Seattle Fan Writes Open Letter To The Patriots To Say They Were Classless At The Parade Yesterday

Here’s an open letter from a Seahawks fan to the Patriots

(Source) — I am not unfamiliar with the trash talking that occurs between teams in competitive sports. It’s the ugly nature of the beast and for the most part it just comes with the territory. The excitement and pressure that comes along with such a high profile and competitive job is inevitably going to bring out what I’d like to call the green-eyed monster. People will bash you when you are successful and especially when your success has become a threat to their own. However, there is a line to this harmless fun that should not be crossed and I think your team crossed it with your behavior during your celebration parade. Flying off at the mouth during the intensity and high stress moments of a football game is one thing, but going out of your way to parade around in front of your fans holding disrespectful signs and t-shirts directed towards the opposing team is simply bad form. The spectacle that players on your team have created not only rubs salt into an already painful wound but it tells those around you that you have no respect for any other teams or their fans. You are telling the world that it’s ok to beat someone while their down and that when you win you should throw it in people’s faces.

I would think you would want to be spending your celebratory parade actually celebrating your Superbowl championship win instead of dwelling on the other team. Any respect I had for your team before this incident was quickly lost when I saw your arrogant and unprofessional behavior. Am I saying that the Seahawks have been perfect in this area? Absolutely not. But I can say without a shadow of a doubt that we have never taken things to the level you have chosen to and I honestly find it despicable. I would have to say that in this case, a sore winner is much worse than a sore loser. You are the Superbowl champions. Focus on that and be proud of yourselves for your hard work. You don’t need to demean other people to do that. All you are doing in the process is hurting the organization you represent and losing the respect of many potential fans around the world. When you win, win with dignity and class no matter what other teams may say and do. Be the team that everyone looks at with respect and admiration. The NFL is a great organization to be a part of and I hope that you will do it justice by acting like a team that deserves to win by not only your physical attributes and skill sets but by the quality of your character. Be a team that everyone else strives to be like and not one that others see and shake their heads in disappointment. In the end, it is just a game.

Sincerely,

Amanda from Tacoma, Washington

I honestly feel like I’m taking crazy pills. How would you like them to celebrate? How can they be happy and have fun but at a level that suits all you assholes? I’ll admit that the Bitch Mode tshirt doesn’t make much sense but Blount and Bolden didn’t bring that, it was thrown by a fan and they decided to have a little fun with it. Big deal. Aside from that? Yup, Edelman ripped a Trent Dilfer sign because Dilfer pronounced this team dead like 17 weeks ago. Sounds fair to me.

But more than all of those, I’m fucking shocked that there are people saying that he shouldn’t have held up the Sherman sign. You mean the pic where Sherman was taunting the cameras after a go ahead score and it completely backfired on him? The same guy who jumped in Tom Brady’s face and started screaming at him then tweeted “U MAD BRO?” with the pic? Yeah, how dare the Patriots fuck with him. It’s like when Ladanian Tomlinson cried that the Pats taunted Shawne Merriman with his own taunt. It fucking boggles my mind. The Pats beat the team that is NOTORIOUS for trash talking, dancing, and taunting. Now that it’s over they’re supposed to shut their mouths? I saw tweets like “Bob Kraft only signs classy guys, huh?” and sarcastic ones saying “The Patriot Way…” Fuck you. Not a single person on the national scale has talked about the Seahawks starting an all out brawl on the last play of the Super Bowl. Doug Baldwin pretended to pull his pants down and take a shit on a football. Richard Sherman’s the most beloved trash talker on earth and people loved his taunting of Revis with the 2 — 4. Where’s the “class” outrage over all that? All the Seahawks’, particularly Sherman’s, shit talking backfired. Last year it worked out and Sherman got to tweet pics of his ring at Patrick Patterson. This year it didn’t and the Pats were the one who got to hold signs about rings. Quit being so uptight about it all. If you think the Patriots or Patriots fans are classless then you can suck my fuckin’ dick.