Good SI.com article

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/03/15/fsu.sterger/index.html

“Real fans don’t abandon their NIT-bound team”

It’s from a Florida Seminoles fan. Here’s the ending though…

[I]If th[/I][I]ere is one thing I advocate, it’s school spirit. College is supposed to be one of the best experiences of our lives. You invest four (plus) years of your life for a sheet of paper? I don’t think so. You devote yourself to a school, its colors, and its mascot, but more so to its team.[/I]

[I][B] Walkin[/B][B]g around campus today, you wouldn’t know we lost to Wake, or are playing tonight, or that we even have a basketball team, for that matter. That’s sad. I have this advice for my 'Noles: do some recruiting of the basketball fan variety. Our boys deserve it. I’m not saying you have to be the next Speedo Guy, but how 'bout some spirit? A little body paint never hurt anyone. If you can’t be an athlete, be an athletic supporter.[/B][/I]

Amen.

Appropriate. Support your team regardless and quit with all the whining.

I agree… although I find it hard to get excited about tonight’s game when I can’t even watch it.

Proof positive that apathy isn’t relegated to the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.