Miami SG to protest perceived "lack of respect" from their own squad
Miami's supporters group Vice City has apparently "demanded" that the players start acknowledging them on the pitch during games.
They didn't hear back and so they threatened to not bring flags and a band.
In their own words...
>This time, we are going to be that child who will not stop crying until he gets what he wants... Respect. Recognition. Appreciation.
I'm not even really sure what to say? Wild to see this written out like it's in someone's journal.
Here's the full text:
>Good morning, dear family:
>As everyone knows, and as we’ve been informing you, the players were given until the match against Orlando as the deadline to step up, acknowledge, and greet their people: you… the ones who bust your ass week after week to make every match a true celebration
>Because this doesn’t start when the whistle blows... This starts before the match even begins with the setup, the preparation, Ops, the flags, the organization… and especially with a band that gives its soul, playing for more than 2 hours every single game to push the players nonstop.
>What we’ve received so far is not just a lack of appreciation.
>It is, directly, an absolute lack of respect toward all of us.
>It cannot be that every time there’s a goal, they don’t even look at their people.
>They celebrate among themselves, locked inside their own world, as if they were playing inside a glass cube.
>Not a glance, not a gesture, not a single sign of recognition for the supporters who give their voice, their time, and their hearts for these colors.
>That is why, after discussing it with the other groups as well, a firm decision has been made...
>This Sunday the 17th against Portland, no flags will enter, and the band will not enter with instruments either. If they want tourists watching them play, that is exactly what they’re going to get.
>We know this information has finally reached part of the coaching staff and sporting directors, who have now made the effort to contact us to meet before the match and try to return things to normal.
>But we were also clear...
>Unfortunately, it is already too late to take a step back. There is too much pain, too much frustration, and too much time spent carrying things others do not carry to pretend this can all be fixed overnight just because they are only now learning about our actions.
>Covering up the club’s mistakes with last-minute emergency solutions because “the heat is on”…
>WITH US, THAT NO LONGER WORKS.
>Either they start being proactive about the things we propose... (which, for the most part, are meant to improve the spectacle, strengthen the culture, and help the club grow) or they will continue reacting only when the problem explodes.
>Because this unity, without real respect, will eventually break.
>We are tired of always being the responsible adults who understand, wait, and justify.
>This time, “NO.”
>This time, we are going to be that child who will not stop crying until he gets what he wants...
>Respect. Recognition. Appreciation.
>Because we are not asking for privileges. We are demanding the bare minimum that the best, most loyal, and most creative supporters in all of MLS deserve. (The ones everyone copies.)
>Thank you for understanding, for standing firm, and for continuing to prove that the true strength of this club has always been its people. VC”
The original post is over on the Miami sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/InterMiami/comments/1tit3ai/internal_communication_from_supporter_group_vice/
Edit: Adding the full text here. And the Miami sub's post links out to Dani Solana's post.