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<blockquote data-quote="Beleriphon" data-source="post: 7895213" data-attributes="member: 27847">I think issue based on what you described is that you're a fan of a team, and then have chosen to join an exclusive club related to said team. Your process is more akin to me liking D&amp;D, and then starting a local club that requires membership dues, secret handshakes, and other signs of membership. I would expect as an exclusive member ship I would be able to choose who joins and under what conditions they maintain membership.However, what is being discussed isn't exclusive membership, or as you point out later employment by a professional soccer team. Would you say that I wasn't a soccer fan if I never went to a game, and only watched the World Cup final match every four years? Would you say that I wasn't a fan of your favourite team if I only listened to one game a year on the radio (is that even still thing?), or only check the scores on the official website once a month? I'm unlikely to join your exclusive club in those circumstances, but that doesn't make my fandom any less valid than yours its just different.The idea of gatekeeping fandom is you saying to me, &quot;You're fake fan of the Columbus Crew, unless relevant stats for all of the players for the last however many years.&quot; If I wanted to join your exclusive club, yes I would expect that I should participate in the accepted manner, but then if I wanted to join your exclusive club I'm probably already inclined to do those things anyways.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Beleriphon, post: 7895213, member: 27847"] I think issue based on what you described is that you're a fan of a team, and then have chosen to join an exclusive club related to said team. Your process is more akin to me liking D&D, and then starting a local club that requires membership dues, secret handshakes, and other signs of membership. I would expect as an exclusive member ship I would be able to choose who joins and under what conditions they maintain membership. However, what is being discussed isn't exclusive membership, or as you point out later employment by a professional soccer team. Would you say that I wasn't a soccer fan if I never went to a game, and only watched the World Cup final match every four years? Would you say that I wasn't a fan of your favourite team if I only listened to one game a year on the radio (is that even still thing?), or only check the scores on the official website once a month? I'm unlikely to join your exclusive club in those circumstances, but that doesn't make my fandom any less valid than yours its just different. The idea of gatekeeping fandom is you saying to me, "You're fake fan of the Columbus Crew, unless relevant stats for all of the players for the last however many years." If I wanted to join your exclusive club, yes I would expect that I should participate in the accepted manner, but then if I wanted to join your exclusive club I'm probably already inclined to do those things anyways. [/QUOTE]

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