Should Michigan Sports Teams Allow This Loving & Humble Tradition?

One of the many things that people hold near and dear to their hearts is the fandom of their favorite sports teams, Many people are extremely passionate about the college and professional sports teams that they choose to support. Many fans spend their lifetime cheering for many different athletes that dawn the jersey of their favorite team.

We have seen the stories time and time again where sports teams will do something special or even invite a big-time fan out for practice or to be on the sideline for the game. Often, it is after someone has been sick or is in danger of losing their lives, which I enjoy because those people deserve and need that love.

It has become a popular trend over the last 3 or 4 decades for people to choose cremation over a traditional burial and have their ashes kept by their loved ones. This isn't too weird as many people like to have the ashes as a memory but there are some new traditions stemming from this practice as well.

Over the same period, many people have expressed wishes to have their ashes spread over one of their favorite places. This requires a loved one to take some of the ashes to this place and let them blow in the wind so they can be spread out in a place they love and enjoy. A great example of that is what happened at Michigan Stadium in the early 2000s.

Chris Gerbasi and 3 of his friends took a trip to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for the sole purpose of fulfilling another friend's dream. John Burr who lost his life after an accident at just 41 years old wanted his ashes spread all over the Big House, luckily for him Gerbasi and Crew would make sure it happened.

They would walk around finding locked gate after locked gate before finding an opening on the East side of the stadium, there was the tunnel that leads to the 50-yard line. They trotted down the tunnel and released his ashes once reaching the field. Gerbasi says that there was a slight wind that carried the ashes across the field.

Now that we know this has been done right here in the state of Michigan, this raises some other questions. The first being, how many other people have done this? Are there sports teams and stadiums around the country that allow this? Then, the next question deals directly with Michigan.

How many sports fans here in Michigan would love to have their ashes spread at Ford Field? How about Spartan Stadium? Or Michigan Stadium. What about those who love Western Michigan University and would like to be spread across Waldo Stadium? In my opinion, this should be something that the Michigan teams explore as it could connect them to their fanbase.