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Faneo, Faneo, Where Art Thou Faneo?
BeaverRam
Staff Writer
As I sat and watched our beloved Rams get slaughtered AGAIN by a team that got itself slaughtered the week before, I can only wonder what life would be like without TV.
Or what it would be like without football, chips, or beer. One thing I can tell you is this - the Rams already knew last year what life is like without fans, and are once again being reminded of it this year. How ironic it is that the excuse for not going to the games is because they suck, but part of the excuse of why they suck is that they have no fans.
At one time, there was a thought process that the fans were an integral part of a team's success, as evidenced by the Seahawks "12th Man" propaganda. Unfortunately, it would appear that saving a buck is more important in today's culture than using that buck to try to urge on, inspire on one's team of choice. It would really be interesting to see how our team would respond if they came out to a raucous crowd (well, actually they are used to it, only the crowd is the visitors) that was at full throat for the entire game, no matter how far down they may get. In fact, it is entirely possibly that with such a crowd they would not get down at all. BUT NO!!! No one wants to try that, because it is easier for people to sit back and cry than try to help fix it. And even if you don't want to scream, at least your being there doesn't allow the other team's fans to do it.
Growing up in Sacramento we went through 15 straight years of ineptitude by the Kings, yet our arena was one of the worst for visiting teams every year. Why? Because we wanted to help our team win. And you know what? It worked. Screaming helped our team win, and noise helped the other team lose. Makes me wonder what our team would be like if they had fans who weren't so frickin’...Actually, at this point, I'm sure they would just settle for some frickin' fans.
Go Rams!
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