Americans love to rally around sports. It’s big business and to millions, it’s even religion. However, an interesting dynamic surfaces with professional football when opposing fan bases intersect. Metaphoric walls go up. People who normally get along become offended by senseless banter. Lines of division are drawn and there’s no going back to how relationships previously existed.
I grew up in the large metropolitan area of what maps now call “Hampton Roads,” Virginia. It’s a lot of things, but…
