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It Is What It Is changed our allegiances had the same adoration for

because of talents like Bobby the CFL, but with fi nancial

By Peter Collins media and workplaces are full Orr, Bobby Hull, or Mario issues and continually
of contentious conversations Lemieux. Being proud changing rosters, it’s not easy
about our “team” and how it’s Canadians many of us cheer to be a CFL fan. Canada’s

superior to everyone else’s. for the MLB’s Jays, because improvement in soccer has
cholars generally agree Sometimes we cheer for the we’re loyal to Canada. But a also created legions of new
Sthat the term ‘fan’ is hometown team, based on sizable number of the most fans who watch Canadians

derived from the word fanatic. their location in Canada. loyal Canadian MLB fans compete successfully on the
One of the most accepted Often, we root for a team based secretly pine for a return world stage. New to Canadian

definitions of fanatic is “a on our historical appreciation of the Expos and their tri- sports enthusiasts is golf, with

person marked by an extreme for a team, which is often coloured uniforms. Probably Brooke Henderson, Mike
unreasoning enthusiasm, as passed down from generation our most diverse cheering is Weir, Corey Conners et al,

for a cause.” It’s apropos to generation. When it comes for NFL teams, we’ve got our showing that even in the Great

that we Canadians fit into to the NHL, we often support hard core Packers, Cowboys, White North golf is a worthy
that fanatical norm, and we the teams we did as a child; Bears, and Patriots etc., fans sport. So, sit back and cheer,
often take that fandom to new the Habs, the Leafs, or once who cheer from coast to and try not to be a fanatic,
heights, or maybe in some we discovered Gretzky, coast to coast. Years ago, in let’s be proper Canadians and

cases, to new lows. Social the Oilers. Sometimes we the sixties and seventies, we be enthusiasts!

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