OK, I know I am not overflowing with school spirit. I know I don’t walk around with UNA gear on head to toe. I know I don’t have a room in my house covered in UNA memorabilia, but I do at least wear a UNA shirt to the sporting events on campus.

People, come on! If you are going to go to a UNA football, volleyball or whatever game, at least wear a purple or gold shirt. You are at a UNA game, not an Auburn, Alabama or Mississippi State game. Wal-Mart sells T-shirts really cheaply-I promise. I know the bookstore is high, but there are alternatives.

To those students, and I have seen a few staff members wearing their crimson and white or orange and blue in the stands at the UNA games, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

I cannot express how many times I have gone to a UNA game and seen numerous people at the event proudly wearing their Alabama or Auburn shirt as if it’s all right. Well, I’m here to say it’s not all right.

Just stay at home and watch your beloved Tigers or Crimson Tide if you are not going to support the Lions. I sit with a few people who follow SEC games while attending the UNA game, but they wear their Lion shirts proud.

I’m not asking you to run around town and be a cheerleader, but be somewhat proud to be a member of the UNA community.

I admit, I’m a huge Auburn fan because my family would kill me if I wasn’t, but I still wear my UNA shirt when it counts. I wear my orange and blue proudly when I go to a game in Auburn, but I sure wouldn’t wear my UNA shirt to an Auburn game. It’s just plain rude to the players who have worked hard to get ready for the game.

When I moved to Florence to go to UNA, I removed my Auburn Tigers license plate, and traded it for a UNA Lions one. I am proud to go to UNA and be a part of what is going on here. Students who aren’t proud to go here or wear the wrong school’s colors at sporting events, should look around-there is a lot to be proud of at UNA.

So, if you aren’t going to support UNA by at least not wearing another team’s merchandise, don’t come to the game. You are making the rest of us look bad in front of the other team.