This is where a number of fans start switching up which teams and players they cheer for and then they bring a whole group of people with them. As an example, from the 2009 to the 2010 N.B.A season, the Miami Heat’s crowd attendance rates were at about 17,730 fans per home game, and then once Lebron James came into town and led the team to four consecutive N.B.A final appearances, the home crowd attendance grew dramatically by adding around 3,000 fans per night (Bandwagon Effect). In other words, there were about 3,000 local bandwagon fans at that time. This illustrates a prime example of how the bandwagon effect takes place and increases fans for a team in a matter of a …show more content…
Recently, the West Delaware High School Boys Basketball team won a Substate Final game v.s Center Point Urbana by the score of 54-51. Hundreds of fans were in the U.S Cellular Center cheering on the team with the student section being larger than ever before. The Hawks extended their season with the best record in 3A at 24-0 while making it down to the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines for the Iowa High School Boys State Basketball Tournament. Now, before this 2016-2017 basketball season, there were hardly any student body fans for the boys basketball team: people were focused on football, volleyball, and wrestling. If a person were to look at the student body now and question a majority of students that attend West Delaware High School, it is almost guaranteed that more than half the student body would say the same thing. The Bandwagon Effect takes place not only at the professional or national levels, but even at the amatuer and more local levels as