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Yeah, the franchise thing is an obvious issue that only very rarely occurs in football/soccer. One day the Cardinals are in Missouri, next they're in Arizona. That would irritate the fuck out of me and make it impossible for me to feel any kind of real deep rooted loyalty to any NFL side. And in baseball, aren't certain older people in NY still pissed off about the Brooklyn Dodgers moving to LA? It does happen here but only very very rarely and it's massively frowned upon when it does.
But either way, if you're from somewhere without a team then it's inevitable you'd choose your team with a bit more calculation, whether it's based on success, style of play, an interest in the place they're from, liking their fans, or following a player. I obviously don't have a local NBA team so I follow the Phoenix Suns just because I like Westerns, which I tend to associate with Arizona.
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