Originally Posted by Mathew
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This isn't going to be popular.
People that want the underdog to win only do so because they are always the underdog in all their endevours. They don't want the talented to win because they are untalented. They hope that the natural variance in preformances goes against of what is truely deserved because they are undeserved.
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That's probably true in some cases (as a matter of fact, I'm sure it is), but it's too general a stance to be a flat across-the-board fact. I think that, particularly in sports, underdogs are often underdogs because they are underestimated, not untalented. A lot of people can relate to being counted out before they've had a chance to prove what they can do. I think that there are at least as many people in this group (more, IMO) as there are in the group you mention.