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I live and work in Phoenix. Most of the year folks here could not care less about the Arizona Cardinals. They even had trouble selling out their first ever home playoff game. Since the team got on a roll, the bandwaggoning out here has been building. I saw a car yesterday with Packer logo's on it, a cheese head sticker in the back window, with Go Cardinals, and a Cardinal logo done in window paint in between all the Packer stuff. I am seeing car after car with Az Cards stuff all over it, and more jerseys than I have ever seen. I overheard one guy talking to his buddy in the sporting goods store the other day, he held up a Warner jersey, and asked his buddy, "Is this Warner guy any good? I don't like the number 13 but is he any good? Should I get this one or this Linar guy? I like 7 better..."
Anyway, more to the point of this rant. In my job the dress code is business casual, I usually wear slacks and a polo shirt. But this week on Wednesday and Thursday we can "dress down" (meaning jeans) but to wear your jeans you have to have on Cardinal Red. There are several people in the office who are Steelers fans, they contacted HR and asked if they could wear their Steelers gear, and were told no, only Cardinal red, or AZ Cardinal clothing could be worn. I don't think this is right. If you have been a fan of another team for a long time, you should be able to support that team, but no, only Cardinal red is allowed.
I am wearing red today, but it is a red St. Louis Cardinals long sleeve t-shirt.
A few years ago when the Cards were playing the D-backs in the playoffs, the same thing went out, wear your purple and turquoise. I wore my Rolen Jersey and was not really bothered, but I also didn’t call the HR office and ask permission..

wart57 wrote:wear your purple and turquoise.

I don't think I have purple or turquoise. I think there should be several state and federal laws banning men from wearing these colors.

if i was a steelers fan i would wear steelers gear

and yeah, you can just wear stl cardinal stuff...thats nice

Jocephus wrote:if i was a steelers fan i would wear steelers gear

No doubt. What are they going to do, send you home like it's high school?

Popeye_Card wrote:

Jocephus wrote:if i was a steelers fan i would wear steelers gear

No doubt. What are they going to do, send you home like it's high school?

They will. But I would have worn it anyway and had them send me home.

It's one thing to have good natured bandwagoning; people wearing jerseys and painting their car windows, etc. It seems like there has been a different element of Cardinals bandwagoners down here. An almost militant bandwagon fan. It's a weird phenomenon.

wart57 wrote:

Popeye_Card wrote:

Jocephus wrote:if i was a steelers fan i would wear steelers gear

No doubt. What are they going to do, send you home like it's high school?

They will. But I would have worn it anyway and had them send me home.

How could HR possibly justify that it's better for the company to send you home (and lose that time/productivity) than to allow you to wear your black and gold? Yet another reason to hate HR.

thrill wrote:It's one thing to have good natured bandwagoning; people wearing jerseys and painting their car windows, etc. It seems like there has been a different element of Cardinals bandwagoners down here. An almost militant bandwagon fan. It's a weird phenomenon.

These bandwagon fans here act like they have lived and died with the Big Red all their lives.

+to this thread.

The act of bandwagon hopping isn't so bad. Teams and players have no loyalty to fans so why not? Half the time its the S.O's. and kids joining in the fun.

I will admit that though, the ones you describe buying the jerseys sound like real pricks that you wouldn't want to sit by at a game. We had this same thing with the Rams. At the NFC championship against the Bucs it was intense with a few minutes left - and along strolls on of those guys clueless about the game, with his nacho plate trying to weasel down the aisle.

But overall it was hell of a lot of fun, and the bandwagon added to it. St. Louis and I drank a whole lot of beer during that run. It brightened up an otherwise dismal time of year. That is part of why so many in St L are clamoring aboard.

kick back and enjoy, AZ.