Written by John Breech at CBS Sports.com
There are 32 teams in the NFL and only two of them will be getting a parade this year: The team that wins the Super Bowl and the Cleveland Browns.
Browns fans didn’t get to celebrate a single victory in 2017 and because they are clearly desperate to celebrate something, ANYTHING, thousands of fans will be taking part in a “Perfect Season” parade this week to celebrate the team’s 0-16 record.
Someone wins the Super Bowl every year, but it’s not every season where a team finishes 0-16, so this parade kind of makes sense if you think about it. The Browns are just the second team in NFL history to go winless through a 16-game season.
If you’re going to be in the Cleveland area this weekend, you might as well just go ahead and plan to attend. The parade is on Saturday and will start at noon with a route that goes around FirstEnergy Stadium.
The parade route around the Browns stadium on Jan. 6 celebrating the team’s 0-16 “Perfect Season.” pic.twitter.com/P93oaYt0l5
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According to Chris McNeil, the man who came up with the idea for the parade, there’s actually a perfectly logical explanation for why the route will be going around the Browns’ stadium.
“It’s going to go around the stadium [to form] a big loop, a big zero for the number of wins we had this year,” McNeil said, via NBC 4 in Cleveland.
Fittingly, the temperature on Saturday is expected to be around zero degrees, which means Mother Nature is definitely doing her part to celebrate the Browns’ zero-win season.
Throwing a parade isn’t cheap, which means McNeil had to raise some serious money before he was able to finalize the plans for the parade. To make sure that there would be enough money to hold the parade, McNeil made a goal of raising $10,000 so he could pay for things like “security, restrooms and medical folks.”
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