MANHATTAN – Fans of the Kansas State Wildcat basketball team angrily donated more than 200 coats and other articles of winter clothing before the Wildcats win over Texas A&M on Tuesday. The donations came as part of a clothing drive at Bramlage Coliseum for the homeless in and around the college town.
Dozens upon dozens of fans poured through the donation line with coats, hats, scarves and gloves, and nearly all were scowl-faced and grumbling about the referees, the media, the Kansas Jayhawks, or some other perceived slight against their school.
One fan, Douglas Haake, went so far as to bring a Kansas State Wildcat winter coat and a Jayhawk scarf. After placing the coat in the donation basket, he proceeded to pull out a lighter and set flame to the Jayhawk scarf, causing a huge uproar of cheers from the surrounding crowd.
“Knowing there are homeless people in Manhattan makes me so angry,” said Haake, gritting his teeth . “But I’m pretty sure anyone living in Manhattan would rather freeze to death than wear a gay Jayhawk scarf.”
Linda Goodman, who runs the homeless shelter in Manhattan expressed her gratitude to the students and fans at Kansas State, but was also appalled at the overwhelming sense of anger and frustration in the fans.
“Don’t get me wrong, this is a wonderful blessing and will help many survive the bitter cold nights this winter, but my goodness, some of those fans were really mean,” said Goodman. “One said he’d only donate if I could guarantee him it wouldn’t go to ‘the blind, brainless, nutless zebra who’s trying to screw the Wildcats on the court.’”
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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