I wanna flare!
Last night Beşiktaş fans took to the streets and celebrated their teams Turkish Super Lig cup victory. Coincidentally, the last time Beşiktaş won was 2003, the last time I was here. Another coincidence: there mascot is a BALD EAGLE! American spies?
The flag waving, standing through sunroofs, flare lighting, shouting “Beyaz” “Siyah” (white, black) reminded me just how unpumped American sports fans are when their team wins the Super Bowl, NBA finals, or what have you. For such a sports obsessed country where millions analyze statistics in fantasy leagues and read every article on their favorite stars’ accomplishments, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of outward passion.
Sure, there is horn honking and the occasional overturned car in cities that win titles, but we don’t think of too many creative cheers or clever chants to make rooting a real interactive sport. The closest thing we have is college football, for which fans sing fightsongs.Here it is TRIBAL!
I could be wrong…Discuss…
PS. My team is Galatasaray. Oops.