What do you think of bandwagon fans?

[Sam Mills Fan]

As a fanbase that hasn't had the amount of success as others, we've always been the first ones to make fun of the 2012th Man, the Saints fans that don't remember anything before Drew Brees, the Patriots fans that don't remember anything before Tom Brady, etc. However, I know you have noticed people on Facebook that have never said one positive thing in their lives about the Panthers suddenly pounding their chests about how There's Nothing Finer Than to Be in Carolina For the 6-0 Panthers. The same people that you remember taking selfies in their Jets jerseys a few years ago or the ones with Steelers flags on their trucks. I know you've seen the amount of people rocking Panthers gear WAY up all over Charlotte. I've heard secondhand about how our bandwagon is growing nationwide too, not just in the Carolinas.

 

What do you honestly think about these people? Good thing or bad thing?

 

I love seeing Panthers love like I haven't seen since 2003. It's cool that everyone else is into what you've always been into, you know? At the same time, it's...not. When I was a sophomore in high school still wearing my Panthers shirt to school in December 2001 and being made fun of because of it..............I don't know, *I* have paid my dues as a Panthers fan since Year 1, not these people that jump on now that we're thinking Super Bowl. 

 

I have to admit I think the bandwagon fans annoy me more than they excite me. Am I being petty? Can anyone relate?

[Reynman]

yup....being petty.  Check your team ownership investment in your portfolio...

[Reynman]

oh yeah.....15 year fan, infrequent poster.

[t96]

fug them. I want everyone who hasn't been a fan since day 1 to hate us.

[Squirrel]

yup....being petty.  Check your team ownership investment in your portfolio...

yep right here.  PSL owner.  

[Toker Smurf]

I hate them with the burning passion of a thousand blue suns. 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

It's better to have Panther bandwagoners than Seahawk bandwagoners.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

2013 was the year that the Panthers bandwagon took off here in Raleigh. poo exploded after the pats game. oh well.

[chknwing]

I gave up the mighty Buffalo Bills to become a panther fan its inaugural season. Still have my Erickson Stadium coin.

[PanthersUnited]

I'm like the anti bandwagon fan lol, I actually became a fan at the end of 2010-2011 right at the start of the Rivera/Cam rebuild.. I always really passively followed the Panthers here and there and might casually watched a game here and there, but getting the 1st overall pick really piqued my interest and that's when my fandom really escalated from casually following the team here and there to now, constantly posting, reading about them and not missing a single Panthers game buying Panthers gear etc.

So yea, I didn't actually get passionate about this team until 2010/2011 so I'm the polar opposite of a bandwagon fan

[LUUUUUKE]

Didn't read OP, but I HATE bandwagon fans no matter the sport. I always troll them in person by asking poignant questions about their  "supposed team" to out thm and embarrass them every chance I get! I will never change either

[Sam Mills Fan]

Some of you guys seem to be trying to prove how long of a fan you are. I'm not talking about someone that's passionate to have found this site and signed up and posted. I'm talking about these Facebook jabronis or your coworkers or your next door neighbor.

[TheNewStandard]

With the inception of fantasy football, more people are latching on to Cam and, our defense and maybe even Stewart for their respective fantasy lineups...suddenly, we have star-power and are more relevant this year.

personally, I've been a diehard Panther from day one...even have a football card that introduces the franchise into the NFL. I think it's a "score co. Card," but I can't remember. 

Bamdwagon fans are better than no fans and I've been sick of seeing more opposition fans in our stadium for half of our games and I'm glad we are finally filling our seats with Panther supporters than opposition fans. 

Welcome one and all. The more the merrier!!! Keep Pounding!

[O-Ther]

Bandwagon fans are like trophy wives. Nice to see, but the Panther conversations aren't deep