As someone who formally played football and since we are well into football season I have to address something. Fellas especially, if you never put on a set of pads, laced up some cleats and actually played football, DO NOT say “we” or “us” when referring to a sports team.
I know this may come off as bitter but I really don’t care. No one who ever played ball did it for the fans, they did it because of the love of the game. It is kind of disrespectful to people who actually play or played the game for someone who never stepped foot onto the field to glom onto the efforts of the team.
If you never spent a summer doing two-a-days, shut-up. If you never had to ice down a knee, shoulder, elbow or ankle, shut-up. If you never had muscles so sore that you could hardly move them, shut-up. If you never got so hot and thirsty that you drank your sweat out of your chin strap, shut-up. If you never had your ass chewed by a coach for missing an assignment, shut-up. If you never had a trainer tape an ankle so that you could get back out there for the next set of downs, shut-up. If you never stretched a ligament and prayed that it was not torn, shut-up. If you never froze your ass off waiting to go back on the field, shut-up. If you have never been hit so hard that it knocked the breath out of you, shut-up.
Don’t puff your chest out like you scored the winning goal as time expired if the best you have ever done is gone to a game. I am not saying don’t be a fan, please do. Just don’t say something like, “We really looked good last week” or “That team don’t want none of us” if you haven’t put in the blood, sweat and tears it takes to be part of the team.
I am a fan of medical science but I don’t walk around telling people that “we” had a tough day in the O.R. but in the end “we” pulled it all together, since I do not nor have I ever worked in an operating room. Or that “our” E.R. makes “us” the best hospital in the state.
Be a fan, support the team in the good times and the bad but don’t include yourself as part of the team. And this goes for all sports, not just football.
Don’t get dead
7 comments:
Good advice. I had this problem when it came to porno but then I ran into a porn star and they set me straight like you did with the football. I would say stuff like "Do you see how we gang banged that chick?"
Seriously I do hate the dudes that do the we thing. I see it more out here with baseball fans than football fans. Especially with Red Sox fans.
Shife, I love your style man.
nice post haha. What position did you play? You never I played one down of college football, but every Saturday I was on the field haha just to the side of the team as a college cheerleader ;) Which by the way at times was just as painful as taking hits or at least practices leading up to Nationals were.
I get tired of the fans at Purdue that chew out Tiller or the players because most like you state have probably never played a down, I grew up the son of a football coach and have been following the game since I was born, and sometimes just have to laugh. Sorry for the long ass comment
Phats - I started out playing cornerback and safety then as I got bigger (and slower) I got moved to linebacker.
College chearleader huh, I bet you got stories.
Don't be sorry for a long comment, I love them all!
I do have tons of stories just let me know what ones you want to hear haha.
And since us men are stereotyped when we cheer I will point out I am infact married to a WOMAN, who I cheered with, but we didn't start dating til after I graduated she's 2 yrs younger
Hey phats - I don't know if you want me to ask about those stories in an open forum. I always want to know the embarassing, gross, adult and unreal stories.
phats_blog_email@yahoo.com
ask anything you want haha
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