This kid will obviously end up being a Packer fan considering he shares the same name as Super Bowl 31 MVP Desmond Howard and current Packer linebacker Desmond Bishop...don't fight the inevitable. Go Pack!
Dan - 12 years ago
At one point, my son at around age 5, declared he was a Viking fan. My daughter and I told him he had to stay outside and join another family. We kept on him till he cried. We laughed. He quickly changed his mind and to this day is a die hard Packer fan. Along with the Packs many Super Bowls, my daughter, he and I will always have that special memory together. My point is, for Vikings fans, it is easy to jump ship and choose another team after endless Viking losses and disappointments. Do the same for your wife and son. In the end it will bring your entire family all the happiness for the rest of your lives.
Kevin - 12 years ago
Total Votes: 19,000
Vote #19,000 goes to vikings. Heard this on 93x, Skol Vikings! Gotta have some purple pride in cheesehead territory!
Anna - 12 years ago
Seriously people this shouldnt even be a hard one to answer.... PACKERS have the best fans and the ONLY team to have a 7-0 record!!!!!!!! GO PACK GO!!!
Skol Vikes - 12 years ago
It's up to you to guide your son's future. Do you want him to grow up to be a well read, successful man capable of critical thought, or, a trailer living, sausage eating, sister kisser with green painted belly fat, while wearing a salmonella hat, and can only count as high as the current QB's jersey number? Any bum can be a Cheddarhead. Just lay around, eat/drink weasel and rotgut all week and you're set. It takes strength and integrity to be a Viking fan. Skol!
Erin - 12 years ago
If you want him to be classy and respectful let him be a Vikings fan, lol. I have lived in Minnesota my entire life, that definetely isn't the case. It really should be an easy call, a team that consistently wins, or a team that seems to always find a way to choke.
Bob - 12 years ago
I had to wait 30 years to ahve the Pack back where they should be. How long has it been since The Vikes won a Super bowl. Do you want him to be a loser all his life too. Go with the Pack and join him as a winner yourself. This is a great excuse to leave the excuse for a team.
Tam - 12 years ago
Reading these it is really apparent that the So called poor sport Packers fans are not the
ones whining and name calling it's the band wagon jumper Viking fans.
Roger - 12 years ago
Packers will be here for ever, Vikings may not be! Are the Viking fans going to still root for them when they are in LA? Live in Wisconsin, vote for the home team!
Erik - 12 years ago
Here's what you do:
Decide what you want him to be as an adult. If you want your son to grow up to be a trash-talking bobble-headed drunk, let him be a packer fan.
If you want him to be respectable and a class act, raise him to be a Vikings fan.
Tough, classy, respectable- you know what to do. Kiss your wife and tell her that the decision can't be left up to a poll, even if Vikings support is greater. Tell her you love her, but as the man of the house, you have to take your stand.
Never give up! Skol Vikings!
Danny - 12 years ago
if the parents want him to grow up tough he has to be a vikes fan because everyone knows it is tough being a vikes fan in minnesota but we are loyal to the end long live the purple and gold
Rob - 12 years ago
Purple and gold... enuff said
Kelli - 12 years ago
Purple makes everyone look fat! GO PACK GO
Matt - 12 years ago
I guess I missed the part of the story where they said they lived in Hudson. My bad...
Matt - 12 years ago
I admit I have a deep respect for the Packers for everything they are. Their team is owned solely by those fans who absolutely love them and they have been constantly given the support and loyalty that all NFL teams desire. That being said, I absolutely despise the Packers! Packer fans have no idea what it is like to be Viking fans when they continue disappoint us year after year. Packer fans are some of the most obnoxious rub-it-in-your-face people on the planet. Its bad enough we have to watch the Vikings continue to screw up no matter how good of a team they might currently have. We don't need to be kicked when already down.... we get it. Being a Packer fan is easy, I'm taking the road less traveled. Being that Brady and his wife live in MINNESOTA, and it's his first born son, he should be given the right to bond with his son on Sundays without making the pain of the losses even worse. Misery loves company right? Maybe some day they can celebrate a Viking super bowl win together before Brady's son is changing his father's diapers. SKOL VIKINGS!!!
Erik - 12 years ago
Nor do fathers let sons be packer fans.
Erik - 12 years ago
All these packer fans claim to be "real" fans. Brady, tell me this: Does it take more fan juice to incessantly cheer for a team that hasn't won a championship yet, or to be another packer fan that just jumped on the bandwagon last year like most of these "lifelong" fans? Where were they in the 70's and 80's?
Raise your boy right. Friends don't let friends be packer fans. Skol Vikings!
Putzthedog - 12 years ago
Just saw your story on the news, You really thought your wife would stop being a Packer Fan??? Nobody ever stops being a Packer Fan, unlike many Viking Fans (not you of course), being a Packer Fan is a lifelong commitment, you have much to learn and your son being a Packer fan (by choice) will help you learn this long hard lesson and have a lifetime of fun with your son doing so.
Putz the dog - 12 years ago
There is only one choice here, give your son the opportunity to be a fan of a legacy team, which can only be the Packers of course. He will appreciate the choice you made for him! The team is owned by the fans and you can even buy him a stock certificate of ownership! There can be only one and it is the Packers!
Melissa - 12 years ago
Scott, Either way this is a win-win situation, every football season your family will come together and enjoy one of footballs greatest rivalries. That being said Vikings need all the help they can get and maybe when your little guy is 60 years old he will be our starting QB.
Melissa - 12 years ago
Scott, Either way this is a win-win situation, every football season your family will come together and enjoy one of footballs greatest rivalries. That being said Vikings need all the help they can get and maybe when your little guy is 60 years old he will be our starting QB.
ashley - 12 years ago
i am a packer fan born and raised my husband is a viking fan born and raised i told him even though we live in mn i have had to deal with the cat having a vikings tag and jersey so when i have our baby its packers all the way untill our child is old enough to choose we cheer for each others team but when the pack plays the vikings its on!
Holli - 12 years ago
I say you each do your own thing and let your son choose as he grows up. It may change as he grows, but leave it up to him. But as a life long Packer fan, I voted green and gold!
Laura - 12 years ago
I am a Packer fan, have been one all my life. My hubby is a queens fan. I raised my 3 children right, they are all Packer fans :) Do the right thing and let the baby grow up to watch real football!
Margie - 13 years ago
You live in PACKER territory!! Listen to your wife! It will make your life a whole lot easier later on. Your wife has good taste.....she picked you, didn't she??
Aaron - 13 years ago
The kid should be a Bears or Lions fan.
Hostrauser - 13 years ago
I was born in San Diego, CA to a die-hard Charger fan father and an Oakland Raider fan mother. I was raised to be a die-hard Charger fan, and dying hard is pretty much what we do best. The heartache of always falling makes you strong. And bitter. Feel the burn. But never give up the fight. The father must pass on his legacy to his son.
Farsider - 13 years ago
Dude, fight his is right to choose a winning team. Right now, that would be the Packers.
Brady (The Father) - 13 years ago
Thanks for the feedback everyone, the comments are awesome. Since the story was posted, my local paper put it on their site: http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/event/article/id/44906/ and my wife and I have raised the stakes - whoever is in the lead at midnight on Halloween will be declared victor and allowed to assert their football preference loudly and proudly.
Honestly, this is the best it has ever felt to see the Vikings beating the Packers, a narrow victory over Favre's triumphant return to Lambeau.
*Insert sound of the Vikings horn here*
Brady
Kevin - 13 years ago
People are cruel they want his son to be a loser which any Viking fan is having to cheer for those bums.
Sue L - 13 years ago
Wait until he grows up and let him decide. But he should wear all the Packer stuff Grandpa and Grandma buy for him til then.
RP - 13 years ago
Don't force the kid. The more you force your passions on a kid, the more they will rebel against you when they hit their teens.
The best way to guide your children is to lead by example. Share your knowledge and passion for your team, but let them make their own decision. If executed properly by both parents, your children will probably love both teams, then pick sides only when they play eachother.
hattrick58@gmail.com - 13 years ago
Let him be a Packers fan. Just think of the great rivalries you'll have as he grows up. And speaking from personal experience, having a daughter is NOT easier!
Evan - 13 years ago
scott, that's funny coming from a Packers' fan (whose team has one of the ugliest uniforms in the entire NFL - green and yellow? Come on... only the Oregon Ducks make that look good, and that's with cool design schemes, and black and grey mixed in).
Jay - 13 years ago
I grew up in Wisconsin ans both my girls are Pack fans and I live in Illinois and my wife is a Bear fan. I have taken them to games up in Lambeau every year. My vote is who ever "pushes" their philoshpy the most wins:-). Take him to a Viking game and keep the tradtion in the family.
Adam - 13 years ago
Do not go softly into that dark night, Rage, RAGE against the dying of the light.
John R - 13 years ago
You have no control over this. I am a Steelers Fan - my wife's family is from Western Pennsylvania - and we live near Washington DC. My son is a Colts fan, because he likes Peyton Manning (won't even drop him from his fantasy team.) He's a Mavericks fan because he likes Nowitzki. There is no rhyme or reason to it. Just pray he doesn't become a Lions fan. My guess is that is probably the only thing worse than being a Packers fan to you (after that game earlier this year. My condolences.)
pack - 13 years ago
As a Packer owner who lives less then an hour away from Indy, don't let them sway you. My 16 yr old son has had to live with Colt fans ( including his mothers side ) in his face since he started school, but the sweetness of winning the Super Bowl last year made it all worth it. Just like horses, it all comes from the sire. Don't let them break you.
BB - 13 years ago
You live in Wisconsin, the choice seems obvious.
Matt - 13 years ago
If you enjoy intimate relations with your wife, let your child become a Packers fan.
Erob - 13 years ago
Lifelong Vikes fan here. You're only cheering for the laundry. The purp and gold has delivered nothing, ultimately, but disappointment in each of more than 50 consecutive seasons. Maybe teaching the joy and meanings of the game, teamwork, and things like personal sacrifice that go into winning will mean more. I remember freezing at the Met with my Dad. I remember more things like him teaching me a 3-point stance, holding the down marker at my high school games, and driving long distances to attend my college games -- even though I basically was a special team guy at that point, at best.
Ryan Kelley - 13 years ago
Fight the good fight and Go Vikings!
Daniel - 13 years ago
I am a Steelers fan, my dad is a Steelers fan, my late grandfather was a Steelers fan and my son came home from the hospital wrapped in a Steeler blanket. Long live Steeler nation. Your son deserves to be a Vikings fan.
Tim - 13 years ago
I faced the same dilemma as a Redskins fan whose son was born in Dallas. I offered a compromise - you don't HAVE to be a 'Skins fan - there are 28 other teams you could root for (and even Philly and NYG, when against the Cowboys)!
mbg - 13 years ago
You should have vetted your wife's fan allegiance before getting married. amateur.
papa nick - 13 years ago
How about get a life! Be thankful he has all his fingers and toes and let HIM choose when he gets old enough. Obviously he already has more cahones than the old man.
Chris - 13 years ago
C'mon, in'laws. Fight all you can!
Nathaniel - 13 years ago
Tangible outcomes, man. This guy would have had to put his (unborn) kid's name on the waitlist some time ago to have a shot at season tickets at Lambeau. If he's a Packer fan from birth, he probably has a shot at the family heirlooms and much better than starter tickets, to boot.
Erik Olson - 13 years ago
I am a Viking fan and have been all my life. My wife is a Packer fan. I tried my damndest to raise our son as a Viking fan. Unfortunately, my wife's evil influence took over. He is a Packer fan - {Heavy sigh.}
welshwind - 13 years ago
I have three daughters. It would not have been easier. The good news for me is that, even though we live in Illinois, my wife is an ambivalent football fan, I'm a die-hard Packer fan, and my three daughters are definitely Packer fans.
Brown - 13 years ago
I agree with Jeremy, this is a father son thing/bond that is incomparable to others. I'm a Bears fan because my dad was a Bears fan. Some of our best talks are over our sports teams
notscott - 13 years ago
scott,
you're a douche. you need support for your man boobs.
Jeremy - 13 years ago
This is one of the most important relationship bridges between a father and a son. You are the Vikings fan, your son needs to understand that he automatically is a Vikings fan. It's great that your in-laws and wife are football fans, but this is too important to let the current Vikings vs. Packers situation sway you. You and your son have an opportunity to share a love and passion for your team that can span the rest of your lives. If someday he's living in another city or even state, you can have that bond every Sunday; even if it is just to console one another for another 41-0 defeat in the NFC Championship game to my Giants. (Sorry, couldn't help it)
scott - 13 years ago
I am a Packer fan, and I voted to fight for his son to become a Vikings fan, do you want to spend the rest of your life against each other, or bonding over those ugly purple and yellow uniforms.
Also, the Vikings need all the support they can get.
This kid will obviously end up being a Packer fan considering he shares the same name as Super Bowl 31 MVP Desmond Howard and current Packer linebacker Desmond Bishop...don't fight the inevitable. Go Pack!
At one point, my son at around age 5, declared he was a Viking fan. My daughter and I told him he had to stay outside and join another family. We kept on him till he cried. We laughed. He quickly changed his mind and to this day is a die hard Packer fan. Along with the Packs many Super Bowls, my daughter, he and I will always have that special memory together. My point is, for Vikings fans, it is easy to jump ship and choose another team after endless Viking losses and disappointments. Do the same for your wife and son. In the end it will bring your entire family all the happiness for the rest of your lives.
Total Votes: 19,000
Vote #19,000 goes to vikings. Heard this on 93x, Skol Vikings! Gotta have some purple pride in cheesehead territory!
Seriously people this shouldnt even be a hard one to answer.... PACKERS have the best fans and the ONLY team to have a 7-0 record!!!!!!!! GO PACK GO!!!
It's up to you to guide your son's future. Do you want him to grow up to be a well read, successful man capable of critical thought, or, a trailer living, sausage eating, sister kisser with green painted belly fat, while wearing a salmonella hat, and can only count as high as the current QB's jersey number? Any bum can be a Cheddarhead. Just lay around, eat/drink weasel and rotgut all week and you're set. It takes strength and integrity to be a Viking fan. Skol!
If you want him to be classy and respectful let him be a Vikings fan, lol. I have lived in Minnesota my entire life, that definetely isn't the case. It really should be an easy call, a team that consistently wins, or a team that seems to always find a way to choke.
I had to wait 30 years to ahve the Pack back where they should be. How long has it been since The Vikes won a Super bowl. Do you want him to be a loser all his life too. Go with the Pack and join him as a winner yourself. This is a great excuse to leave the excuse for a team.
Reading these it is really apparent that the So called poor sport Packers fans are not the
ones whining and name calling it's the band wagon jumper Viking fans.
Packers will be here for ever, Vikings may not be! Are the Viking fans going to still root for them when they are in LA? Live in Wisconsin, vote for the home team!
Here's what you do:
Decide what you want him to be as an adult. If you want your son to grow up to be a trash-talking bobble-headed drunk, let him be a packer fan.
If you want him to be respectable and a class act, raise him to be a Vikings fan.
Tough, classy, respectable- you know what to do. Kiss your wife and tell her that the decision can't be left up to a poll, even if Vikings support is greater. Tell her you love her, but as the man of the house, you have to take your stand.
Never give up! Skol Vikings!
if the parents want him to grow up tough he has to be a vikes fan because everyone knows it is tough being a vikes fan in minnesota but we are loyal to the end long live the purple and gold
Purple and gold... enuff said
Purple makes everyone look fat! GO PACK GO
I guess I missed the part of the story where they said they lived in Hudson. My bad...
I admit I have a deep respect for the Packers for everything they are. Their team is owned solely by those fans who absolutely love them and they have been constantly given the support and loyalty that all NFL teams desire. That being said, I absolutely despise the Packers! Packer fans have no idea what it is like to be Viking fans when they continue disappoint us year after year. Packer fans are some of the most obnoxious rub-it-in-your-face people on the planet. Its bad enough we have to watch the Vikings continue to screw up no matter how good of a team they might currently have. We don't need to be kicked when already down.... we get it. Being a Packer fan is easy, I'm taking the road less traveled. Being that Brady and his wife live in MINNESOTA, and it's his first born son, he should be given the right to bond with his son on Sundays without making the pain of the losses even worse. Misery loves company right? Maybe some day they can celebrate a Viking super bowl win together before Brady's son is changing his father's diapers. SKOL VIKINGS!!!
Nor do fathers let sons be packer fans.
All these packer fans claim to be "real" fans. Brady, tell me this: Does it take more fan juice to incessantly cheer for a team that hasn't won a championship yet, or to be another packer fan that just jumped on the bandwagon last year like most of these "lifelong" fans? Where were they in the 70's and 80's?
Raise your boy right. Friends don't let friends be packer fans. Skol Vikings!
Just saw your story on the news, You really thought your wife would stop being a Packer Fan??? Nobody ever stops being a Packer Fan, unlike many Viking Fans (not you of course), being a Packer Fan is a lifelong commitment, you have much to learn and your son being a Packer fan (by choice) will help you learn this long hard lesson and have a lifetime of fun with your son doing so.
There is only one choice here, give your son the opportunity to be a fan of a legacy team, which can only be the Packers of course. He will appreciate the choice you made for him! The team is owned by the fans and you can even buy him a stock certificate of ownership! There can be only one and it is the Packers!
Scott, Either way this is a win-win situation, every football season your family will come together and enjoy one of footballs greatest rivalries. That being said Vikings need all the help they can get and maybe when your little guy is 60 years old he will be our starting QB.
Scott, Either way this is a win-win situation, every football season your family will come together and enjoy one of footballs greatest rivalries. That being said Vikings need all the help they can get and maybe when your little guy is 60 years old he will be our starting QB.
i am a packer fan born and raised my husband is a viking fan born and raised i told him even though we live in mn i have had to deal with the cat having a vikings tag and jersey so when i have our baby its packers all the way untill our child is old enough to choose we cheer for each others team but when the pack plays the vikings its on!
I say you each do your own thing and let your son choose as he grows up. It may change as he grows, but leave it up to him. But as a life long Packer fan, I voted green and gold!
I am a Packer fan, have been one all my life. My hubby is a queens fan. I raised my 3 children right, they are all Packer fans :) Do the right thing and let the baby grow up to watch real football!
You live in PACKER territory!! Listen to your wife! It will make your life a whole lot easier later on. Your wife has good taste.....she picked you, didn't she??
The kid should be a Bears or Lions fan.
I was born in San Diego, CA to a die-hard Charger fan father and an Oakland Raider fan mother. I was raised to be a die-hard Charger fan, and dying hard is pretty much what we do best. The heartache of always falling makes you strong. And bitter. Feel the burn. But never give up the fight. The father must pass on his legacy to his son.
Dude, fight his is right to choose a winning team. Right now, that would be the Packers.
Thanks for the feedback everyone, the comments are awesome. Since the story was posted, my local paper put it on their site: http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/event/article/id/44906/ and my wife and I have raised the stakes - whoever is in the lead at midnight on Halloween will be declared victor and allowed to assert their football preference loudly and proudly.
Honestly, this is the best it has ever felt to see the Vikings beating the Packers, a narrow victory over Favre's triumphant return to Lambeau.
*Insert sound of the Vikings horn here*
Brady
People are cruel they want his son to be a loser which any Viking fan is having to cheer for those bums.
Wait until he grows up and let him decide. But he should wear all the Packer stuff Grandpa and Grandma buy for him til then.
Don't force the kid. The more you force your passions on a kid, the more they will rebel against you when they hit their teens.
The best way to guide your children is to lead by example. Share your knowledge and passion for your team, but let them make their own decision. If executed properly by both parents, your children will probably love both teams, then pick sides only when they play eachother.
Let him be a Packers fan. Just think of the great rivalries you'll have as he grows up. And speaking from personal experience, having a daughter is NOT easier!
scott, that's funny coming from a Packers' fan (whose team has one of the ugliest uniforms in the entire NFL - green and yellow? Come on... only the Oregon Ducks make that look good, and that's with cool design schemes, and black and grey mixed in).
I grew up in Wisconsin ans both my girls are Pack fans and I live in Illinois and my wife is a Bear fan. I have taken them to games up in Lambeau every year. My vote is who ever "pushes" their philoshpy the most wins:-). Take him to a Viking game and keep the tradtion in the family.
Do not go softly into that dark night, Rage, RAGE against the dying of the light.
You have no control over this. I am a Steelers Fan - my wife's family is from Western Pennsylvania - and we live near Washington DC. My son is a Colts fan, because he likes Peyton Manning (won't even drop him from his fantasy team.) He's a Mavericks fan because he likes Nowitzki. There is no rhyme or reason to it. Just pray he doesn't become a Lions fan. My guess is that is probably the only thing worse than being a Packers fan to you (after that game earlier this year. My condolences.)
As a Packer owner who lives less then an hour away from Indy, don't let them sway you. My 16 yr old son has had to live with Colt fans ( including his mothers side ) in his face since he started school, but the sweetness of winning the Super Bowl last year made it all worth it. Just like horses, it all comes from the sire. Don't let them break you.
You live in Wisconsin, the choice seems obvious.
If you enjoy intimate relations with your wife, let your child become a Packers fan.
Lifelong Vikes fan here. You're only cheering for the laundry. The purp and gold has delivered nothing, ultimately, but disappointment in each of more than 50 consecutive seasons. Maybe teaching the joy and meanings of the game, teamwork, and things like personal sacrifice that go into winning will mean more. I remember freezing at the Met with my Dad. I remember more things like him teaching me a 3-point stance, holding the down marker at my high school games, and driving long distances to attend my college games -- even though I basically was a special team guy at that point, at best.
Fight the good fight and Go Vikings!
I am a Steelers fan, my dad is a Steelers fan, my late grandfather was a Steelers fan and my son came home from the hospital wrapped in a Steeler blanket. Long live Steeler nation. Your son deserves to be a Vikings fan.
I faced the same dilemma as a Redskins fan whose son was born in Dallas. I offered a compromise - you don't HAVE to be a 'Skins fan - there are 28 other teams you could root for (and even Philly and NYG, when against the Cowboys)!
You should have vetted your wife's fan allegiance before getting married. amateur.
How about get a life! Be thankful he has all his fingers and toes and let HIM choose when he gets old enough. Obviously he already has more cahones than the old man.
C'mon, in'laws. Fight all you can!
Tangible outcomes, man. This guy would have had to put his (unborn) kid's name on the waitlist some time ago to have a shot at season tickets at Lambeau. If he's a Packer fan from birth, he probably has a shot at the family heirlooms and much better than starter tickets, to boot.
I am a Viking fan and have been all my life. My wife is a Packer fan. I tried my damndest to raise our son as a Viking fan. Unfortunately, my wife's evil influence took over. He is a Packer fan - {Heavy sigh.}
I have three daughters. It would not have been easier. The good news for me is that, even though we live in Illinois, my wife is an ambivalent football fan, I'm a die-hard Packer fan, and my three daughters are definitely Packer fans.
I agree with Jeremy, this is a father son thing/bond that is incomparable to others. I'm a Bears fan because my dad was a Bears fan. Some of our best talks are over our sports teams
scott,
you're a douche. you need support for your man boobs.
This is one of the most important relationship bridges between a father and a son. You are the Vikings fan, your son needs to understand that he automatically is a Vikings fan. It's great that your in-laws and wife are football fans, but this is too important to let the current Vikings vs. Packers situation sway you. You and your son have an opportunity to share a love and passion for your team that can span the rest of your lives. If someday he's living in another city or even state, you can have that bond every Sunday; even if it is just to console one another for another 41-0 defeat in the NFC Championship game to my Giants. (Sorry, couldn't help it)
I am a Packer fan, and I voted to fight for his son to become a Vikings fan, do you want to spend the rest of your life against each other, or bonding over those ugly purple and yellow uniforms.
Also, the Vikings need all the support they can get.