Well, because you love sports, duh. I know it seems like an obvious answer, but it may not be quite that simple for me. I mean I love sports, all sports. Even the obscure ones like cricket and curling (Who didn’t set their alarm or DVR to watch that stuff when the Olympics were on). But. as an owner of an online retail site, I thought I would tell you why I think it is the underdog.
I have always been a fan of underdogs. I believe that this was etched into my psyche because of where I grew up. Central New York (where I grew up) is dotted with little communities in the Finger Lakes region. My hometown, Newfield was a great place to grow up, but we were just a bit smaller than our rival town neighbors. As such, we had less talent to choose from for our sports programs (We had to, if I was able to start). That is not to say that we did not have talent, just that we had less of it. We were the perennial whipping boy for our larger neighbors.
When you don’t win, but love to play, I think you have a real appreciation for the essence of a sport. Don’t get me wrong, I would have loved to have been blessed with an abundance of talent, and lived in a community that outranked all its surrounding rivals, but I guess I was meant to be humbled. Who really likes the jock-type anyway?
Some of you may look up my high school to back check me. You will find a year that we were nearly state champions in basketball. We lost to a team out of New York City that did not have a player under six-foot-five, which was the height of our tallest player. Again, just so you don’t think I am lying about my respect and appreciation for the underdog, that was the year I did not play because of a pretty horrific accident I was in. Again, the underdog, I did overcome my debilities.
So, if you were ever wondering what kind of guy buys and owns an online sports store/sports shop, ProAllStars, that sells all sorts of sports merchandise, jerseys, memorabilia of NFL, MLB, NBA, Pro Soccer teams (Don’t forget tickets), you don’t have to wonder anymore, because I am one of those guys and you practically know me now. Thanks for Reading.