography to friendship, familial bonds, favorite individual athletes, bandwagon-jumping and even good old-fashioned spite.<\/p>\n

Naturally, given the theme of crowd-sourcing, we’d love to hear what listeners think. What made you choose your favorite teams? And, given the inspiration for this discussion, we’d love to hear more arguments for why Gene and I should root for your favorite Premier League team. So have at it in the comments, or on Twitter<\/a> or Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"If<\/a><\/div>\n
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Download<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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If you rooted for Washington’s NFL team because of Robert Griffin III, you’ll almost certainly root for a new team this fall. Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

toggle caption<\/strong> Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A few months ago, Code Switch<\/a> lead blogger Gene Demby turned to Twitter in an attempt to crowd-source a solution to a problem he’d been having. Gene had begun watching Premier League soccer but couldn’t settle on a rooting interest, so he asked the league’s fans<\/a> to convince him to root for one team or another.<\/p>\n

In this episode of The Giant Foam Finger<\/em> \u2014 our occasional sports-themed offshoot of Pop Culture Happy Hour<\/em> \u2014 I open by asking Gene for an update on his Premier League search. But then we move on to a farther-reaching discussion of why we might root for one team or another in any sport, for reasons ranging from geography to friendship, familial bonds, favorite individual athletes, bandwagon-jumping and even good old-fashioned spite.<\/p>\n

Naturally, given the theme of crowd-sourcing, we’d love to hear what listeners think. What made you choose your favorite teams? And, given the inspiration for this discussion, we’d love to hear more arguments for why Gene and I should root for your favorite Premier League team. So have at it in the comments, or on Twitter<\/a> or Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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