Fan is short for Fanatic!

[Joe Ribbs BBQ]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

The thing the bugs me is the way the thuggery of the Eagles fans gets treated by many in the press as though it were "local color" on the same level as gumbo in New Orleans or crab cakes in Baltimore. "Oh those Eagle fans, ha-ha!"

Chief Z, who underneath his headress and other acoutriment is an elderly black man, was beaten within an inch of his life up there by those criminals. And too many people seem to think that it's cute.

Good article from a few years back

Open Letter to NFL