its cursive u learn it in poetry school <| sep |> How can people pick a favourite team within a league ? It ' s almost 100 % regional . I ' m from Metro Detroit , and most of the 5 million people in this area are fans of the Detroit teams in each league . Baseball is the Detroit Tigers , football is the Detroit Lions who just won about a half hour ago , Hockey is the Detroit Red Wings and basketball is the Detroit Pistons . That ' s our 4 major sports . Most fans grab on to a regional team near them depending on which sports the like and that ' s who they follow for their entire life . Some people will bandwagon a popular team like the New York Yankees or LA Lakers etc but for the most part you follow the teams your dad followed . Do people have favourite players they follow around no matter the team ? Eh . not as much . It ' s definitely more regional focused , although if one of your favorite players is traded away it sucks and you might wish them the best except when they come back to play against your team . Is it a real competition at all , if it ' s all controlled by one business ? It ' s a competition on the field , but they ' re essentially all business partners in the end . They compete against other sports for fans . If a team sucks too much people will stop going or watching so there is incentive to be good . Who decides whether they keep their job and are in the draft for next season ? Each team has a GM , but depending on the terms of the contract players can eventually become free agents to go sign with other teams .