The Definitive Fan #13 – The Bandwagoner

Welcome to the Definitive Fan – The online guide from PowerPlayGoal.com to the types of fans who you’re likely to meet (or not meet) at a game.
Some of these fans have a true passion for the game, and will proudly support their chosen team through and through. Other folks, on the other hand…
Fan Type #13 – The Bandwagoner

Look at this lovely wagon, conveniantly available to hop on when that other one is breaking.
Bio:
Often confused with the Fair Weather Fan. As the name suggests, the Bandwagoner has a tendency to hop on a particular team’s bandwagon, as in, conveniently become part of said team’s fan base when they happen to be winning.
They’ll continue to go and watch games for as long as their team is constantly doing well: they’ll then buy merchandise, such as a pennant, talk about the team, and hockey in general, with their friends and (temporary) fellow fans all while making themselves sound like they know everything about this team… but the very moment something bad happens, like the team suddenly losing its playoff spot in the standings, they will suddenly be overcome with a feeling of disappointment. Generally, sports fans do feel unhappy when their favourites have just lost a game (or their playoff spot), especially the passionate fans of said team, but they never go as far as to follow another one instead.
Usually, no matter what the team is going through or how bad they are doing, the more passionate hockey fans will still continue to attend and watch games to support them. As for the Bandwagoners however, while the team continues to struggle during a losing streak, they’ll conveniently change their allegiance to a different team instead, one that just happens to be winning (especially common if there are multiple teams within an area), usually being part of a crowd in doing so. But then suddenly, this team has a bad spell near the end of the season while their previous favourites have made a big, final push to clinch a playoff spot: guess what this fan does next.
Characteristics:
No distinguishable characteristics, they seem to blend in.
Favourite Team:
Guess.
Other:
This fan type tends to be more noticeable during the postseason. Sometimes you’ll find that even the most loyal fans of a team that have missed the playoffs still need their hockey fix, and will root for a particular team that they want to win: fans like this could be classed as Bandwagoner Type B.
I’m Wildwing64, and this is the Definitive Fan.

