There's No You In Team
So I've been reading through a lot of message board posts about the NFL, and I've just got to state the obvious, there are a lot of idiots out there. Now I'm not just talking about idiots who think that their bottom dweller team is going to turn it around this year and march to the Superbowl, despite having made no improvements during the offseason, or the morons ranting about how Raiders fans are idiotic jerks just because they like the Raiders. No, the subject of tonight's rant is the dillusional freaks. These are the people that always refer to it as "we", as in "we're going to win it all this year" or "we made so many improvements in the offseason." To any of you out there who suffer from this condition let me set a couple things straight for you.
#1 - You did nothing. The owner/managers/scouts/etc. signed/drafted/traded for the new star. You merely sat at home and read about it on the internet and now feel some idiotic need to brag about how great you are.
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#2 - You may suppor the team, you may buy their merchandise, hell you may even attend every home and away game, but you are not a member of the team/organization. There is no "we," only a "you" and "them." Unless you are a player on that team, or a direct member of the organization, you are merely a fan. Stop pretending that you contribute to the team in any real way. True you may be the "12th Man" or the ultimate super-fan, but you are still just that, a fan. This especially holds true if you don't even attend the games. Because while screaming at a game may help in some minor way to influence the outcome (don't get too excited here though, blowing winds also tend to influence a game, yet mother nature is not generally considered a member of the team), yelling at a TV screen has absolutly no effect what-so-ever on the outcome. Scream as you may, they cannot hear you.
So yeah, that's my rant for today. I know it may seem pointless, and probably wouldn't manage to persuade any of the people I mock anyway, but it still feels good to get it off my chest. And please, for the sake of humanity, don't become one of those people. Saying "we" is almost as annoying as talking about yourself in the third person. And if I ever catch any of you doing either of those things I will be forced to grab a rolled up newspaper and smack you over the head. Not for me, but for the sanity of good people everywhere (and I guess a little for me too).