For most sports fans, the rule is simple: You pick a favorite team, for whatever reason, and that's your team for life. Sometimes, because of where you were born or who your mom or dad or grandparents rooted for, you get stuck with decades of heartache. Those are the breaks.
. The long fight over the team's old nickname didn't help either.
Fans who rooted for the team through the glory years of Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien just gave up. Decades of history and memories of attending games with friends or family were not enough to keep them around. If you know a Commanders fan, it's likely you listened to them renounce their fandom. If you don't know a Commanders fan, you could haveand gotten that message. Nobody blamed them. It became a chore to root for Snyder's franchise.
On Thursday, Commanders fans could finally feel it was OK to root for their favorite team again. That sentence alone tells you how bad Snyder was as an owner.NFL team owners couldn't have been happy that one of their cornerstone franchises fell into such decay. Even if you take the cynical view that their main focus was on all those empty seats at FedEx Field costing them money — the money, anyway — it was startling.
Getting all those Commanders fans back won't be as easy as the NFL approving the sale to Josh Harris' group. There's work to be done after years of horrendous play on the field and even worse behavior off it. A new stadium is an absolute must, and maybe a more personable owner can help get that done. But Commanders fans can finally be proud to represent their team again.
Thursday is a milestone for many Commanders fans of all ages. Welcome back to rooting for your favorite team.
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