As a Tennessee diehard, it’s hard to argue with Alabama. However I think it depends on the era and the sport. The Patriots had a pretty nasty fan base for a while, especially rolled into the Tom Brady stans specifically. St Louis Cardinals fans were bad for a while, but this could be that one of my best friends in high school was an annoying Cards fan. Yankees fans also used to be terrible, but baseball has really dropped off in the past few decades.
As far as men’s college basketball, it just feels like all of the energy is put into March Madness itself rather than individual teams, and thus makes it hard to care about any particular team unless you have an affinity for it. And even then it can be hard to care because it feels like even the schools themselves don’t care as much.
As a Tennessee diehard, it’s hard to argue with Alabama. However I think it depends on the era and the sport. The Patriots had a pretty nasty fan base for a while, especially rolled into the Tom Brady stans specifically. St Louis Cardinals fans were bad for a while, but this could be that one of my best friends in high school was an annoying Cards fan. Yankees fans also used to be terrible, but baseball has really dropped off in the past few decades.
As far as men’s college basketball, it just feels like all of the energy is put into March Madness itself rather than individual teams, and thus makes it hard to care about any particular team unless you have an affinity for it. And even then it can be hard to care because it feels like even the schools themselves don’t care as much.