Good piece on fans' vile responses to athletic scandals

[M1stman]

An interesting opinion piece on how otherwise-normal people can turn into crazed lunatics when faced with the reality that a member of their favorite college sports program has done something terrible.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/19/opinions/ganim-fear-fan-base/index.html

 

[RC1978]

Great read, thanks for posting.

 

[brgRC90]

The American "win at all costs" mentality in action.

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

These people exist in EVERY fan base (ours included)...sad reality. There's an inexplicable need to defend people and institutions that, in the end, have little to do with us and our daily lives...

 

[BoroKnight]

Originally posted by West Point Knight:
These people exist in EVERY fan base (ours included)...sad reality. There's an inexplicable need to defend people and institutions that, in the end, have little to do with us and our daily lives...

Remember the first few days after the Ray Rice video? You would have thought he tripped over his shoelaces and fell into his fiancee.

Glad this board wasn't around when we had the Speidel or Jeter situations, or the players who robbed the Domino's guy.