Fan-demonium

What the fuck has happened to sports fans? 

Here are a few of the things they've done recently:

• Booed Montreal (in Montreal) when the Habs were down by a goal with 5 minutes to go in the third in a must-have game against Boston (game 3)
  
• Attempted to steal Alexei Kovalev's stick during a game, here
• In Denver, one threw a beer on the court at the end of a game that had the Nuggets winning by almost 30
• In LA, chanted, "We want tacos" at the end of a blowout win for the Lakers against Utah in the first game of the series... and then BOOED when Utah managed to get to 100 points, even though LA was still good for the 13 point win

This type of behaviour isn't new (see: booing the American national anthem) but it has gotten worse recently. What's to blame? Higher ticket costs leading to increased fan expectations? General recession-caused angst? The media's portrayal of professional athletes as spoiled hoodlums unworthy of our respect?

Whatever it is, fans, in the immortal words of Rapper Willy, need to "step the fuck up - no excuses", and stop being such mindless fucking goonies.

Priceless