#but also like it's more fun to watch sports when there's parity imo | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

kdsburneraccount · 5 months

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every now and then i feel tempted to make some kind of thinkpiece abt how the patriots ruined the ecosystem of nfl rpf but tbf its more like there were a couple of really avid edelmandola fans that only wrote that pairing from like 2015-2019 ish and then like general consequences of a team being mega dominant for an extended amount of time

#this is why im an advocate for parity in sports otherwise the fanfic content gets really saturated w certain pairings #and then you have to make your own food #but also like it's more fun to watch sports when there's parity imo #so i guess yeah the patriots did ruin the ecosystem of nfl rpf #but its better now so i think fandom just has ebbs and flows of like what's popular and what's not #corresponding with which sports teams are good and stuff #all we need are more fans of different teams and then the selection becomes more diverse i guess #also can be seen in hockey/baseball/tennis/f1 rpf #tho i guess tennis is kind of egregious considering one pairing makes up like 27% of the fics 💀 no parity there lol #whereas the most popular ships usually comprise around 10% ish? edelmandola cutting it close #but i kind of consider that pairing an outlier bc of general engagement/the way it looks like a couple of rly invested fans #im kinda rambling if you guys have any input feel free to add #nfl #new england patriots #kinda #fandom #ao3 #rpf #sports rpf #nfl rpf

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