http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8480146/fear-self-loathing-kansas-city
On Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens played the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel was hit hard in the fourth quarter and was on the ground for a while. Normally, the fans are silent while a player suffering this type of injury is being treated, but the Chiefs fans, unhappy with Cassel's play, started cheering. To me, this is reprehensible. Yes, Matt Cassel is a struggling quarterback, but he's also a human being who suffered a serious injury.
Scoop Jackson: "Last season the Denver Broncos recognized the "climate" when they finally put Tim Tebow into the lineup. The Chiefs could have done something by taking the temperature of their own fan base quicker and making a move of their own. So, the Chiefs are as much to blame for putting their quarterback through a situation like this as the fans are for expressing their misdirected feelings in the way that they did."
So the Chiefs are to blame for their fans behaving like Neanderthals? And teams now have to "take the temperature of their fan base" when making moves? I don't buy the argument that because fans pay for their tickets, they have the right to behave any way they want. Boo Matt Cassel after his fourth interception. Just don't cheer when he goes down with an injury that threatens his livelihood and health.
On Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens played the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel was hit hard in the fourth quarter and was on the ground for a while. Normally, the fans are silent while a player suffering this type of injury is being treated, but the Chiefs fans, unhappy with Cassel's play, started cheering. To me, this is reprehensible. Yes, Matt Cassel is a struggling quarterback, but he's also a human being who suffered a serious injury.
Scoop Jackson: "Last season the Denver Broncos recognized the "climate" when they finally put Tim Tebow into the lineup. The Chiefs could have done something by taking the temperature of their own fan base quicker and making a move of their own. So, the Chiefs are as much to blame for putting their quarterback through a situation like this as the fans are for expressing their misdirected feelings in the way that they did."
So the Chiefs are to blame for their fans behaving like Neanderthals? And teams now have to "take the temperature of their fan base" when making moves? I don't buy the argument that because fans pay for their tickets, they have the right to behave any way they want. Boo Matt Cassel after his fourth interception. Just don't cheer when he goes down with an injury that threatens his livelihood and health.
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