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opinion jones
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Date Posted: 04:34:57 12/25/07 Tue
>Christmas is special, it’s like a flower
>a glimmer of hope for a minute or hour
>it strengthens your heart it softens your soul
>good will to all, that is the goal
>For Christmas is a time to Herald our King
>the savior of all and the mercy he brings
>
>From modest means was ushered the One
>to save us all
>came God’s only Son
>For in a barnyard was born the savior of man
>and towards him only 3 wisemen ran
>Angels cheered and the stars glistened
>But mankind was unmoved, it hardly listened
>
>This Christmas, as i sit with cheer
>there is something which I hold that isn’t so dear
>It isn’t holy and it isn’t just
>
>it’s a paper championship
>that’s held with no true esteem
>by players who lost to it’s own league’s worst and
>winless team
>
>I’ll begin in recent times, not long past days
>Misdeeds and ugliness... and of course, undue praise
>
>Fordham Football costs nearly $4 million per season
>at the expense of other programs for no good reason
>
>Do you know that Fordham Football players have caused
>fights
>Like locusts or plagues it is no less of a blight
>
>In Fall 2001 a co-championship was won
>The school threw a party, it sounded like fun
>Then something happened, something those who were
>there said wrecked the mood
>The football team, stole all the food!
>
>Then 2 years later on a summer like day
>a football player stole a night stick from a police
>officer in an off campus malay
>
>Of course there was anger, hard feelings, disgust
>But these players weren’t punished and that is unjust
>
>Now let us go back to 1984
>A group of football players with no pants on knocked
>down a female student’s door
>What happened after this incident you might ask, were
>any punishments handed down?
>A couple of half-hearted suspensions and a few unkind
>frowns
>
>Many stay silent against Fordham Football out of fear
>Not worth the trouble or ridicule of their peers
>I support the Abolishment of Fordham Football
>and I’ve been threatened and teased
>But it’s Fordham Football’s supporters, not me, whose
>ideals are diseased
>
>Have you ever seen the typical fan
>He’s not honorable, or decent, he’s barely a man
>Their faces are red, but not blushed from shame
>Merely flushed from alcohol consumed during the game
>
>The end result of so many wasted Saturdays in the fall
>Where Fordham Football supporters turn out to watch
>subpar football
>Fordham Football loses, the team has stunk
>The fans drive home tired and drunk
>
>But that’s not the end, only the beginning
>Cause no one seems embarrassed by the lack of winning
>The Football team goes out on Saturday night
>Using the energy they saved to drink, dance and fight
>It’s the same story, from before my time and after
>A football player picks on a unsuspecting student
>while the other players cackle with laughter
>
>If these players had any courage or an ounce of heart
>They’d spend that energy on the field and try hard for
>a start
>
>Have you seen Fordham Football’s supporters
>If you did you’d be filled with shame
>They have no accomplishments, and their own “special”
>hall of fame
>
>The praise is undue, but you may wonder, how is that
>so?
>I’ll begin with a story about a player named Rob Loh
>Rob stood up during a televised show
>and said if there was a war he’d sign up and go
>He was praised as a hero by fans on the board they
>even bellowed out loud
>that this is someone to "make us all very proud"
>But he did nothing other than stand up in a crowd
>You see, the war came and with it Rob’s hour to be a
>man
>and when time came to enlist Rob Loh hid and ran
>
>Those who speak out against Fordham Football misdeeds
>are spoken of harshly and kept in the dark, but we’re
>an inferno in need of a spark
>They think we’ve disappeared, that were gone and we’ve
>vanished
>but we can’t be silenced, we’ve only been banished
>The Fordham Football Message Board is where we can’t
>write
>but that bothers us not, we’ve got our own site!
>
>Before this poem ends and I bid you good night
>There is one more thing that I must make right
>Help Abolish Fordham Football, please join the fight
>
>I wish you a Merry Christmas, I sincerely do
>and I hope this poem means something to you
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