Tl; dr.

On a human level: Wishing for anything like Katrina is just… subhuman. Yeah, sure, let’s have another one and kill another thousand plus people in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. The media may have slobbered all over New Orleans, but Katrina was three hundred miles from eye wall to edge. She was six hundred miles in diameter and she was not picky about destroying anything in her reach.

On an intelligence level: It’s not smart to go pissing off the Who Dat Nation. The Who Dats backed the NFL down on its sniveling ass when it came sniffing around, and you are not special. You’re talking about men willing to parade down the street in dresses to honor a beloved sportscaster. You’re talking about a culture steeped deeply in traditions of people and places. You’re talking about a nation with a symbol that inspires faith and an irrational love. You’re talking about starting a war you cannot win.

Next time you boogie on down to New Orleans to eat her food, drink her beer, dance in her streets, and catch her beads, remember that she and her people have suffered long and hard under your labels of “loser” and “never gonna be”. This is her year, her time, and she will not take your shit any longer.

What a stupid thing to say. Have you ever watched a game of NFL? It is 10 times the sport rugby is. Players wear pads because they are all massive and run at the pace of olympic sprinters, directly into each other from like 50 yards away. If they didn’t they would literally die. In rugby, the ball goes side to side and a bunch of fat wankers have a ruck over it without any real huge hits. Most of the time anyway.

Also, I’m one of these rabid sports fans you are discussing. I’ve been a Pittsburgh Penguins fan since I can remember, and have watched every game they have played for the last three years. I do not do this because I feel I am obligated to watch my team, but because I honestly enjoy it.

So you have to understand why people are so upset when their team loses: they spent countless hours watching their team, went through all of their ups and downs, and they feel as though they ARE a part of the team.

When Pittsburgh lost in the final a few years ago I was crushed. When they won last year I was ecstatic.

Note: I do not endorse the fans that are over the top insane, but people who start fights do so for many reasons, not just because their team lost. These same fans would probably start a fight over some other silly reason. We’re not all idiots.

Sorry for the long post.

People here have picked teams at random, not based on where they come from. I live in Wales, and I don’t know a single person who supports a Welsh team, just teams from ranom English towns.

And they go MENTAL if their teams lose. It’s insane.

Tessa FTW, lol, Not too soon, not at all.

Beanstalker named Ghana as a home country in comment 11, though it may be one of many. And for statistical purposes, I’m an American who refers to gridiron as “American football”.

Next time I ask a “soccer” question, I’ll be sure to patronise you.

And Tessa seems like my kind of girl.

You think people get worked up about american football ? Come and watch a game of football in Europe , preferably Holland , france, Portugal or England. Then you’ll see how serious a ball game can be for fans. I went to some games in the States and everything is very friendly with mostly home fans in the stadion and few cops. In europe almost every football game is haunted by an immense police force to stop the crowd from fighting. That’s very stupid in my book , i feel passionatly about my team and do really hate our rival fans but to start a brawl over a squad of overpayed underintelligent players is just beyond me ..

Starting brawls with cops on the other hand is a nice way to spend your saturday evenings.

I don’t have a problem with not caring for any team – but I do think it’s kind of sad if somebody can’t understand it and are only able to be proud of something they do themselves. That’s like saying you couldn’t be proud of your children for anything they accomplish.