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I hate the Royals.
I loathe the Chiefs, T-Bones and Sporting Kansas City. I can’t stand the Jayhawks, Wildcats or any of the Big 12 schools.
They’re too hard to cheer for, so I stopped. Now this may sound ridiculous, but hear me out.
The Royals haven’t had a decent year since 2003, and they didn’t even make the playoffs that year. Lets face it KC, they suck. The Chiefs never get far into the playoffs, so why waste the time and energy rooting for them?
I just can’t do it anymore. I see no reason why I would cheer for a hometown team, especially since none of them dominate their respective sport.
No, seriously, what’s the appeal to cheering for them? Because they’re a hometown team? Psh, just because I’ve lived in KC my whole life and my siblings go to KU doesn’t mean I should cheer for the Chiefs and Jayhawks.
You see, I cheer for teams like Ohio State. They’re easy to cheer for, since their football and basketball programs are never a disappointment. I’m usually guaranteed a Rose Bowl and a Sweet Sixteen every year, so I don’t have to worry about a Bucknell-like upset in the first round or a mediocre football year. Like I said, it’s easy.
I mean, why trade that to cheer for the Jayhawks, who usually don’t make a bowl game in football and have been upset in the tourney in the past? Why risk it?
I cheer for the UConn women’s basketball team, North Carolina’s women’s soccer team and Penn State’s volleyball team. Domination station.
People like Rafael Nadal, LeBron James and John Calipari make me as giddy as a four-month-old puppy.
I love me some Big East basketball, SEC football and Texas baseball: the powerhouses that embarrass all the rest of the college world.
I cheer for Olathe North football and Wichita Heights basketball.
What, you think just because I go to East means I cheer for East? No no, don’t be silly. I cheer for the best teams, remember?
It doesn’t make sense why you wouldn’t just cheer for the best teams.
Why get to know a team and learn to love them, even though they have a chance to lose, when you can barely know the team’s starting line-up and win by 30?
I cheer for teams that dominate, not teams that pour their heart into every play in every game, only to see a loss.
No no, I ridicule teams like them. I make jokes about them; about their losses and poke fun at their close heartbreaking losses.
Team’s that have fans that are as loyal as a St. Bernard’s disgust me. I feel sorry for them, suffering with the team after each loss.
Loyalty shmoyalty, I want championships. Get me a ring and be done with it.
Some scrawny teams even have supporters that stay until the very end of a game even when they are destined to lose… Who are these people?
I was dragged to the KU football game on Nov. 7 by a friend. We watched the Jayhawks from the nose-bleeds fall to a 35 point deficit by the fourth quarter, so we left. I truly feel bad for those who stayed to suffer through the blow-out. Those poor, poor Jayhawk fans. I didn’t check the score afterwords, I figure they lost. I heard cheers from the parking lot. I figured they didn’t mean much. Like the KU football team is going to comeback down 35 in the fourth quarter to Colorado, am I right?
Let’s be practical. Who actually cheers for hometown players? No one.
Who would cheer for Alec Burks, the Grandview High School graduate who currently plays for Colorado. The same guy who had the flu and was in bed all day the day of the NIT quarterfinal, had an IV in his arm at halftime and still scored 25 points. I mean he’s a sophomore still in college, and isn’t in the NBA yet. What a nobody.
Who would cheer for Mike Sweeney? A long-time Royal who was the shining light on a series of under-achieving teams, yet, signed a one day contract with the Royals so he could retire in the town he loved. The guy will never see Cooperstown, he’ll soon be forgotten.
I also think Michael Jordan was the most overrated player in the history of sports. I hate Christmas, my birthday and enjoy burning buildings.
I just love fair-weather fans.
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