User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia/@comment-3011910-20160927024049/@comment-25906622-20160927163358

You know what? Sports are fandoms. There is nothing more inherently serious or professional about sports as a hobby than there is about writing fanfic, LARPing, or doing cosplay as a hobby -- and, actually, if painting your face with your team's colors isn't a form of cosplay, I don't know what is.

I have my own objections to the change of name, but I have absolutely no sympathy for sports fans who are appalled that they're being grouped in with the nerds and the icky girls.