QuoteGiants fans' sick Kat-calls
BY TRACY CONNOR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Shame on you, Giants fans.
Some boorish Big Blue die-hards pelted New Orleans Saints fans with tasteless taunts about deadly Hurricane Katrina during Monday night's game at Giants Stadium, several fans said.
"Where's your swimmies? I hope you have your swimmies!" one ignoramus asked Diane Dias, 46, who splits her time between homes in New Orleans and New Milford, Conn.
"You deserve what you got," another said. "New Orleans people are stupid."
Dias and her husband bought seats on the 50-yard line on eBay so they could publicly show their support for the homeless Saints, who lost 27-10.
The NFL designated the Saints as the home team, and Dias was thrilled to see people in the stands wearing black and gold. But her excitement turned to disgust when she saw a girl from New Orleans crying in a rest room because she'd been harassed.
"We lost all interest in the game," she said. "This is the strangest situation we've ever been in."
The insults rained down even as giant television screens showed the devastation Katrina wrought and players made pitches for donations.
"There were a handful of people who were extremely nice, but overall people were hostile," Dias said.
Many Saints boosters, including some evacuees, were not verbally attacked and reported that Giants fans went out of their way to show support.
But Dias' experience was not an isolated incident. On several Web sites, Saints fans recounted a torrent of abuse.
"After I reported an obnoxious fan for exposing himself to me, my friend and I were kicked out the stadium, apparently for having the nerve to complain," read a Nola.com posting.
"One guy even said he was glad our city was under water. ... I have had to sit here for FOUR YEARS and listen to all the New Yorkers complain and expect sympathy from the world [because] of 9/11 and this is what we get in return?"
Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon said team officials have heard from many Saints fans about what a positive experience they had. "We are still awaiting the final numbers, but a significant amount of money was donated by the people in the stadium to the American Red Cross volunteers who were collecting on behalf of their hurricane relief fund," Hanlon said.
I know it is a small sampling of idiots...but if it happened in Philadelphia you damn well know it would be on every news station and in every paper and it would be made to sound as if the entire fan-base taunted them. Much like the booing of a certain QB 6 years ago.
What are you talking about? We were all in NY. Millions of Eagles fans. Practically the entire city. Booing McNabb. It was fun.
Booooo!
From the GMB:
QuoteTypical Newspaper BS. A couple of bad apples, and they choose to run the bad story not the one on how much people in NY/NJ donated or the majority of fans that showed support. I've been to more then a 100 GIANT games in my life and I can honestly say the fan base isn't like that, they don't even get hostile to Eagle fans. Though I'm sure some A-holes showed their true colors that night, but I'm sure it was'nt GIANT blue.
And I'm sure that Giant poster is right. However, Phreak is also right - if this happened in PHL, we'd be roasted.
Quote from: MadMarchHare on September 23, 2005, 11:20:50 AM
And I'm sure that Giant poster is right. However, Phreak is also right - if this happened in PHL, we'd be roasted.
Yes, I know that.
However, back when I used to post on the GMB, I would hear DAILY about how Eagles fans were so bad...they made fun of Jurevicius when his baby died during the Bucs playoff game one year. I remember that happeneing and the 2 iceholes doing it got pointed out by other Eagles fans in the section and tossed by security.
Just showing how it can be just some "bad apples" when it comes to someone else's team, but when its Philly, its "ALL PHILLY FANS ARE SCUM"
I've been to FedEx and Lambeau, and heard it at both. ALL Philly fans have a bad rep because of a few iceholes.
we are scum. but it's fun being scum!
hi, my name it T, and i'm scum.
I like our reputation. I think its entertaining.
it scares people that have never met me, i'm ok with it.
I heard GF threw a battery at Santa while booing McNabb.
I was aiming for you though.