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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
I think that's where the moderators (if they have any) at RF.com need to step in and remove some posts and start banning posters.
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Will never happen. Understandably so, they play to their user base which is rabid Rider fans. Everything every other CFL franchise does (especially Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg)=bad, everything Rider=good. They have a GM who sexually assaults a babysitter? It was just a misunderstanding plus she was probably asking for it. GM leaves and goes to another team? He's a dirty child molester and we never liked him in the first place.
I agree there are good Rider fans out there, but for the most part they don't post on that site. I also agree that all fan bases have their own special group of "ambassadors" that the rest of the fan base is embarrassed by. Riders just seem to have more than all other teams combined. Which other team's fans threw beer cans at the opposing teams bench, so much so that the team had to move to the middle of the field until order could be restored? Which other team has fans taking swings at cops? Ask any of Edmonton, Calgary or Winnipeg which team is playing when they need to bring in extra cops to patrol the stands due to rowdy drunk and rude behaviour. Read any message board (here, TSN, the aforementioned site, cfl forums, etc.) and see which fans are by far the most homeristic and hypocritical with respect to their team.
It's a shame really. Riders used to be my second favorite team until the Danny Barrett / Roy Shivers era. Since then the growth of the d-bag fan has driven them to dead last - I cheer for Edmonton over them, and that's just sad.