EmbarrasSD?

Attending my final Chargers game of 2012
vs KC 11/01/12

Being a pro sports fan in San Diego is tough.

We are a small market which generally attracts ownership more interested in the "prestige" of owning a team than in building a winner.  They're nice enough folks but they put profitability ahead of  everything else meaning, they aren't going to invest in wins unless it increases the bottom line.

Fortunately we have alot of other things going for us in town so that we don't have to be fanatical about supporting losing regimes.  Some look at that as being bandwagon fans but you know what?

Fans are the only ones paying for the privilege of being part of the sport.  At the end of the day, win or lose, it's their cash and their passion driving the vehicle.  WIN OR LOSE, owners get paid, players get paid, concessionaires get paid and when the payday is perceived as "too little", they leave.

But when fans decide they are getting too little and move on, they are disloyal.  Some fans are so brainwashed, they parrot the same company line.  I for one have pretty much had it.  I don't know what I'm going to do with my 100+ Padre and Charger jerseys, t-shirts, ball caps and jackets but ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!

I am a fan but I am also embarrasSD.  If you are too, consider whether putting more money into the pockets of millionaire owners and athletes who are unwilling or unable to do what it takes to win and simply content to cash in on your love for the game is something you should continue doing.