Steve Smith Sr.
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I got another family that's across the way, across the street.
Man, they're from Baltimore.
Then there's another family that's from Ohio, Texas.
So it's a lot of different fan bases and transplants in Charlotte where, let's be honest and let's state it, there's a lot of people going, you know what, I'm going to move from Los Angeles to where they used to film The Wire in Baltimore.
Bang, that's my spot.
They're just not doing it.
Yes.
Like Dale Earnhardt Jr., he is a Commander's fan through and through, right?
And me and him have talked about this.
He's like, man, when I was growing up, there was no football team here.
So they would get...
The Commanders game.
And so that's just where, you know, so the kids that are growing up now are now kind of the second generation, right?
Third generation is peeking its head into saying, hey, this football team.
So the city is starting to, like Jell-O, is starting to come together, right?
But as they're coming together, some of the transplants who've taken on the love for the Carolina Panthers also are frustrated with not winning immediately, not having a successful season.
So they're just really โ I've had the opportunity to experience two different cities at two different levels.
They're fan-based.
And so โ
It's been infectious for both to be able to start with a small market, go to a big market.