Come on people!

It's almost as if the Pats and Colts are rivals.

NO WAY!

You weren't dreaming, Geodan. She's getting her revenge (and rightfully so) this weekend. She and her family are going to be guests of the Pats and she's going out on the field for the coin toss. Can you imagine her being the hit of all the boys in her school?

Then I guess you have no class aswell

Er.....no. She won a competition and you boo her, that's dumb.

what is this class bullshit?

are you guys serious...you're a bunch of babies and liars

the fact is, you wear the jersey of your god damned rival and you're going to get booed...

stupid NFL kids competition or not, it'll happen

and I think its more stupid for half of you to complain...

And no Smm, you're the classless one, because you don't seem to get it...this is why people hate the patriots and their fans

now get off your damned soap box...

i love when you can get minused 5 times for being straight forward and honest...

OK, JuT. What exactly did she do? Nothing. It seems like you're just saying that you're booing her just because of what YOU think of the Pats, and because she's a fan of that team, you think negatively of her.

no, if she wore another NFC east jersey in Philly (namely cowboys) She's get booed there too I'm stating facts here...this would happen in 75% of NFL stadiums, including in gillette if she wore a colts jersey...

sometimes this PC, holier than thou bullshit is ridiculous... come on guys, be honest with yourselves

JuT - do me a favor and go stand out side for 20 seconds and get a few deep breaths, it's good for the blood pressure, not saying your wrong, but you might want to breathe

but then i'll see a whole bunch of pats fans...

god hates me...well, maybe its a strong dislike, because the cowboys did lose...

heh

But the Giants won. :)

yeah, but I'm not worried about the giants winning the SB...

OK. I'm being honest JuT. I consider myself a baseball fan over a Red Sox fan, a basketball fan over a Celtics fan, and a football fan over a Pats fan. I am not a DIE HARD Pats fan, but I am an NFL fan, and I respect all teams. To be honest, from what I've seen, I don't think that I'm like many Pats fans, and if there was a Colts fan in Gilette, I wouldn't boo him/her.

I agree with you JuT, until you start in with that tired "this is why people hate Pats fans" crap.

They're not booing the girl, they're booing the jersey. There are a billion worse things that can happen to someone wearing a rivals jersey at an NFL Stadium then getting showered with boos.

And if the worst thing to ever happen to someone is that they got booed by a bunch of strangers in Indianfreakinapolis, then they've probably had a solid life.

Romi, you can't get upset at JUT because of how he chooses to practice his fandom. He may feel he is an Iggles fan above all else and the rivalires and drama included in them may fuel his passion. Now, as that kind of fan, he would react passionatly to the sight of a Cowboys or Redskins jersey in any context. It's how he chooses to display his fandom.

If that how you choose? No. Does that make either of you wrong? Actually it makes you both absolutly right. You don't choose to boo other teams jeresys and that's your choice; but many people hold a passionate bond with their particular team. To ask them to remove that emotion beacuse the jersey is on a little girl or an old man would be to impose what you think is right upon their lives, and that's not right.

Just like we both have a right to practice our own religon, we have a right to practice our fandom, as long as it doesn't cause harm to yourself or others, or create a destable situation in which to bring your family, there is nothing wrong with the choice to boo.

I'm not upset with him. I'm just stating my opinion, which just happens to be different than JuT's.

and that's A-OK with me =)

I agree 100%. There will be booing if your opposing rival's jersey is in your stadium. I doesn't matter who is wearing it. I don't feel the girl should have been boo'd, but i can understand them booing the jersey.

A Cowboys jersey in Philly get to catch batteries from the upper deck...

Thanks for makng sense Rawbee

I think your wrong i could be wrong.. but i dissagree with you

Because they booed as a group. They have a common enemy: the Patriots. So they're not only unified by their love of the Colts, but also their hatred of New England. It builds a bond in a fanbase to have a rival. The Patriots are "the other," "the outsider" to their group.

And I'll flip this on you. How does her wearing a Pats jersey help the Patriots? How does it inspire their fans?

Or a Chargers jersey, since I hate them more than the Raiders.

To whomever minused me,

I thought you said "Raiders Suck" are words to live by???

The Raiders suck, too, just not as much as the Chargers.

Well I would have felt the same way even if she was wearing an indy jersey in new england and got booed. it is wrong no matter where it happens it doesnt make difference who i root for

I'm hardly convinced that this thread was created to solely defend the little girl, it was obviously made to call out Colts fans and rub a little dirt in their face.

congrats LA, for being the smartest commenter on this article...

Unless I'm mistaken, this article was created before the Colts game was over. So, I don't think it was intended to rub dirt in the face of Colts fans.

Remove yourself from the classroom and put yourself at the stadium with your buddies, they start to boo becuse they see a Pats jersey and start booing, do you join in Cougar? Or do you sit them down for a lecture about booing children at a playoff football game? Honestly...

You might not give them a lecture right there, but you don't have to join in, either.

In the context, I'm not sure how natural that is, I suppose fairly natural. Not as natural as being a Colts fan, at a home playoff game, most likely fairly drunk hearing "Now Representing the New England Patriots" over the PA and recating with boos simply by hearing something was representing the Patriots on your home field.

I'm intelligent enough to not dress any child of mine in a Rams jersey and take them to San Diego, or in a Dodgers jeresy and take them to San Fransico. If I were going to do such a thing, I'd arm my child with the information that it's just a sporting event and people act and react to stupid things. Moreover, if you, my Child get booed for wearing what your wearing it's only the jersey that they are booing, they don't know you and don't care to know you and it's not personal.

Moreover, if you put your kid in that situation and don't inform them about it being not personal in anyway and just a sporting event then you're at fault. It's not the groups fault that you put your child in a position to be booed by people you perceive as idiots. The situation today is obviously a little differnt, but again, the group reacting to "Now representing the New England Patriots" is what incited the Boos, not the 12 year old - it was NOT about the child when they were booing. If your child isn't armed to handle the situation that may be presented that's the parents fault for not preparing their children.

Sorry LA, you are completely wrong. Any adult has a responsibility to behave properly when dealing with children. Period.

And you have a resonsibilty to prepare your children for when they don't behave properly, You also have a resonsibility to keep your children from being in situations where adults behave improperly as best as you can. Sending your child into such a situation as I describe would be irresponsible as you the parent, if it is your kid that is.

Never question my capabilities as a parent.

I say again...do you have any kids? Until you do, you cannot understand anything about it.

This discussion is over.

Classic parent excuse, I don't have a kid, therefore I have no qualifcations to comment of the topic. Well you DO have kids, therefore you CAN'T comment on the subject without being jaded by your protective feelings towards your kid.

and I'll question as I see fit if you allow for questions to be raised. You don't want to be questioned (not saying I directly did or didn't queston you) then don't allow for the questions to arise.

What? Have you ever played professional football, Cheezer? If not, then (according to your logic) you have no knowledge of football.

there -> their time for shut down.

Did you also let your kid now before the game that because he is wearing his Green Bay jersey in Detroit that idiot grown ups might be idiots? You should of if you didn't, parents need to teach their kids to deal with hecklers properly because it's apporperiate for life.

You also had every right to deal with the men as you did and I support you handling it with words

He was nine. Do not accept idiotic behavior from people. you will get what you expect. Raise the standards.

I turned my back for 30 seconds and the concession stand.

I say again...He was nine.

By the way, do you have any kids?

and -> at did it again

I said you had every right to deal with it as you did and that you dealt with it properly. Your going to a professional football game with 20 something and 30 somethings, backed by beer are enjoying football candidly, you also have to knell down and let your kid know that "idiots are everywhere, they will be mean and rude but they don't know you and they don't mean it personally, try to turn the other cheek and not intisgate them by responding" it's your duty as a parent to complete all those task. And to answer honestly, no I'm not a parent but I am an involved uncle and coach of children 13-17 so I do deal with, interact with and handle kids almost daily, I'm not speaking from complete blindness.

LOL look at that! Someone minused me for telling Cheezer he did the right thing by handleing the jackasses yelling at his kid. Does the minus monster think the situation is better handled differently? No they don't, they just minus becasue they have no real opinion.

It was me KD, that's the heart of my point the whole time.

No, it wasn't funny.

I agree with Nappy, it was a lot of things - but it wasn't funny. Katt Williams is funny, this was more Dane Cook funny. And this is how we feel about Dane Cook at the 'Chair:

I guess this is why there is no chief editor at AGM, the users dictate where the converstation goes.

^^^I don't know if I mispelled there or that

Um... this is about Colt fans man...

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