[Buc-a-roo]

I feel that YOU are not truely a dedicated 100% Pirate Fan

^Says the Phelps transplant.

Seriously, this thread isn't about me, or you, or your opinion of me. Your words don't offend me one bit and you have every right to express them. Just know that you don't know what you're talking about with regards to my "true fan" status, or who you're talking to either for that matter. I guess your defense is to make it personal because I have a ligitimate criticism, but it doesn't offend me at all. I know it takes all kinds to make a fan base and I can live with that.

I earned my Pirates stipes a long long time ago. I have given a lot of blood, sweat and tears, not to mention time and money to the program and it is continual, not just a 4 year commitment. My support goes back far longer than you have even been around here, and I'm sure I will continue to do so for a long time after you have ceased.

You have taken my comments out of context. All you have seen is "hater" or maybe "complainer" I guess, and that seems to have put you on the defensive. That's not true at all. I would love to see everyone support the Pirates, but I want them to do it with class and with sportsmanship. I don't feel like the horn was always used in that manner because for whatever reason, it was allowed to go off DURING GAME PLAY twice during the playoffs. That was my ONLY complaint with it.

I'm glad you're busting your hump for the team, you deserve the pat on the back you're giving yourself, and then some. I applaud you. But don't look down your nose at other long time fans (many of us who have long since paid our dues doing the same things you are doing now) because you don't perceive us as doing as much as you.

As far as you shutting this thread down last night if you wanted to, I guess you could have. Hopefully though the good people of BGR wouldn't want the moderators to just shut down every thread that they don't like. That happens at other websites and I don't think BGR is like that at all. I don't think I have broken any rules with this thread and I have been respectful and to the point. I am still looking for answers about the KHSAA rules in regard to this matter and hopefully before this thread is done, somebody will get past all the personal jabs and post something that will help us all to learn what those answers are.

Thanks for allowing me the chance to contribute, I do appreciate it. Of course we aren't always going to agree, but at least we are allowed to disagree in a civil way instead of being kicked off or censored like happens on some message boards.

Buc-A-Roo