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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Why is Dallas such a hateful, despicable team? I mean, I hate them because of the Niners-Cowboys rivalry that was so pronounced back in the days when the Niners mattered (and, verily, they shall rise again). And there was the whole Deion Sanders thing.
I know that there are other rivalries -- but still. They seem to attract such virulent hatred from so many quarters. Not to say it's not deserved -- it just worries me, on some level, that we pay them so much attention.
Note: I liked the Cowboys as a kid but I think that had more to do with the cheerleaders, whose photos graced my older brother's Playboy collection.
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Well, the whole NFC East that hates them due to division rivalry. So that's three sets of fans that hate them with a passion. (Four if you include Arizona, which got moved to a different division when they realigned the league five years ago.)
For me, it's a Texas football team thing. Back in the day, you were either an Oiler fan or a Dallas fan if you were from Texas and cared about the NFL. Generally, most of the state loves Dallas, but those of us that don't, hate them with a passion. In the six years that Houston didn't have a football team, my team was "whoever's playing Dallas."
The Steelers (I think) hate them due to the seventies rivalry, which is similar to your Niners rivalry.
Then there are invividuals like Michael Irvin, Dieon Sanders and TO that are so very, very easy to hate. Not to mention Jerry Jones.
And that whole self-proclaimed "America's team" thing just pissed people off.
I was raised to hate them by an Oiler fan and a Redskin fan. I think I was taught to boo to Dallas at infancy.
