I
didn’t touch on this story for a couple of weeks because I wanted to really put
my all in getting all the proper information about what happened the day Kansas
City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel incurred an concussion against the
Baltimore Ravens. I do understand that the fans are not pleased with his past
performance. I got that, but come on cheering when he goes down to injury. This
is disgusting to hear about the next day on the news and the radio. I will tell
you guys that I was a bit shocked about it but not completely and here’s why.
The
American fan is very passionate about sports and when they go to a sports event
such as a football game they are really leaving it out on the field. Some love
to fight, curse and get drunk at games. The sad part about it is that many kids
attend these games and they are exposed to this mayhem. They don’t need that
while they are with their mom and dad trying to enjoy a day out and cheer on
their team. The night of the cheering the concussion the Chiefs did lose 9-6
against the Ravens and the fans are pretty much angry. I’m just not a fan of
people cheering on injury; especially their own player. This isn’t humane to
me! What do you guys think about that? You have the fans that are coming out of
Kansas City and fighting back and saying that not 80,000 cheered, it was only a
few people (Gregory, 2012). Are you serious? A few is still bad in my eyes. Who
are they to cheer maybe a career ending injury?
You
never know what could happen in this case of a concussion people. We have found
out as fans in the past years on how major a head injury can be and cause after
effects in a person’s life when retired. I just laugh how fans all across the
country are big and bad when they go to a game but when they are at work they
are puppies. What I mean by that is when fans are at games they show this side
to them that doesn’t exist in their everyday lives. They wait for the right
moment to attack a professional player. It’s like when one fan curses and hears
it, which is when they follow with their attacks.
It
was just refreshing to see Cassel’s teammate offensive lineman Eric Winston
stand up to the fans and the media and tell to the world how he felt. I’m
really not a fan on players speaking about fans and all but this needed to be
addressed. Let’s go a little back in time guys. If you remember in 1999, Hall
of Famer and former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin was cheered by Philadelphia
Eagles fans when he lay on the turf with a career ending neck injury (Gregory,
2012). This just rubs me the wrong way when I hear these kinds of stories and I
know for most of my followers that are reading it; it bothers you as well. Let’s
think about the word fan. What does it really mean? Hmm; it means FANATIC!
I
learned in sports that everyone can’t be great. To have great players and teams
you have to have bad ones. Unfortunately Kansas City Chiefs are one of those
teams. Not to say that Cassel is a bad quarterback, but you can’t have every quarterback
that is Brees, Manning brothers and Brady. You just can’t!
References
Gregory,
S. Cheers for Matt Cassel’s Concussion: Why
Sport Fans Applaud Injury. Keepingscore.Blogs.Time.com,
9 October 2012, http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2012/10/09/cheers-for-matt-cassels-concussion-why-sports-fans-applaud-injury/, Retrieved 29
October 2012.
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