I’d also like to thank the Business Journals for making me feel inferior by forcing me to look up the definition of a word… in your headline. (Although you finished the headline with a preposition so poo on you.)

even though the Kings haven’t won a ring in 60 years and only really had one big run of success so far in Sacramento, it’s pretty impressive losing has not really become part of the Kings fan identity.

in the first season after I was born. They were lead by Arnie “Hot Hand” Risen.
I am thinking I need to be reborn for the Kings to win a title…
That sacrifice will be a tad tough.
Esp on my mom……182 pounds….Ouch!

 Being a Kings fan sucks ass in so many ways. That said I wouldn’t switch teams or give it up for anything. Maybe I have issues? Lol it’s like being in love with someone who beats you.

I’d hate to be a fan in a place like Toronto, where no one wants to go or stay. At least stars that don’t want to come here eventually fall in love with it. And I’d also hate to be a fan of a team whose karma decided to take their superstar rookie’s first year from him just as a reminder that they’re permanently in the karmic doghouse as long as their team is owned by Donald fucking Sterling

At least Toronto has a hockey team.

Minne just has ungodly cold and a poster of Kevin Garnett.

No surprise. As a native of Sacramento that lives out East I get a funny look when I tell someone my fav pro sports team is the Kings. You would surprised by the number of people who have not the slightest idea where in CA that Sactown is.

And perhaps worse off are the Knick fans in New York. They have piad higher ticket prices and dealt with a persistent onslaught of disappointment more so than us here in Sacramento the last fifteen years.

Still, I have a hard time believing it’s easier being a Raptors fan.

Clippers, perhaps? I know they have Blake Griffin, but they play in the Lakers’ building and have Donald Sterling for an owner. While I am not a Clippers fan, I have a great deal of respect for that group of people.

…such is my burden… loyal to the end.

After all, the first thing I take into consideration is a team’s 60 year history prior to deciding whether I should root for them. Right.

The link to the details of how he decided to rank teams is a joke as well. He sums it up as: wins, plus championships are a key component.

This study is worthless. I challenge anybody to do a more worthwhile study:

1. Which team has the most/least fans?
2. Which team’s fans have been fans the longest/shortest amount of time?
3. Which team has the most fans abroad?
4. What makes a team more likely to have fans (e.g. playstyle, winning, etc.)

1. is important, because Thomas’ article is based upon wins, yet there is no proof other than his statement, and perhaps anecdotal evidence for this…until he cites otherwise.

really difficult to write a 75 word summarization of obvious facts and couple it with a meaningless study that he didn’t even conduct.

couple thoughts……

1. this guy knew nothing of the sacramento kings before writing this article
2. the day i trust The Business Journals to get any sports news is the day i fall out of love with sports.
3. This guy looks like doctor leo marvin’s bullied, younger brother
4. this study is absolutely meaningless and considers limited/shallow/obvious reasons that require no insight in really determining how hard it is to root for a team (did you see the criteria for judging)
5. did i mention i want to pound this guy…. kick us while we are down why don’t you

it’s a sensetive subject, especially the last 6 months

i do feel he needs to get called out for referencing such a meaningless study and trying to support/justify it with 3 short sentences of information (info that he was probably absolutely unaware of)

That’s like 9 coaches in the last decade for my two favorite sports teams combined.

I was a Lakers & Heat fan and chose to become a Kings fan when I really got into enjoying the NBA (I saw the right path).
I’m also a Buffalo Bills fan and a ChiSox fan.

Is that it doesn’t specify the who. Are the Kings hard to root for if you’re from Sacramento and have a vested interest in the city as well as the team? No. Now consider if you’re new to the sport and are trying to pick a team to follow. Yes, the Kings probably would be hard to follow. This guy isn’t trying to bash the Kings or the people who follow them, and his results aren’t terribly skewed by anything that I can see. Seeing as it’s coming from a business journal, it’s probably trying to assess some form of economic value of teams.

In conclusion, I’d be interested to see his results regressed against estimated values of the franchises.