In 1994 Wann and Dolan reported a bias among highly identified fans concerning estimates of past and future team performance. Hirt and Ryalls subsequently argued that this bias is limited to fans of successful teams. The current article presents data for 56 subjects supporting the results of Wann and Dolan for fans of unsuccessful teams.
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