The Burden of Winning
Twenty-four years… twenty-four years of life, love, laughter, and a whole lot of winning. Being born in 2001 and growing up in Massachusetts has made life full of spoils. No matter what team you look at, they’ve won — and winning is all I know. But things change when winning is no longer viewed as an option, but rather the only option. Now don’t get me wrong, you play sports to win. Whether you are ten years old playing pickup with your friends or there is a minute left in the state championship, you play to win. Obviously, not everyone can win. There are 32 NFL teams and only one Super Bowl champion. So every year about 97% of fans will not win the big one. Most of these fans are immune or even numb to this feeling of loss at the end of the season. When you lose every single year, you become numb to it. It’s just another season ending the same as the last. Sometimes these fans aren’t even numb. They are actually excited. Now I know some of you may roll your eyes or eve...