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Are you, Noted Golden State Warriors Fan, FanSided’s Fan of the Year?

By Shea Corrigan

OAKLAND, CA - OCTOBER 17: The Golden State Warriors fans pose for a photo before the game against the Houston Rockets on October 17, 2017 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - OCTOBER 17: The Golden State Warriors fans pose for a photo before the game against the Houston Rockets on October 17, 2017 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Warriors fans get a bad rap, but now’s your chance to avenge Dub Nation in FanSided’s Fan of the Year contest.

You’ve heard the dirty words: Bandwagon, fair-weather, super team. And you know they’re either at best irrelevant, at worst factually incorrect. Because you’re a true fan, ride-or-die for Dub Nation and you have all the crazy stories and bonafides to prove it.

And, well, we are going to need you to prove it if you want to win Fan of the Year — but we promise, it’ll be worth your while.

We can’t offer you rings — no, there are some things only professional sports achievement can provide for you — but what we can offer the 2017 Sports Fan of the Year is pretty sweet.

Gone are the days (2015) of “just” a year’s subscription to Sports Illustrated and “only” a profile in the magazine. Now, we do all that and fly you to New York, load you up with swag, including but not limited to a trophy and your own bobblehead. And we’re not sending you New York for kicks. No, we’re sending you to New York City to attend the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year ceremony — after all, you, Sports Fan of the Year, are also a sportsperson, in a way. We’re sending you to rub elbows and take surreptitious selfies with the likes of LeBron James, Peyton Manning and “Big Papi” David Ortiz.

At least that’s who San Francisco Giants devotee Dave Edlund hobnobbed with when he won last year.

Now, you know you’re the best fan out there. (Or, alternatively, you know someone who is.) But how do you convince us? It’s not unlike the NBA All-Star Skills Challenge, only it’s much easier than the All-Star Skills Challenge.

  1. Dribbling, or finding the correct site.

Go to the Fan of the Year homepage. Beautiful. You navigated beautifully around the obstacles of other sites.

  1. Passing, or clicking the correct button.

Click “Enter Now” or “Submit Entry.” Nailed it.

  1. Lay-up, or filling out basic information.

Enter your contact information. (Name, phone, email, etc.) You’ve got this.

  1. 3-pointer, or convincing us of your fandom.

The highest technical difficulty, but for a natural sports fan like you, it should be second nature. We need you to submit 200-words or a two-minute video explaining why you’re the Fan of the Year. Tell us about how you’ve attended every game for the past 25 years. Tell us how you have a lucky jersey and it’s absolutely unbeaten. Tell us how you have to excuse yourself from family functions because you can’t watch games in public spaces. We want to know.

There are, of course, rules — no duplicate entries, no profane or pornographic content — and regulations — legal residents of the 50 U.S. states; 18 years and older — but the most important for you, dear fan, is the deadline.

Application window closes at midnight on Friday Oct. 27.

So what are you waiting for? Shoot your shot, you have a title to win!

Next: Enter to win FanSided Fan of the Year

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