By Brittany Burke
Last week I tried to figure out exactly where a fan should draw the line between being an admirer of the game and just being crazy. While I still haven’t quite figured that out I have decided to dissect the other areas of fandom amongst the sporting world.
Of all the fans that I’ve seen, the ones I can’t seem to get over and the ones I tend to continuously gripe on about (including, as of right now in this column) are the “fan girls.”
No, I’m not referring to female fans in general, then I would hate myself. Fan girls are an entirely different species of fan.
These are the women who are obviously only paying attention the game to either get the attention of the athlete and/or male fans or trying to impress their boyfriend or significant other.
Every sport has female fans like that. Call them puck bunnies, football floozies, soccer sluts, whatever you’d like, the bottom line is “fan girls” are annoying and probably as big a nuisance as the fans I encountered last week.
They can be seen at any sporting event. They’re the girls who come dressed to a hockey rink or football stadium as if they were going to a night club, with tight shirts and jeans, high heels and too much makeup.
What’s even worse is when they act like they know the sport and come to a game in a tight, pink, bedazzled jersey, circa Jessica Simpson when she was dating Tony Romo.
Personally as a female fan I don’t want to wear a white and pink jersey; I want to wear my team colors. I go to a sports game to watch the game, whether it’s hockey, football or even baseball.
While yes, I’ve worn heeled boots to a hockey rink, it was because my jeans were too short for my fake Uggs, I still refuse to wear my heels. There’s a time and a place for heels, and while yes they are magic shoes that can improve a girl’s derriere, a sports arena is not the place to wear them.
I don’t go to a game with the intentions of hooking a guy; I dress in jeans, boots/sneakers and a jersey while arguing with the guys about the game. For all I know this could be why I’m still single, and yet I still won’t humiliate myself and stick out like these particular fans do.
Each week I see girls walk through the doors at the XL center with platform heels and outfits that aren’t exactly cut out for keeping you warm at a rink. As they walk around the atrium I can’t help but wonder if they actually think one of the players are going to notice them.
Well news flash for the girls out there who think that, they don’t. Athletes are focused on the game and remain so for the entire 60 minutes.
I’m not saying there aren’t serious female fans, the ones who go to the games with their boyfriends or husbands because they enjoy the game; I’ve met a lot of them at the XL Center as well.
However, it is the girls with their chests hanging out that the normal female fans are compared to and categorized with.
My advice to female fans? If you want to hook an athlete or sports guy, don’t pretend and don’t be a groupie. Do the research and know the game.
Though, like I said, I’m the single one, so maybe the “fan girls” know something I don’t.