The fan push for Andell Inc. to sell Chicago Fire has long been bubbling below the surface through years of disappointment on the field and it came to a head in the fall of 2015. It is hard to completely blame ownership for the team’s poor performance, but Andell Inc. (specifically Owner Andrew Hauptman) is the only common thread during the lowest point in the team’s history.
Fandom could easily be described as complete lack of rational thinking due to the fanatic nature of a person’s support for a team or sport. Wins and losses, which ultimately define a team’s success, are purely emotional events.