I call the team, the Detroit Red Wings or Red Wings, I reserve the term "we" for friends and family. We are OTP. I don't use "we" when referencing a professional sports franchises I happen to follow. If I were stupid enough to show up at the gate on game night and tell the ticket usher that I should get in because we are all one thing. I will be swiftly corrected about my incorrect thoughts about the concept of we. They are, at this point in human history, a collection of millionaires being paid by a billionaire whose likely sole purpose is to extract the maximum amount of cash out of my wallet possible. I do realise that I am, in my own small way, paying into the system right now by purchasing tickets and buying a couple of scotches at the boozer in the concourse between periods. I still enjoy the few games that I still attend. It is only two games this year. The Montreal game that occurred on November 26 and the Chicago game on March 10. It is more and more likely that it will only be one in the near future, my annual pre-Thanksgiving game. I will not be holding my breath waiting for the Red Wings to be calling asking where are you Skip? What happened to we.
_________________ Bíonn macalla ag an bheatha sa tsíoraíocht. Liverpool FC: 2019 and 6-time Champions of Europe. 2020 and 19 time English Premier League Champions YNWA. JFT 97
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