Geez, a parade because a bunch of steroid filled millionaire criminals beat a bunch of overpaid and under acheiving wimps in a contest to move a ball across a field?
Sport star worship.
If all these guys grew up in Seattle, I can see how a city might come out to honor them, but the only thing these clowns have in common with Seattle is the name of the team.
Save the parades for real heroes, not artificial ones.
Sorry to rain on your parade, but you live in Seattle. You’re used to it.
My goodness, it’s obvious that you’re not too into sports, especially football. That’s fine - to each his/her own. Some of us are.
I’m certainly not calling them heroes and I don’t think we’re worshiping them (I only worship God). It’s simply a celebration of their win.
I do know real heroes - my dad was a lifer in the AF, served in 3 wars and I have numerous family members and friends that were in WWI, WWII, Korea, or served in the states (including in the missile silo). In fact, a AF pilot I was dating years ago was killed in a plane crash. We have several bases (Army, Navy, Coast Guard, and Air Force) not far from Seattle and we honor our troops in other ways.
This city (in fact the entire state and a good portion of the NW calls the Seahawks their football team, including Sarah Palin) has been waiting for a SB victory for 38 years. We’ve only been once before and lost.
I see nothing wrong with celebrating their victory (SOP for other teams that have won). And, BTW, the Seahawks are paying for the entire thing, including pay for the extra policemen. They’ve also asked the WA National Guard to participate and the guard was really happy about it.
Lastly, many of the Seahawk players and staff do a lot of community service, much of which isn’t hyped in the media and/or for photo ops. There are also quite a few religious guys on the team, including our QB, Russell Wilson.
Best,
SC
It’s not as if Seattle is the first city to have a parade honoring a championship sports team - it is what every city does. And regarding a comment by another poster suggesting that Seattle is the marijuana capital of the country, can anyone with a straight face claim that there aren’t tens of thousands of people in Alabama and Tennessee and Oklahoma smoking pot? And getting drunk, and divorced, and having abortions and gay sex?