But it's also a story I have a dire prediction on if somebody doesn't get the out-of-control fandom/religious nature of the sports fan in this country and get it under control YESTERDAY!
Today's story comes from Brian Tuohy, in what (to say the least!!) was a very unusual Tweet...
Read this or I'll kill you: https://t.co/lff2DVyP98 Death threats - the most extreme form of bullying @VICESports
— Brian Tuohy (@TheFixIsInTuohy) March 4, 2015
The link to this article is in the Tweet. It's his latest effort for VICE Sports, where he landed after his last gig ended on Sports on Earth.The article not only exposes the death threats against former Packer Brandon Bostick, but also death threats against ESPN employees.
The latter was announced during ESPN's pre-pre-game of the Super Bowl. The threats were in response to the coverage of Ball-ghazi/Deflate-Gate.
The story covers the well-known (Hank Aaron and Joe DiMaggio, the latter believed by the threatener to be responsible for Marilyn Monroe's death) to the lesser-known (Calvin Griffith, the owner of the Twins) to the ridiculous (at least two 1980's threats to Red Auerbach).
Then there's the scary of how close someone might've gotten: A man (clearly believed to have mental problems) got a gun into the 1972 World Series, and threatened to shoot the catcher for the Oakland A's if he hit a home run in Game 6.
Or how about the guy who was believed to want to shoot one of the two coaches of the Dallas/Los Angeles Rams game in Anaheim in 1986. So everyone panics and tries to protect Tom Landry, and no one really goes to help the other coach as well. Landry, by my read of the situation, was seen as the main target because the person in question was seen as an ex-football player gone mad after being cut.
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We visit this place a number of times on this blog. I speak from some degree of a unique perspective because of things I've previously discussed as being accused of.
So I hope that anyone who ends up reading this will take this prediction rather seriously:
(DISCLAIMER, because I have to... I DO NOT STATE that I will do it myself. Tempting though it might be from time to time, the blog does serve as a catharsis to get stories which might make me angry enough. I also make no secret that I would like to kick the ass of a number of (non-famous) people on the Internet, and have stated as such, and have told them I want to kick their ass. (It's the only way to get some of these oafs to shut up!!)
I believe someone will carry out a death threat in 2015 against a professional or major college athlete in this country and kill them. I believe that fandom (to which the only difference between it and stalking/harassment is the consent of those whom one is a fan of) has gotten so bloody out of hand, especially as it relates to athletic endeavors and the religious-like nature of the worship we give our athletes from grade school on up, that someone will carry out one of these threats.
Yes, I'm saying some Twitter idiot or such is going to kill a major athlete in 2015, for not scoring enough, for "costing the team the championship" (like Brandon Bostick of the Packers), for even not performing enough on one certain day!! (Blame these one-day fantasy sports tournaments for that kind of a debacle!), etc.
I believe we are passing, rapidly, the point where it's just sad to see a lot of this go down. I now believe people have invested so much IN THE LIE WHICH IS CORPORATE SPORTS that someone, stupid enough to believe it's not a lie, will carry out the threats we've only seen on Twitter, etc.
I mean, SERIOUSLY, Packer Fan: You honestly believe that Brandon Bostick, and ONLY Brandon Bostick, prevented your Packers from winning the title.
RAY CHARLES COULD'VE SEEN THAT WHOLE SCRIPTING.
God help these athletes. Really...
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