Oh give me a freaking break. I own Patriots and Red Sox gear (sweatshirts, jackets, caps,* that kind of thing) but when my team wins I don't strut around like I personally won something. Because I didn't. I watched my favorite team win something. It didn't make me a winner, didn't get me a ring, and sure as hell didn't give me an excuse to deck myself out in I AM A FAN OF THIS CURRENT CHAMPION clothing so I could stand in the middle of the street with my chest puffed out and a look on my face which screams "yeah, I beat your sorry a**, loser punk. Who's your daddy now?"
These people especially need to just Stop Now. You are "fans" of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. There's a very good chance that you didn't know your city had a freaking NFL franchise until about six weeks ago (I could be generous and suggest they became fans when they heard the Bucs got that Brady guy from New England, but why would I be generous? When am I ever generous?) Just admit that you're the kind of "fans" who jump on the bandwagon just before it reaches top speed- like Red Sox "fans" who magically remembered they were fans all at the same time in late October, 2004. And then went out and bought pink, camo, purple, etc. baseball caps. And embraced that marketing ploy called "Red Sox Nation." You people make me sick. But I digress.
If I didn't want to be sued, I'd suggest that someone knock these smug-for-zero-reason posers in their stupid faces. But encouraging violence is against the law, in most cases. Most cases.
*not a Patriots cap, just a Red Sox cap. Football caps are stupid.
Not for nothing did Carlin call sports fans the worst sort of people. Ah, well. Better their aimlessness be pointed at sportsball than at politics.
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