The Most Important Position in Professional Sports: Fan

Posted: 3rd November 2009 by Geoff Crawley in MLB
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I was talking about the Phillies' chances in the World Series last week at work. I told a co-worker, ôI think we have a good chance of sweeping the Yankees.ö (Obviously, that was wrong, but that isnÆt the point here.) His reply was, ôWe? What position do you play?ö ôI play fan,ö I said. I used to think the same way. People who say ôweö when talking about their sports teams are a little too attached. It is not ôwe.öáWeáare not a part of the team. Or are we? I now say that fan is the most important position in professional sports. I am not naive enough to say that we directly pay theáplayersÆásalaries. But without us, how much do you think FOX would pay Major League Bas ...

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