DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2015 NFL Season Looking Back: Browns 6 - Rams 24 Post Game Antics ---Jersey Exchange?

I played organized baseball and football until I was 17, and then in softball and touch football leagues well into my 30's. The difference is, nobody was paying to watch me play; nobody was asked to make a significant financial investment for season tickets to my games. My objection to the post-game lovefests is that an emotional bond is fostered by NFL teams so that they can sell tickets, concessions, parking, and NFL gear. It doesn't seem like too much to ask for a fan to expect that the players would have a brief post-game encounter, a handshake and a "good game", and to keep their fraternizing off camera, on their own time. Its just a really crappy look to me when I see guys who I'm supposed to believe are at least as emotionally invested as I am, yukking it up with the guys who just kicked his ass. If you can turn it off that fast, I have to at least wonder how much you cared to begin with. Anyway, this isn't the first time we've had this discussion on DT, and I found out that mine is the minority opinion, at least here. I suppose it means I'm "old school", or too provincial, or just not understanding modern athletes - no biggie.