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Originally Posted by MJM

No one had a problem with Rider fans until about 5 years ago. It's not Rider Fans people have a problem with (there's a lot of intelligent Rider fans out there that care a whole lot about the CFL and the state of the interior league in general), it's the new breed of Rider Fan people (including most older Rider Fans) have come to loath.

This new breed of Rider fan is someone in the 20-27 demographic who has determined that the "cool" thing to do if you are from Saskatchewan is to get absolutely F'n bombed before, during, and after a CFL game and shout as obnoxiously as possible that you are from Saskatchewan the greatest place on earth (even though ironically they can't live there and sustain your line of work). They are straight out of the U of S, got their first 50K a year entry level job in the corporate sector of Calgary , and think their really important because of it. These aren't CFL fans, these are a bunch of drunken morons that would rather create a scene than enjoy a good football game. Older Riders fans are awesome, they've been through it all, been as low as you can get, seen their team on the brink of extinction, and stuck through it to the end. These new dults look at you like your lying when you ask them if they remember when Taylor Field was half empty and the Riders were on league life support. They are an embarassment to their team, the CFL, themselves, and more importantly the Province they seem to think in some twisted way they are supporting.

I know for a fact that in the midst of any Edmonton/Calgary rivalry it never got like this on either side. When a man I work with, a die hard Rider fan, refuses to bring his child to any game featuring the Riders you know something is wrong. Concidently enough, he has no problem bringing them to any other game of the year fully-decked out in their Rider gear. TSN can play up this "Great fan" BS for one of their key demographics all they want, but ask most fans in Edmonton, Calgary, and BC have had enough and their reputation is fast-spreading and it has nothing to do with the players on the field or their record either.

The best non-hockey post in CP history. Thanks again MJM!

This is the truth of 'Rider Pride: