Worst Sports Fans

I recently read GQ's article, The Worst Sports Fans in America and my immediate reaction can be best described as a sense of pride, and I guess that’s why Philly fans are the number one worst sports fans. Despite this feeling, I have to admit that some Philly fans have made it very hard for Philadelphia fans to be respected. And those incidents have happens more than once which only adds to the problem. Philly fans definitely earned the number two and number one spots, die hard fans that show no mercy to the opposing team’s fans, no matter the age, gender or race.

It’s ironic to me as a student of Maryland and also a resident of Philadelphia, that Maryland basketball fans are also included on the list, and in the top five. The irony is that when I went to one of my first basketball games at Maryland during my freshman year, I thought to myself that the derogatory way that Terp fans were acting reminded me of my high school basketball games. During high school basketball games we would always yell at the opposing players and fans, which was just an extension of how we would act at professional sports games.

All violence aside, you won’t find fans more passionate anywhere in sports than you’ll find in Philadelphia. Many of those fans should learn how to express themselves more politely, but in the end, they’re only cheering and supporting the team they love through good times and bad. And besides, what’s considered one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Worst sports fans to GQ, best sports fans to Philadelphia.