It’s just that sort of week at LBS. First we had Ray Allen complaining about KG’s choice of words at Celtics practice. Then we had Josh Beckett drop an F-bomb on a reporter after Game 5. And now, those same LSU fans who threatened Tim Tebow with death, have also been flagged five yards for taunting. The geniuses at 100% Injury Rate pass along news that a few LSU football players sponsored a letter in the student paper asking the members of the student section to use more appropriate language during games. From the letter:
The LSU student section is the heartbeat of Death Valley and the center of emotion for our great stadium.
But during the last two games, vulgar language directed at our opponents by the student section has been dissapointing and embarassing to our school.
Your chants can be heard by the national television audience that tunes in from all over America. When those chants include offensive language, it only damages Louisiana State University. More importantly, these chants can be heard by young children in the stadium who come to see their Tigers play.
We need to support our team. You are important to our success. But that doesn’t mean you need to insult our opponents. Let us, the players, take care of our opponents through competition on the field.
We are taught by our coaches to act like champions, play like champions and win like champions. We need you to do the same.
We hope you are with us.
Geaux Tigers!
Glenn Dorsey Jacob Hester
Come on, how can a team with those wussy-yellow helmets expect to be intimidating without using such vulgarities? What is this fellas, a football game, or a Sunday at church? What’s next, a request for students to stop boozing beforehand, too?
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Larry Brown has over nine years of professional sports media experience, working in online, radio, and TV capacities. He recently was a nationally syndicated sports radio host. Follow him on twitter @LBSports |
