Go Falcons;945851 wrote:Fixed!
I meant who calls you a terrorist?
Bobcat;945899 wrote:He told me that he was stunned by some of the things that were being yelled out at Norwaynes team. Even more unbelieaveable was how many of these things were being yelled by adults. Now we all know that the people posting on here will blow right by this post and not comment. It seems that blasting Norwayne has become the thing to do on "The Chatter". It amazing that the actions of one kid, who is a fool, can draw so much attention from people but grown adults acting like idiots and cussing at kids is acceptable. My friend was not the only one that told me about this in fact somebody else actually commented on it a couple pages back and , as expected, mostly everyone ignored it. My friend thought it best to let it go. He said he used it as a " teaching moment" with his son. If I'm one of those Smithville adults, and you know who you are, I'd be embarrassed. Maybe we should find out who you are and run you through the mud on here. Maybe we should smear the whole town of Smithville because of the actions of these people. What do you guys think? We won't do that because we know that would be foolish. Not everyone from Smithville is an idiot.....just the ones standing by the fence yelling obscenities.
I was there for this, and though I didn't hear any profanity, I was immediately behind the loudest of the bunch, which I mentioned in a couple posts.
The first thing that came to mind was, "You idiot! Act like an adult! Win with class, and don't make Smithville fans out to be belligerent morons.
I even turned to my dad, who was behind me, and said, "I guarantee someone hearing this one guy is going to paint all of Smithville like him, just like people have been painting the Norwayne team like #22."
I genuinely wanted to turn him around and deck him. These were young men, teenagers. They went out on the field and tried hard. Most of them didn't make stupid statements or show disrespect to the Smithville team. The ones mentioned by the rogue DB aren't guilty just for being mentioned. The man was yelling "X-FACTOR!" repeatedly. Did the young man labeled the "X-factor" by his teammate say that? No, so I see no reason to rub it in his face after a loss. He did nothing wrong.
I'm sure you know that, but the point I'm making is that MOST of the Smithville fans ... even ones who stand by the fence, like me ... know this too.
Bobcat;945899 wrote:By the way. The young man whos father I was talking to is a fine young man. He spoke very highly of the Smithvilles players. I did not hear one negative word from him. He's friends with some of them. In fact, I think a couple of Smithvilles players are his cousins. The young man I spoke with is not the type of kid many of you are trying to make "Norwayne " players out to be. In fact, he's completely the opposite of what you say.
He has been raised well, and his parents should be proud.
And I, personally, will be cheering for him this Friday night, as well as his teammates, most of which are seemingly good eggs.
Bobcat;945899 wrote:Grow up a little people.....or go stand by the fence in Smithville
No, most of us "fence standers" don't want idiots like that either.
Every team's fanbase has its fair share of fools. I heard a Norwayne one in the restroom at halftime (saying something about Smithville "cheating" and that being the only way they could beat Norwayne ... the man obviously doesn't understand football, so I took no offense).
I hope the young man you're referring to recognizes that adults who hurl insults at high school kids ... guilty or not ... are nothing more than village idiots, and should be pitied and seen as pathetic.
