Damn Hooligans!

Why are soccer fans so insane?

Seriously.
When was the last time you saw fans ecstatically igniting fires at Yankee stadium?
When was the last time you saw a stampede at the Staples Center?
When was the last time you saw a fan shoot flares at Peyton Manning?
When was the last time you saw a group of fans try to rip Ben Wallace out of his car for missing his free throws?

Never. I’ve seen people tear their hair out over a sporting event (including myself), but I’ve never seen the type of shit that goes on at soccer games before. Or afterwards for that matter.

Remember the 1994 World Cup? A Columbian defender was murdered after he scored an own-goal that resulted in a loss to the United States. Murdered!

While athletes are idolized in our country, the sports they play are still just that—sport. However, from pole to pole, soccer is much more than 22 people kicking a ball.

It’s beyond sport. It’s life. It’s religion. It’s God.
It has stopped wars.
But it still incites violence.

Last week former French national goalie, Fabien Barthez, quit his job as keeper for Nantes after being threatened by fans. Barthez said that after losing 2-0 at home to Rennes, a group of fans surrounded his car and began pummeling it. The distraught ‘fans’ then attempted to yank Barthez out of his car and “rub him out.”

I have no idea what that means. But I’m assuming it doesn’t involve therapeutic massage oils. And I doubt these were homoerotic fans looking for some action. So I’m pretty sure whatever it means; it would have been bad news for Barthez.

Who the hell are these psychos?

They start fires in the stands. They trample each other in mad riots. They shoot flares and throw beer bottles. And apparently they hang around parking lots waiting to ‘rub someone out.’

I love soccer. It’s one of the best sports in the world. But some of the people who call themselves fans are a discredit to the sport, and a disgrace to themselves.

They’re pathetic.