Since America is in a hate moment. Sorry, strong words to start a sports post but with the recent election cementing our centuries long march of hate. I thought I should inaugurate the year with a look at franchises that I, and many others hate.
The logos above show off a few truly despised teams but different parts of the country have their own heated rivalries. For me, any Seattle team is automatically on the list since I am from Portland. Also, add the Lakers as well. Nothing like hearing all of Portlandia screaming Beat L.A. even if I do currently reside in SoCal.
The Cowboys are on the short list with their whole America’s Team showmanship. The Patriots because of Brady. The Yankees because of their open checkbooks (much like another baseball team formerly of Brooklyn). Alabama as a representative of the high and mighty SEC conference and Ohio State with that super annoying THE Ohio State crap.
A sure way to get on the hate agenda is to have success plus be uppity about it. All the teams mentioned have both and boy does that spur people on. On the flip side, when those teams are not in their thrones boy is there some gloating going on. The Michigan Wolverines helped the country out with that last year. The other factor that I noted is that, like the orange baby, there is more crying of unfairness from the hated teams and not as much of the traditional fans saying, wait till next year bonhomie. There just aren’t many Chiefs haters and the small amount that there are feel like their hearts are not in it.
Now I am not going to ask you to drink a beer from someplace you do not cotton to. What I instead suggest is getting a beer from a brewery you admire and jotting down why you admire them. Why? It is much better to spend time with those we love than those we hate. That is why I do not watch the Lakers.