THIS GUY SUCKS

SeaTown Sports found this 6/26/2008 on withleather.uproxx.com [flag]

What could possibly be worse for die-hard fans than bandwagon fans arriving when your team does well? How about fans that are paid to cheer for your team? That's right: in honorable tradition of the Hessians who fought in the Revolutionary War, there are now mercenary sports fans. As Conde Nast Portfolio notes , Cameron Hughes is paid handsomely by team owners to don a jersey and whip up ... [link]

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Daily Notes 6/25
Published 6/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (karazekevin) at SeaTown Sports
... Sonics taking OJ Mayo [Sonics Insider] +Beasley to the Sonics? It's possible. [Sonics Blog] +True evidence that Seattle Sports sucks right now. [Be Happy!!!!] +Seahawks sign two more of their draft picks [Seattle Times] National +Future Sonic: Jerryd Bayless, Video draft diary [Dime] +I never thought I would be saying this but, George Sherrill>JJ Putz [Mr. Irrelevant] +The epitome of a bandwagon fan [With Leather] +The Jheri Curl All-Stars [HomerDerby] +Olympic Committee threatens ...

Morning Constitutional: Daly Wastes Beer
Published 6/26/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... | FanHouse Daly is busy doing his best not to play up his alcoholic image by destroying perfectly good beer: This Guy Sucks | With Leather Man with no self-respect or morals whatsoever gets paid by teams to pretend to be a fan. ...

Hey Look, it's a Douche Bag!
Published 6/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Stoeten) at Drunk Jays Fans
This is Cameron Hughes. According to what sounds like a made-up thing called Condé Nast Portfolio (found via With Leather and the Big Lead), his occupation is "superfan". I think I saw him on Off The Record like nine years ago or something. He earns six-figures by being a fucktard for hire. "Baseball teams like the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers pay him an average of $2,000 a game to do his thing," which, according to Hughes, means, "I basically just play myself." Frankly, though, that quote looks better the way With Leather ...

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