Don't Be Stupid...Be a Fan Not a Douche!!!!

Here we go again.  Another incident between a professional sports player and a fan.  Now you can say that  Rick Rypien is the "professional" and he should have let things be, but I don't agree with that.  You want to talk smack, you want to get in the grill of a guy double your size, expect consequences.  You wouldn't walk down the street and call out some large man on his looks, or the way he chooses to dress without expecting a confrontation.
    I acknowledge that it is part of sport to heckle and get in the head of the other team, but leave it up to the professionals to start face to face encounters.  In my opinion, that Minnesota fan got what he had coming.  He's actually lucky that Rypien didn't give him a souvenir of their encounter.
      Let's look back at other fan/player skirmishes shall we?  How about that night at the Palace with Ron Artest and the Detroit fans.  You chuck a beer at a player, already involved in a heated exchange on the court and you don't expect him to retaliate on you ass?  That guy got what he deserved.
   How about the penalty box incident with the Philadelphia Flyers fan and Toronto's Tie Domi.  Domi started it, but he finished it too!  That guy got what he deserved.
        Professional sports try to make the game as fan friendly and involved as possible, but then you get these incidents which affect all sports fans.  Because some idiot from Minnesota runs his mouth and get's pushed around a little, that might now influence the view of the next fan sitting in that seat (if the Wild organization decide to install a partition). 
       This fan walks away from that game with a story to tell, 15 minutes of fame and with no physical damage.  Rick Rypien gets 6 games and a bad name.  That fan did NOT get what he deserved.

  Dear Minnesota Fan,
    You are a coward and a disgrace to Minnesota hockey...not that I agree Minnesota should have gotten a new team ahead of Quebec or Winnipeg....but whatever Gary Betmans the biggest Douche in professional sports...but that is another rant...back to you, you coward.  Man up, back up your words and try keeping your mouth shut when a man twice your size walks by, because 10 out of 10 times you are going to get your ass kicked you DOUCHE!!!!!