Comments on: Kansas City media takes issue with Eric Winston’s rant

By: gingerkidboston2012

gingerkidboston2012 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:54:24 +0000

So if Kansas City gets hit by a massive tornado, can the rest of the country cheer about it? Since that seems to be their MO. Celebrating someone else’s misfortune for your own benefit and personal gain. It’s the American way.

By: navybrat1972

navybrat1972 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:25:43 +0000

I understand KC’s frustration at how Cassel has been playing. He’s a better QB than this and, I will admit, I wasn’t at the game. Maybe there was a cheer for a first down.

But, if someone who was AT the game (Winston) didn’t hear it (concern for his QB or whatever) didn’t hear it, I’m going to take his side until the proof is there that they were cheering for the first down and not Cassel’s injury.

I watched on TV where Rich Baldinger criticized Winston, telling the linemen HE owes the fans an apology. Wait. WHAT THE WHAT? The fans (70,000 or 7,000 – when you’re on the field, it sounds like everyone is cheering) CHEERED when Cassel went down. The fans who booed (and ONLY those who booed!) OWE Matt Cassel and his family an apology.

Concussions are NEVER funny and should NEVER be cheered.

Let me say this: I HATE Tom Brady. Have since he was at Michigan. But…in 2008 when he went down with that awful knee injury, my heart broke. Whether or not I like the guy, he was in obvious pain and would not be able to do what he may feel is his obligation to his family. I’ll cheer ONLY when Brady goes down and gets back up. When he doesn’t, I sit silent, hoping for the best.

Eric Winston was not out of line for his comments. But, the fans (who booed) were out of line for cheering.

By: jjackwagon

jjackwagon — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:46:34 +0000

“KC fans have been a joke forever!!!!

signed oakland raider fan 4life”
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Pot meet Kettle.

By: jjackwagon

jjackwagon — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:45:28 +0000

“Kansas City media takes issue with Eric Winston’s rant”
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The KC Media should take issue with Winston acting like a turnstile and allowing Cassel to take the hit in the first place.
Surely Winston wouldn’t run his mouth to deflect attention from his poor performance on the field.

By: snargi01

snargi01 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:09:58 +0000

It’s too bad that the first comment for this story is obviously a from a troll, but that aside, it does show no class from a segment of the fan base to cheer Castle’s injury.

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:25:17 +0000

The lack of class being shown by Chiefs fans right here and now proves what happened on Sunday.

No class at all.

By: kinguga

kinguga — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:27:59 +0000

The first time I saw the vid I heard the PA guy doing his schtick and said, “Well, that’s what the fans were cheering about.” Maybe some of them kept cheering because Cassel was down, but if they’re dumb enough to think their team has a shot this year, they’re idiots.

By: sfm073

sfm073 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:30 +0000

I’m so sick of this story, people do dumb things while in groups. There are 31 other cities that would have done the same thing in similar circumstances. All hope in humanity isn’t gone and the city of KC isn’t full of bad people.

By: db105

db105 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:46:34 +0000

Do Chief fans need a PA announcer to tell them it’s a Chiefs 1st down before the fans cheer?

By: corzman69

corzman69 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:39:44 +0000

If the fans in KC were cheering for Quinn coming into the game and not Cassell’s injury, then that is the most cheers Brady has had since his college days!

By: birdobeamen

birdobeamen — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:17:17 +0000

This is America. I will boo/cheer who I want, when I want.

By: mwatts1

mwatts1 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:59:35 +0000

Dear Chief fans… you’re all a sad bunch. You knuckleheads couldn’t leave this alone huh? Way to throw gasoline on a flame fools.

By: sicklnick121

sicklnick121 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:51:52 +0000

Morally speaking its not right to boo anyone that has any injury, you support your players and team.

Also, Winston probably wishes he had a concussion so he could dream easier of being back with the Texans and being undefeated!!!

KC fans have been a joke forever!!!!

signed oakland raider fan 4life

By: traveye99

traveye99 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:28:18 +0000

For those of you that say it is your right to boo/cheer when and who you want because you pay all this money and the product on the field is bad. Here’s a thought. It’s also your right to NOT spend that money until the organization puts a better product on the field. Cheering an injured player is not making the team any better. In fact it is disgusting. If you want to make a point to the front office, stay home and don’t give them your money.

By: hoderbob

hoderbob — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:21:50 +0000

It is really annoying to me how both sides are parsing their words to make the point they want. Let’s face it, some of us (and we are everywhere) are just poor examples of sports fans.

I was at the game, I heard the cheers. People were cheering for the play, and then when they saw Cassel not getting up, and other round of cheers went up. This one was not nearly as loud as for the play, but they were there and it was unmistakable why. Cassel was struggling to get up and it was obvious he was in distress.

I had been watching the sideline all game to see if they were going to start warming up Quinn so I shot a look right over there after I saw Cassel was down. Quinn ran onto the field to warm up so he could be away from the clutter of people on the sidelines and was maybe 5 feet onto the playing field as he warmed up. That came AFTER the cheers when Cassel was hurt.

I felt bad that there were fans cheering this injury. But there will always be morons who do that regardless where you live. KC just happened to get called out on it in a big way. What made it bad was that it was a small but vocal group scattered throughout the stadium, along with Winston saying 70,000 were cheering the injury.

I can’t blame him for calling out the dunderheads. I just wish he hadn’t lumped us all into that category.

By: chief67

chief67 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:19:47 +0000

After turnover # 57 this season his own team should have concussed him !

By: ningenito78

ningenito78 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:14:35 +0000

Winston is a very highly respected person in the NFL. I have zero doubt he heard what he heard and the one poster that claims they were there heard it too. Chiefs fans getting their panties in a bunch over it is actually the most ridiculous part. A guy on the team you root for stuck up and went to bat for his teammate and somehow this pissed you off? Because he complained about the idiots cheering Cassel while he’s down? Idiots.

By: cow395

cow395 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:09:49 +0000

i would be cheering, If your no good get out, but i am a Philly fan

By: rcali

rcali — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:54:24 +0000

I’d rather have fans boo at the wrong times then fight or throw things onto the field. Everybody needs to relax a bit.

By: sullijo1

sullijo1 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:52:12 +0000

They should move this team to a city that has enough money so the owner can spend to the cap instead of being under it by $26M!

Like Omaha or Oklahoma City or…….Johnson County.

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:43:39 +0000

Fans, with their misinformed and misguided arrogance, standing on the “We pay your salary” (which is untrue, BTW) angle, with their foolish sense of entitlement are why fans are stupider now in 2012 than they were 20 years ago, or before that. When I heard Tom Jackson and Chris Berman speak about this with Trent Dilfer, Dilfer and Jackson literally took every thought I had about this thing and articulated it on air.

I agree with and stand by Winston.

By: upperdecker19

upperdecker19 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:41:56 +0000

I really sickened by these people, why not donate the cash you made off of them for playing in that game to concussion research?

By: jimmyb5611

jimmyb5611 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:31:27 +0000

The issue here isn’t IF the fans cheered Cassel’s injury, a very small percentage of people did – I was at the game, so I’m one of the FEW people commenting on here that has any basis to speak on what did or did not happen. Winston was right in his anger at those fans that cheered, but in the process painted the entire fan base as a bunch of punks. Because of the passion in which he made his comments, most of the country probably believes that 70,000 fans were overjoyed when Cassel when down. The reality of the situation is that maybe 1,000 fans were cheering for Cassels injury. Those people that did cheer are disgusting, and do not represent the opinions for all Chiefs fans. No matter where you are, sporting event or not, anytime you get 50,000+ people in the same place, you are bound to have a certain percentage of bad seeds.

By: pooflingingmonkey

pooflingingmonkey — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:31:26 +0000

I live in Kansas City, and have been to many Chiefs and Royals games. Sports fans here in the KC area are being completely ripped off by the Royals and Chiefs, paying huge subsidies to each team, while getting a terrible product. The Chiefs have a ton of salary cap space, but didn’t use it. The Royals shouldn’t even be in the majors. Fans here are really upset, but it does not excuse cheering for an injured Chief.

By: butzmark

butzmark — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:31:12 +0000

Cleveland fans cheered an injury to Derrick Anderson in anticipation of Brady Quinn’s entry, though they didn’t know how bad Quinn was at the time.

By: yelix

yelix — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:27:05 +0000

I’ve been very outspoken about my dislike of Matt Cassel as the Chiefs’ starting quarterback, but I would never, ever wish for him to be injured. I wanted him benched because his turnovers cost the Chiefs a win in a game that they basically dominated. That being said, if I was at the game, I would have been silent while he was on his back and I would have cheered when he got up, like any true fan should. He’s not the Chiefs’ future at quarterback, but he’s a great human being who does a lot for the community.

By: NoobTubeTV

NoobTubeTV — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:14:23 +0000

Cleveland fans cheered when Derek Anderson got hurt… We had Brady Quinn coming in as well.

What’s not to cheer about?

…oh, wait.

By: Grulks

Grulks — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:12:57 +0000

So basically, the KC media were the ones instigating the booing? Haha, all jokes aside, for those saying “they get paid millions of dollars”, they get paid millions to pay a tough, violent, physical sport. They don’t get paid millions of dollars to suffer broken bones/concussions/etc for your enjoyment.

For those indicating that because you bought a ticket, its your right to cheer injuries/say what you want. Actually, its your right to cheer injuries/say what you want bc of the constitution. but its also our right to consider you classless. Basically, you’re the person cheering bc a pedestrian gets run over by a car. Awesome for you.

By: richndc

richndc — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:07:24 +0000

Yeah, as an outside observer I am sure that Winston made the whole thing up (he was on the field after all) and is blowing this whole thing out of proportion. It does not matter if they were cheering the first down, Quinn or the damn president. When a man is on the ground injured, you dont cheer. Anyone who in any way defends that should go home, slap momma in the mouth, cause she did not raise you right. The fact that this is even an argument says alot. I hope some of those cheering experience the same thing someday. Your kid, hurt on the field, fans on the other side whooping it up, does not matter the reason. If you ever played, especially where someone did not walk away, you would know better, or, if you were brought up with even a modicum of respect for your fellow man. But, hey, it’s funny right, everyone should get over it and get off their high horse. Yeah, sure. Until it happens to you.

By: nbcruinedpft

nbcruinedpft — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:06:05 +0000

ravenator says:
Oct 9, 2012 2:14 PM
Props to Winston, KC should just stick to BBQ and drinking. It’s what they do best.

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….says the “BodyMore, Murdaland” Ravens fan.

What about B-more is so much better than KC (besides a missed call by the refs and a single field goal?)

Crabs and gloomy poetry?