Letters to the Editor
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Honestly.
I really do like your column, and read it regularly during the NBA season. However. I just thought I'd take this opportunity to thank you for shitting on the Hornets, at every possible opportunity, with no reprieve, both before and after their fans had their entire city wash away in an apocalyptic catastrophe. Awesome.
Last season was the first below 500 season in years, but everybody acts like they've been stinking up the whole league since time began. Before the storm they were 2nd in the league in new season ticket sales, so I thought maybe people would stop giving them shit about low attendance, in a small city they'd been in for 2 years. A really poor city. Sports columnists, I think, tend to forget that regular people have to actually pay for their tickets in order to attend.
I know you're not one for the "oh it'll be so inspirational to the poor people blah blah blah" and neither am I. The Saints have 40 years of suckitude behind them, so they've earned their scorn. But maybe, for example, mentioning the names of some of the Hornets, like you did with every single other team, instead of one snarky sentence about them being homeless, might make us feel less shat on. And feeling less shat on would in fact be inspiring.