My wife doesn't follow footy so no competition in my family, and everyone else who cares in the extended family are Tigers fans, even those who married into the family.
Started indoctrinating my kids early - about how good Tigers are, why Tigers are the best team etc. They are too young to get it but given time should work out nicely. Will be interesting to see if I can get my daughter to like footy as much as the blokes in the family do.
Don't count on it. I had the same idea but hard to answer when they start asking, "Well why do they always lose?" or they are able to see a ladder
Watching the soccer on Saturday, my daughter asks if the Tigers are playing. I said no, it's soccer and it's Australia and France. She said "Australia, that's us!" I said yeah. She says "Will Australia win?" I say probably not. She says "then I want to be the other team please".