So for everyone else, “man up” means keeping quiet, but for you it means taunting people in return.
Do you have these rules written down someplace, so the rest of us can follow along?
No, I specifically said that I knew the crying wouldn’t stop and there was nothing I could do to stop it, no matter how old and tired it gets. I consider that to be carte blanche to fire back in kind.
Now, if you’re done crying, I’d like to let this thread get back to what it was about, which was not you, me, or Super Bowl XL (which Pittsburgh won). Thanks.
Crying? I haven’t said a thing about the game in this thread, only about your behavior.
If there’s one thing worse than a poor loser, it’s a poor winner.
ahahahaha. are you for real:confused:
Airman Doors - You misunderstand (don’t worry, I’m used to it by now 
). I honestly couldn’t care less about the NFL and haven’t been passionate about sports at all for years. I used to be as passionate as you, but now I just can’t. See, I know there are bad calls. I know there are dishonest results. Honest mistake or corruption, whichever, don’t change the end result nuthin’. What I don’t understand is the idea that this is all perfectly fine and nothing ever needs to be corrected.
I handle monetary accounts in my job. Some of them are decades old. Some of them have errors. Some of them are a matter of hundreds or even thousands of dollars, and a lot of them take a long time to find, several years in one instance. When someone finds an error and informs me of it, it is my duty to correct it. But it wasn’t intentional, you say? Whoever made the mistake was only human? That’s just how it is? Yes, and how it is for me is that either I make it right or I can start looking for another job. In fact, I’ve never even heard of any job outside of sports where screwing up and doing nothing to fix it is normal procedure.
It’s not just football. I stopped caring about the Olympics ages ago, I’ve just about given up on the World Cup, and even baseball is hanging by a thread. As far as I’m concerned, no justice means no legitimacy, and an illegitimate sport carries no more prestige than a fantasy league.
Anyway. I understand trash talk, and if you want to do an annual thread, knock yourself out. I really don’t understand what ironclad defiance is supposed to accomplish, however. They say it was rigged? Go with it. “Yeah, that’s right, we got all the calls, 'cause the NFL loves us more than anyone else! We’re just that important! Sucks to be you!” Never mind what the truth is (we’re never going to know at this point), the point you need to get across is that if you’re a fan, you take whatever crap you’re given and like it.
As for that kid, the thing I don’t like about him (other than the stuff I already mentioned) is that he’s a bandwagon fan. I don’t buy for a second that he’s serious about this…c’mon, Franco Harris? He’s just latching on to the most successful franchise, much like all those Yankees fans who’ve never been in New York or all those Kentucky Wildcats fans who mysterious pop up every time the subject of Duke comes up.
Rilchiam - Yes, that was the expectation. But it came with another implicit expectation: that he deserved whatever happened to him. To put it another way, if you put your balls on the table, you’d better be prepared for them to be stomped on. And again, I’d be just fine with that. He wants to show his colors that damn badly, he accepts whatever punishments, harrassment, and beatings he gets for it. Somehow, I think he’d change his tune pretty quickly.
eno801 - Quite. If he doesn’t learn respect for rules and self-restraint in high school, then when? I know of no livelihood that permits you to do whatever you damn want and not give the slightest thought to anyone else. If you know of one, I’d like to hear it.
Sports doesn’t lend itself to hindsight the way banking does. If the refs miss a call in the first quarter and admit it the next day, there’s not really any fair way to fix it. Coaches and players make decisions based on the situation. Change one play and all the plays that follow it will happen differently. Suppose one team has a touchdown unfairly disallowed, and the other team kneels down on the last play to win by five points; you can’t then allow the touchdown and give the win to the other team.
But sports fans remember the history. Armando Gallarago could have been just another perfect game, instead he’ll be remembered as the guy who earned one but didn’t get it. There have been lots of Super Bowl winners, but as far as I know only one team ever got an apology from the ref. Toss out the record book; narratives like that are what people remember about sports.
Most Steeler fans are bandwagon fans, although they love to sling that accusation around at fans of other NFL franchises. Like you said…its easy to root for a winner.
And I’m wearing my UK cap right now, and thanks for reminding me about Christian Laettner! I thought I was over it, but no!
The only time I can think of where a blown call led to a replay of the game at a later date was the George Brett pine tar incident. Does the NFL have a similar protest rule that could even allow such a thing?
Dumb rule, dumb kid. What if he’d worn a red, white and blue USA Olympic jersey?
It’s pronounced “Grundon.”