College Admissions Essay: Loyalty In Professional Sports
Loyalty in Question
I was born in Charleston, SC and spent my childhood years in Washington, DC raised by my aunt and uncle. During most of those years the Washington Redskins were one of the best franchises in the NFL. This was in the midst of the Joe Gibbs era and the team winning three Super Bowls. We attended every championship parade so by family tradition I became a Redskins fan. I remember the city-wide celebration and how the entire city shutdown for the extravaganza. There was no way as a young impressionable child, I couldn't gravitate towards Redskin nation! After that run of success the team was sold to Daniel Snyder, ushering in a new era and a new regime. I moved back to Charleston during my teenage years but still was a die …show more content…
I watch the franchise suffer through consecutive disappointing seasons for almost a decade, so much that I stopped watching as I couldn't bare to witness the demise of this once mighty organization. I was still an avid supporter but admittedly my public displays of affection for the organization were now non-existent. I relocated to Atlanta for career purposes but still a fan nonetheless. Over the years the losing disinterested me and even though being in Atlanta I had new friends trying to flip my commitment I stayed the course. About 3 years ago a new sports radio station, 92.9 The Game, took to the airwaves and I became addicted to sports talk radio. Needless to say this station was the Atlanta Falcons flagship station with the bulk of the programming focused on the team. Over the years the combination of Redskins disintegrating and being in a city where the Falcons are king has seriously eroded my loyalty. I can truly admit now that I am torn between teams. I am probably seventy percent Falcon, thirty percent Redskin. I struggle with fully being a fan of either team because both franchises are so up and down recently. I understand in sports there are no guarantees that your team will be a perennial playoff contender unless you have Tom Brady and Bill Belichik but is it too much for a fan to want that? I have found it difficult to say I'm a Falcons fan but admittedly I am on the cusp of becoming just that. As a football fan searching for continuity
I was born in Charleston, SC and spent my childhood years in Washington, DC raised by my aunt and uncle. During most of those years the Washington Redskins were one of the best franchises in the NFL. This was in the midst of the Joe Gibbs era and the team winning three Super Bowls. We attended every championship parade so by family tradition I became a Redskins fan. I remember the city-wide celebration and how the entire city shutdown for the extravaganza. There was no way as a young impressionable child, I couldn't gravitate towards Redskin nation! After that run of success the team was sold to Daniel Snyder, ushering in a new era and a new regime. I moved back to Charleston during my teenage years but still was a die …show more content…
I watch the franchise suffer through consecutive disappointing seasons for almost a decade, so much that I stopped watching as I couldn't bare to witness the demise of this once mighty organization. I was still an avid supporter but admittedly my public displays of affection for the organization were now non-existent. I relocated to Atlanta for career purposes but still a fan nonetheless. Over the years the losing disinterested me and even though being in Atlanta I had new friends trying to flip my commitment I stayed the course. About 3 years ago a new sports radio station, 92.9 The Game, took to the airwaves and I became addicted to sports talk radio. Needless to say this station was the Atlanta Falcons flagship station with the bulk of the programming focused on the team. Over the years the combination of Redskins disintegrating and being in a city where the Falcons are king has seriously eroded my loyalty. I can truly admit now that I am torn between teams. I am probably seventy percent Falcon, thirty percent Redskin. I struggle with fully being a fan of either team because both franchises are so up and down recently. I understand in sports there are no guarantees that your team will be a perennial playoff contender unless you have Tom Brady and Bill Belichik but is it too much for a fan to want that? I have found it difficult to say I'm a Falcons fan but admittedly I am on the cusp of becoming just that. As a football fan searching for continuity