I let him keep it. I'm told they don't attack you unless you step on them, which is why you shuffle down to Buffalo when your feet are in water. I also learned how to pronounce Diallo Mamadou. Well, he's not a species of sting ray. He plays soccer.
Fans have their favorites, naturally.
I was privileged to see the second half of the game with the Chicago Fire from an executive suite, and I liked watching Mamadou's family as much as the game. He's a native of Senegal. Now, about the game of soccer. I was never a soccer mom, so I never realized how hard players work as they race up and down the field of the Buccaneers' Raymond James football stadium. How their knees and ankles take all that punishment, I'll never know.