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James I couldn't agree with you more on the Giants giving up . It was sad to see the closing minutes of the playoff game . I noticed several Giant players laughing and joking on the sidelines. I felt that the team had a losers mentality durning the season , esp last half.
There was no leadership.
Hopefully next season the coaches work together and the players follow the lead.
Stan

Maybe sportsmanship is what's being referred to here. Pro football played in the NFL used to be predominently characterized as a sport. At some point in recent history they seem to have moved away from the game being a sport and toward the game being a business product, with phrases like "product on the field" commonly used by players and coaches today. Sure, team owners view their NFL investment as a business, but to the fans, most notably the kids, it's important to the future of the game that it be a sport first and foremost. Sportsmanship isn't necessarily an aspect of a product, but it is of a sport. The old Giants fans are used to Giants players behaving in a sportsmanlike way, with the real winners in a sport being those who know how to persevere and to behave with dignity. We know good sportsmanship when we see it, because we expect it out of our kids when they play organized sports. It includes both small gestures and heroic efforts; shaking hands with opponents before a game, accepting bad calls gracefully, congratulating the opposing team after losing a close or important game. We know it's important because we understand that kids who bully or taunt others on the playing field aren't likely to change their behavior when in the classroom or in social situations. In the same way, a child who practices good sportsmanship is likely to carry the respect and appreciation of other people into every other aspect of life. Along the way, the NFL has transformed from an organization of sports teams to a business that fields a product, without expectation of good sportsmanship. And it shows.

I think I understand the feeling. Perhaps it was because we had such high hopes for this team and they seemed to be headed in the right direction, that our disppointment was so great. After midseason I know I had problems rooting for this team because they seemed to play half-heartedly. The memorable collapses stayed fresh from week to week and always gave you a sense that even if they had the lead they would lose the game.

This was definitedly a tough year for g fans.

I agree completely. Many of my friends and I had a lot of discussions on how we just don't like this team, and thankfully we root for the uniform and not the players.

Between the childish behavior between Strahan and the reporters, Plaxico giving up on play after play, Tiki airing his dirty laundry on Coughlin again and again and that asinine "jump shot" celebration, it made it very hard to find more than a handful of likable players.

The N.Y. Football writers vs Giants. FRom Gary Meyers. to Steve Serby, and vitrually all the writers there has been a constant drum beat of negative junk. M and the Mad Dog, no Giant fans, seem to take exception claiming the criticism about the team quitting on TC is crap. Secondly the writers are hardly in the locker room and can't speak to all this " turmoil". Perhaps these unbnamed sources Serby quotes, are guys like wacky Frank Walker or Bob Whitfield. Iguess it is too much ask for a writer who actually likes the team. They could be covering, Arizona, Cincinnati,or someone else