cbjforever
Prospect
To all of you SACRAMENTO Kings fans,
Let me introduce myself a little bit first. My name is Ryan and I am a 20 year old college student. I am double majoring in sport management and journalism. My goal in five years is to be a beat writer (or something similar) for a professional sports team. I live in Ohio and am a die hard Blue Jackets and Reds fan. With that being said...
The only sport I have never followed (of the mainstream sports) is the NBA. I can't name a single player on the Kings roster, but right now, those two things are irrelevant.
My sole purpose of this post and my registration was to say this: I am hurting with you Kings fans.
You know, when people become attached to a sports team, that become attached to exactly that - the team. The main attraction isn't a superstar player or a hard-working, shows-up-everyday kind of player. The main attraction isn't the name on the back of the jersey, but it's the name on the front.
I was watching a video of the Kings commentators closing out the season and even I, a random 20 year old student from Ohio, was tearing and choking up. I realize the pure passion that goes along with the attachment to a sports team. You feel like one of the players. At least I do. If someone goes after one of my Blue Jackets players, I immediately become furious (if it's a dirty player or something like that)! Why? Because there's such a strong connection in sports - such a strong passion that unites the fans to the players, and the players to the fans.
I am hurting for you guys and with you guys. I can't express how badly I want to wake up to SportsCenter in the morning to "BREAKING NEWS: Kings to stay in Sacramento." I can't express how badly I want your Kings to stay in your city. I am truly, deeply, so sorry for you folks.
Good luck the rest of the way, Kings fans, and just know that there are other passionate sports fans like myself out there - somewhere - hurting for you guys just like I am.
-Ryan
Let me introduce myself a little bit first. My name is Ryan and I am a 20 year old college student. I am double majoring in sport management and journalism. My goal in five years is to be a beat writer (or something similar) for a professional sports team. I live in Ohio and am a die hard Blue Jackets and Reds fan. With that being said...
The only sport I have never followed (of the mainstream sports) is the NBA. I can't name a single player on the Kings roster, but right now, those two things are irrelevant.
My sole purpose of this post and my registration was to say this: I am hurting with you Kings fans.
You know, when people become attached to a sports team, that become attached to exactly that - the team. The main attraction isn't a superstar player or a hard-working, shows-up-everyday kind of player. The main attraction isn't the name on the back of the jersey, but it's the name on the front.
I was watching a video of the Kings commentators closing out the season and even I, a random 20 year old student from Ohio, was tearing and choking up. I realize the pure passion that goes along with the attachment to a sports team. You feel like one of the players. At least I do. If someone goes after one of my Blue Jackets players, I immediately become furious (if it's a dirty player or something like that)! Why? Because there's such a strong connection in sports - such a strong passion that unites the fans to the players, and the players to the fans.
I am hurting for you guys and with you guys. I can't express how badly I want to wake up to SportsCenter in the morning to "BREAKING NEWS: Kings to stay in Sacramento." I can't express how badly I want your Kings to stay in your city. I am truly, deeply, so sorry for you folks.
Good luck the rest of the way, Kings fans, and just know that there are other passionate sports fans like myself out there - somewhere - hurting for you guys just like I am.
-Ryan
