Chicago Bears

Just heard an interesting story from a coworker who grew up in Mexico. He told me his hometown in Mexico is absolutely filled with die-hard Chicago Bears fans because back sometime around the 70s/80s some entrepreneurial guy bought some satellite dishes and set up a local TV service for people in their homes. Apparently one of the few channels they were able to pick up was one of the big Chicago-based broadcast networks, so of course they managed to get Bears games. That combined with the timing in the 80s meant that the whole town became huge Bears fans.

Obviously since then access to better coverage has improved significantly, but it's still the case that most everybody in his town supports the Bears because that's who their parents supported.

The second biggest team down there is apparently Washington, because back in the day under their previous name the narrative was that they were representing the natives taking on the gringos, which resonated with folks. Funny how such wildly different perceptions of a single name can exist based on the time / location.

Anyways, just thought it was a nice story which y'all might enjoy. I'm not sure where the hometown is, but if you're travelling around Mexico you might end up finding yourself among a bunch of likeminded NFL fans.