Bit of a sports rant

[kellinator]

This morning on SportsCenter, I heard an Eagles fan declaring yesterday was the "greatest day in the history of Philadelphia" and exulting that the curse was over.

Ummm... what curse? Is there a curse I don't know about?

Then I check LJ and someone in nbafans is whining that the Suns are cursed. No, they're losing because the MVP (Steve Nash for MVP!! Steve Nash for MVP!!) is out injured. But I digress. What's with all this making up curses just because you can't accept that your team lost?

Yes, I know that Philly sports teams have terrible, terrible luck. But in my opinion, a curse should be, well, a curse. Like, related to something specific. The Curse of the Bambino? That's a curse. The Black Sox Curse? That's a curse. Curse Because We Keep Losing, Dammit? Not so much.

Hey, I know all about losing. I'm a Vandy fan. But we don't lose because of some curse. We lose because we suck.

Comments

[sallerina.livejournal.com]

kyla (being from boston and being a huge red sox fan) was ranting to me about this exact topic yesterday when we saw a fan in the crowd in philly with a BREAK THE CURSE sign. she had your same point.

i think it's one thing to uniformly, always suck, and another thing to be good enough all season and then choke at the end. maybe it's degrees of losing, and it's easier to accept it when your team constantly loses. when it seems to always lose just at the end... it becomes compelling for a susan lucci-style curse argument to evolve.

not that i'm saying the eagles were cursed. they have, typically, just sucked.

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Hee hee. I am amused that she and I had the same thought.