Darklight0303 said:
There's one major issue with your claim. You imply they won previous years while not being famous. That is a completely contradictory arguemnt that destroys its own point. Winning a tournament this big would guarantee fame for sure. Also it is perfectly possible to rise to great fame during such a short period of time. Look at how FT started. They were booed on the first day and now they clearly rival ST in fan cheers. It is perfectly plausible and given the level power ST is exibiting, likely that ST only won last year when their big 5 heavy hitters joined their ranks. Simple as that.
Except that the Grand Magic Tournaments is a Fiore only event and as I said, Jason is clearly implying that their name spread through out the continent for their previous victory (including the other countries). So no, there's no contradiction in my argument.
Also unlike Sabretooth, Fairy Tail was infamous not from a tournament, but rather from the magicians, Fairy Tail's previous glory/power and such.