Fans choose football teams for variety of reasons

The NFL kicked off another regular season last week with last year’s Super Bowl champions the Seattle Seahawks defeating the Green Bay Packers, Thursday, Sept. 4.

My social media feeds were flooded with pictures of friends donning their blue and bright green jerseys and status updates invoking the spirit of the 12th Man. Most of my relatives are Seattle fans and they recently converted my brother-in-law to the Church of the Seahawks.

It’s easy to see why most of my friends in Spokane and Cheney would follow the Seahawks. Most fans choose a team that is close to them, whether that team is in th...