What a Sports Fan Should Be

In the NFC Championship Game, 49ers kick returner Kyle Williams had a couple of fumbles that basically cost his team the game, and a trip to the Superbowl. You can only imagine the amount of hate mail he got, but he did get this letter from a 7-year old boy:



For a professional athlete, he should be fired for such a bad screw-up...but hate mail from fans is too far. After all, it is just sports.

In college sports, the attitude of this 7-year old is the correct one. The student-athletes that play should not be subjected to the same criticism that a professional athlete is. We should lift the spirits of collegiate players, because, after all, they are not professionals.

Sometimes children, like the one who wrote the above letter, have the best perspective. Just like when Jesus said, "anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it"; Luke 18:17. Children aren't jaded like adults become, their faith in God and others has no bounds. We should all be more like that.

JB