The Seahawks’ first Super Bowl trophy bound to trigger an onslaught of new “fans”

Kaitlyn Turner Staff Writer

Following their first-ever Super Bowl win, fans of the Seattle Seahawks finally have something to be proud of. Of course, before this big win, Seahawks fans still showed a tremendous amount of support for their team—to the point of being downright obnoxious.

For true-to-the-core Seahawks fans, the hysteria over their (now) successful team has been 38 seasons in the making, and just the fact that anybody any fans stuck around during seasons where the Hawks went 2-14, 4-12, or 5-11 means that their excitement now was hard-earned. The swarms of die-hard Seahawks fans piling onto the bandwagon now that the team actually has a Super Bowl win to their name is completely superficial and a total slap in the face to Seattle’s true fans. A person doesn’t deserve to call themself a fan of a team until they’ve stuck by faithfully for the wins and the losses.

There’s no way to know why people are so insistent on hopping on the bandwagon—maybe it’s just for the pride that comes from rooting for the winning team. No matter what motivates people to abandon their current favorite team at its first moment of weakness and start supporting whatever team is ranked on top, it’s still pathetic. How can any of the Seahawks’ newest fans even try to call themselves such when the reality is that most wouldn’t even be able to name five players?

Even if they refuse to admit it, most new Seahawks fans couldn’t care less about the team—they’re just in it for the glory. Rest assured that next year, or the year after, or whenever the Seahawks fall off the top, all their new fans will disappear right before your eyes.