I felt I could change allegiance as, frankly, American Football isn’t a sport I really care about. I enjoyed it in the 80s when it had a brief period of popularity in the UK, but apart from that it has been something I’d enjoy if it was on the box, I had nothing else to do etc. The Cowboys was less an allegiance and more a choice made at the time to make things more interesting.
When it comes to sport I love then clearly I can’t change allegiance. I’m a Coventry City fan through and through. God knows, we’ve had little to cheer about in the last 15 years or so but I stuck with them. Even after moving to Sweden I lie on the sofa every Saturday afternoon and listen to their game over the internet.
You have much in common with a friend of mine who emigrated to NZ over 20 years ago.
He’s also a Sky Blues fan and has match programmes mailed to his home in NZ every week or so, must have cost him a fortune over the last 20+ years but he’s not fussed.