BY: ZACH MCADOO
Last year I had a piece published in the UB Spectrum that talked about the toxic culture surrounding fandom and how it needs to stop. I mentioned this very low in the article, but this should have been the article’s biggest point.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling (MVS) fumbled the football in OT on Sunday, leading to the Colts kicking a field goal to win the game. After the game, MVS said that he received death threats over fumbling the ball. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? You are sending death threats to a guy who made a little mistake in a football game? This guy who has absolutely balled out this year but makes one mistake in one game you feel like sending death threats is right?
I don’t understand the point in sending them because: a). It’s Illegal and b). These guys provide you with entertainment week in and week out, and you feel they need to end their life over something?
This isn’t the first time I have seen this from Packers fans. Back in 2016, Larry Fitzgerald went and took over OT against GB. After the game, Fitz posted a picture of him shaking hands with a veteran at the game. Green Bay fans decided to let their anger out on it. It has been four years, so I don’t remember the words exactly, but one was something to the effect of, “I hope you get cancer.” As a big Larry Fitzgerald fan, I took exception to that and fought back.
We, as sports fans, need to do better and cut this at the source. Suppose you are someone who would send death threats to an athlete. You are not a true fan. You are just an immature idiot who needs help when it comes to being a civil adult.
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