Classless Colts?

A fellow blogger recently scolded Indianapolis Colts fans for booing a 14 year-old girl at the RCA Dome. The girl, Anna Grant, was representing the New England Patriots, having won the NFL's Punt, Pass, and Kick competition for her age group. Apparently Patriots owner Robert Kraft felt badly about the incident and has decided to honor Grant at the AFC championship game Sunday in Foxborough, Mass. (Read the entire ESPN story here.)

 Anyhow, the critical blogger (who shall remain unnamed) decried the booing of the Indy fans as "classless" and applauded the Patriots for their "classy" behavior.

 Well sure, it was just a 14 year-old, but it was nothing personal. After all, Grant was wearing a Patriots jersey; the Patriots are the Colts' arch-rivals, and a New England jersey is bound to elicit a negative reaction in the RCA Dome. Said Grant, "People at the game came up to me afterward and said, 'It's not you. It's your jersey.'"

Also, call me cynical, but it seems easy for Patriots boss Kraft to honor Grant, a native of New Hampshire and an obvious Pats fan. Had a Colts jersey-wearing child been booed in Foxborough - which he or she almost certainly would have been, considering the volatile nature of Massachusetts sports fans - surely the Colts organization would have extended the same invitation.