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So I'm walking down the street in Brooklyn NY this morning...

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...and I see an older gentleman off in the distance wearing a what looked to be a black and silver winter coat. As I get closer, I start to see flashes of carolina blue...he's sporting Panthers paraphernalia in Giants country! 

Yeah, this shouldn't be that big a deal, but I do privately get annoyed when I see a bunch of Eli Manning jerseys in the Dicks Sporting Goods in the QC. I never used to see Panthers stuff on the racks in sports shops up here in NY, but it seems like times are changing.

Winning does that. 

Is anybody else seeing more Panthers' gear around the country these days?

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More?  No, not really.  I travel a lot for work though (western U.S.) and I definitely notice when I see someone sporting Panthers gear.  Sadly, I notice it because it's so rare.  It's worth noting that it seems like I notice more of it in Hawaii and Alaska than anywhere else. Likely because so many people in both of those places are from elsewhere.

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Dude. Saturday I ran into some kid with a panther's keychain. I checked him to see if he is a bandwagon or not. Said he was a fan since 03. Knows our roster and everything. 

Then I am at starbucks yesterday and dude walks in with a Cam Jersey. 2nd Cam Jersey I saw in LA besides me. Lot of the bandwagon saints and seahawks fans here may have switched alleigances

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52 minutes ago, PoundCat said:

...and I see an older gentleman off in the distance wearing a what looked to be a black and silver winter coat. As I get closer, I start to see flashes of carolina blue...he's sporting Panthers paraphernalia in Giants country! 

Yeah, this shouldn't be that big a deal, but I do privately get annoyed when I see a bunch of Eli Manning jerseys in the Dicks Sporting Goods in the QC. I never used to see Panthers stuff on the racks in sports shops up here in NY, but it seems like times are changing.

Winning does that. 

Is anybody else seeing more Panthers' gear around the country these days?

I live in Staten island I have only met 3 other panther fans out here . Although I have seen a guy at my old college wearing full panthers clothing

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It's going to be tough getting use to the bandwagoners. After so many years of feeling like the only Panther fan that exists out here and hating on franchises like New Orleans and Seattle's for the bandwgoners, its gonna be weird.

I'm all down with new fans, but they have no idea some of the seasons I sat through, and they best not be jumping ship like they did with their last team. 

True, and when I used to see people wearing panthers gear 90% percent of the time they were actual fans and you could talk some good panther football, but, all of a sudden, everyone is a "fan".

Would really piss me off when people from NC would ask me why i like the Panthers if they suck, and people saying they dont like them cuz they suck... Now those same people acting like they been supporting the whole time. smdh.

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Norfolk was difficult this weekend. All I saw were NFC East team jerseys. On the way back to High Point from around the OBX area I picked up the Redskins broadcast during the Unsportsmanlike call on Culliver and man, I about ran off the road I was laughing so hard at their meltdown. I didn't pick-up the game again until I got closer to Rocky Mount. 

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31 minutes ago, 15 said:

It's going to be tough getting use to the bandwagoners. After so many years of feeling like the only Panther fan that exists out here and hating on franchises like New Orleans and Seattle's for the bandwgoners, its gonna be weird.

I'm all down with new fans, but they have no idea some of the seasons I sat through, and they best not be jumping ship like they did with their last team. 

Bruh, they will :-)

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I live in Greenville SC and I NEVER see anyone wearing Panthers gear. ( cept my wife ).  I am out probably 50% of the time sporting my Panthers shirts, hats...etc, year round.  It's funny that usually no one says a word to me about it but lately I have been getting people talking to me about the Panthers when I pass by.  I got called a bandwagon fan the other day and I was like...psh, look how faded this shirt is.....does that look like a shirt I just put on?  You would think everyone around here would be Panthers fans but all you see is Orange ( Clemson ) and Red ( Carolina GC ).  It's a shame that there is not more support in upstate SC.

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