In my story today -- leading up to Saturday's playoff match between the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals -- I write about how long it takes for football allegiances to be broken.
Ten minutes or 10 years for two former Cardinals fans who live in Charlotte. Never for two others here.
Jeff Genant (above with wife Lisa at the Panthers 2007 home opener against the Houston Texans), a former Cardinals season ticket holder who moved hear nearly 11 years ago, says there's not as much team spirit in Phoenix as Charlotte. He now roots for the Panthers.
Robert McKenzie, a Cardinals fan as a boy growing up in Missouri -- before the team left St. Louis in 1988, can't wait to show his Cardinals pride in the Panthers stadium. "I'll be there Saturday, wearing my Cardinals gear and cheering them on. Having a whole year to gloat about ending the Panthers season is going to be SWEET!," he said in an e-mail. (Robert is pictured below with 2-month old daughter Olivia. He's wearing Cardinals gear he got for Christmas and is in his Cardinals-decorated exercise room.)
To read my story on football fans, click here.
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