Clay
Bencher
I'm 28 and most of the people I know around my age started supporting a particular team based on who played for them at the time they started watching league.
Most then stuck with the same team but there were a few who changed teams once certain players left.
For instance my brother first went for the Sharks because of Matt Rogers, when Rogers left he has gone for Parra ever since.
So during my Dads era it was where you lived or played and had a community/ Tribal feel.
My era I would say you chose based on your favourite players.
I wonder how future generations will choose, it may come down. To simply the Mascot as most teams are now referred to as the mascot rather then the area they represent.
You may see people changing teams a lot more, there is already a culture of "second team" in Australia
Most then stuck with the same team but there were a few who changed teams once certain players left.
For instance my brother first went for the Sharks because of Matt Rogers, when Rogers left he has gone for Parra ever since.
So during my Dads era it was where you lived or played and had a community/ Tribal feel.
My era I would say you chose based on your favourite players.
I wonder how future generations will choose, it may come down. To simply the Mascot as most teams are now referred to as the mascot rather then the area they represent.
You may see people changing teams a lot more, there is already a culture of "second team" in Australia