Why All The Hate Toward The Patriots?

[Mc2guy]

I really admire the Patriots as a football team on the field, just as I admire ExxonMobil or Walmart in business. They are effective, produce results, and are ruthless wth their competition. They do everything they can to achieve a competitive advantage and exploit every possible weakness of their opponent. These traits are admirable in many ways.

However, just as I can't stand ExxonMobil or Walmart, I can't stand the Patriots. Despite their performance, playing the part of the big bully in the room rarely endears you to anyone, and the arrogance, smugness, and general spitefullness for anyone who dares criticize them, not to mentior the rules of the game is a real turn-off.

Since football is entertainment, we expect more from the teams that ruthless efficiency on the field. We expect players to abide by the rules of society (Vick), we expect courtesy and openness to the media (again, this is entertainment we are talking about here), and most of all we expect gratitude for the tremendous gift that WE THE FANS, have bestowed on these players and coaches to be able to play a game for asinine amounts of money. Gratitude manifests itself in the form of courtesy, humility, and access. If these expectations are not met, then many paying customers (myself included) don't appreciate it and hence, the backlash against the Patriots.