Beating your team’s opponent beyond recognition with a sledgehammer is widely frowned upon, so it’s recommended to demolish an effigy instead. It helps when the opponent shares its name with a car. Seahawks fans who watched a crane trash a Ford Bronco can tell you that. And soon, so can Atlanta Hawks fans who paid $5 to destroy an early ‘80s AMC Pacer:
Hawks fans will beat a Pacer to pieces
A car! They’re not savages.


.@ATLHawks are literally allowing fans to Pound a Pacer tomorrow. For $5 you can smash this thing starting at noon. pic.twitter.com/sfbhzJugIy
— Raj Prashad (@RajPrashad) April 25, 2014
That’s pretty metal, Atlanta people. Although not as metal as Atalanta (At-a-lanta) people, who crushed cars with a GODDAMN TANK last year.
UPDATE
This did, in fact, happen:
And not only that, the team apparently found another light yellow AMC Pacer to destroy before tonight’s Game 6:
POUND THE PACER! Stop by the Philips box office until tip to take your swing pic.twitter.com/hBxwV0qi6k
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) May 1, 2014 We aren’t sure we want them to win anymore, because we fear for the lives of wizards around the country.
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