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Wednesday, January 12, 2005
What Dungy Wrought
KFAN reports:Sunday, Green Bay fans went farther, verbally assaulting Vikings players with the types of remarks that shouldn’t be used in any civil society. Several players said the insults were beyond anything they’d heard in their careers.
Funny, that no one has ever mentioned this tradition of mooning before, until Tony Dungy stood up to break the silence:
None of the articles managed to contact the Packers or the Green Bay police. Both deny any tradition of mooning.
Let's be honest. The Minnesota press will run any negative story about anything that happens in Wisconsin, especially if it's at all related to the Packers. They'll beat stories to death, just for the fun of it. Case in point -- in 2000, Dan Devine admitted that a disgruntled Packer fan had not shot his dog. According to Devine, he let his dogs run loose. One dog was terrorizing his neighbor's ducks and the neighbor accidentally shot the dog. Case closed, right? Wrong. Dan Barreiro alludes to Dan Devine's dog on October 27, 2002 in the Star Tribune, two years after the retraction. Barreiro also reported the fraudulent story on October 9, 1999, October 6, 1998, October 2, 1998, December 1, 1997, and January 5, 1997. Funny, that Barreiro couldn't mention the tradition of mooning players in that January 5, 1997 article when he noted that "Packers backers have replaced Notre Damers as the most obnoxious, self-important and insufferable fans in all the world" and that "Packers fans aren't all the brightest bulbs, which might be partially explained by years of drinking paint remover at home games." Patrick Reusse reported the lie about Devine's dog as fact on September 14, 1996 and October 20, 1994.
Local radio station KQRS broadcast a false story that Brett Favre was having an affair in 1997. But never claimed Packer fans moon opposing teams after games.
Every Minnesotan knows two things for sure about the Packers: 1) they all urinate in the sinks if the lines are too long and 2) they all use catheters so they don't have to miss any of the game. Viking fans know better than to point out the contradiction.
According to KMSP a Packer fan pulled a gun on a Viking fan after the last game at the Metrodome. The problem with the story is the police report, The two Viking fans were arrested for disorderly conduct and assault. The Packer fans, one an off-duty police officer, were released without charge.
Despite this history, where no negative story about the Packers or their fan -- whether true or not -- has been ignored, I'm now asked to believe:
- a) there's a tradition of mooning at Lambeau field; and
- b) the Minnesota, Detroit, and Chicago press have never thought to report it before?
I have no doubt that fans of many teams have mooned each other and opposing teams throughout the years. There's a huge difference between a couple drunks behaving poorly and a tradition. Shame on anyone who repeats this story without reporting the Packers' denial; double shame on guys like Barreiro who have gone to Green Bay time and again over the years, have never witnessed this tradition, and now flog Dungy's quote as gospel.
Moss's act was not a big deal. It was bush league, but we all know that Moss's judgment is inversely proportional to his talent. The initial media reaction was overblown. Dungy's statement likely has a kernel of truth to it. But I still don't understand two things. First, why would the press ignore this story until now? Second, since when do two wrongs make a right?
