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More Times Bias

Even the sports section of the New York Times lacks fairness.

Dave Anderson's column in today's paper strongly criticizes Jets fans who left early yesterday, missing the team's 94 yard game-winning touchdown drive which ended with 26 seconds left.

Anderson wrote that "Jets fans aren't as loyal as Giants fans" and that "only about 10,000 people were still in their seats to see that touchdown."

Unlike Anderson, who sat in the indoor, heated press box with his elitist media buddies, I was there to the end among the riff-raff. Many of the fans had indeed left, probably a majority. But there were far more than 10,000 of us there for the fantastic finish and it's absurd to say that only 10,000 of the 77,614 seats were filled for the comeback drive.

Worse, the notion that because many leave early Jets fans are not as loyal as Giants fans ignores Jeremy Shockey's recent criticism of Giants fans for - you guessed it - leaving early:

"It's just discouraging when it's six minutes left in the game and you see fans leaving. They think it's over. It's one play from not being over. Don't get me wrong, we have the best fans in the world ... when we are doing things right. But when things kind of go bad, they don't want to have any part of us, which is fine. We play for ourselves and the coaches. Give up on us if you want to. Leave the game. Don't even come to the game. Give your tickets away."

Both the Giants and the Jets have many fans who leave early when their team is behind in the 4th quarter. While things looked bleak yesterday, it's indeed pathetic that so many people left with the Jets down by 4 points. Anderson, however, significantly exaggerated the number who left, and is wrong in thinking that only Jets fans head for the parking lot.
posted on 11/24/2003