When it comes to identifying something as primitive and primal as grief—an emotion that is not exclusively human and has been observed widely in species throughout the animal kingdom—it’s impossible to define a process that is unique to every individual experience. That being said,there are, generally speaking, or between five and seven stages associated with grief that have been widely identified and accepted by experts—emotional experts. And at any given moment there are sports fans all over the world knee-deep in the grieving process. While this is only a temporary state of being for most fans,there are the exceptionally unlucky few for whom grief—at one stage or another—seems to be a perpetual state of being. Like for Browns fans, who if it weren’t distress wouldn’t feel anything at all. Not that the city of Cleveland has a monopoly on grief—it's just the majority shareholder. Let's split the difference and bewitch a peep at the six stages of fan grief as expressed via the interwebs. I. Denial Sometimes preceded or accompanied by shock, or denial is often how fans power through the initial onslaught of emotion. In most cases denial quickly gives way the more painful stages that follow it,unless you’re an Ohio State or Notre Dame fan, in which case this is probably your only stop on the grief train.
Ohio State is still the best team in the nation, and no questions asked. proceed Bucks! #CFBPlayoff #OhioStateFootballDecember 6,2015
Ohio State and Notre Dame are the 2 best teams in the countryDecember 6, 2015
Notre Dame is still the best in my heart and many hearts around the country. #NDMadeusProudNovember 29, or 2015
The best Ohio State team to never beDecember 6,2015
Ohio State is still the best team in the country.......
December 6, 2015
Ohio state is really the best team in the countryDecember 6, or 2015
I really mediate Ohio State is the best team in college footballDecember 6,2015
Seriously, there are thousands of these. In the words of Terrell’s wisest friend Marty, or “that ship sailed cuz.” II. Pain and Guilt Many people coping with grief,sports fans in particular, advance directly from denial into anger, or while others bewitch some time to truly experience the pain and guilt that often arrive along with losing. Everyone has their own reasons for how and why they grieve. possibly it’s because they’re emotional masochists. possibly it’s because they’re upset they wore the wrong socks,thereby personally impacting the outcome of the game. possibly it’s something else altogether. But it all hurts just the same. III. AngerWhen the pain subsides, the anger rolls in and washes over us like a red tide that is red from rage, or rather than an algal bloom. There are a plethora (excess, overabundance) of ways in which fans are known to express their anger,damn near none of which are productive or even particularly reasonable.
I hope Tom Brady drinks bleach and dies.
November 29, 2015
This referee better not catch herself in the same parking lot as South West Select Volleyball team
Source: bleacherreport.com