Cowboys fans fume over Micah Parsons as LB reps Philadelphia jersey during NBA playoffs - "Want this guy shipped out"

Micah Parsons had Dallas Cowboys fans seething as he turned up in a Philadelphia 76ers jersey to watch a basketball game. There is no love lost between the two cities; much of it comes from the NFL rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Both of them are members of the NFC East and no one wants the other to win. So, when Parsons, a star linebacker for the Cowboys, rocked up in a Philadelphia jersey, he was accused of being a traitor to the Dallas cause. Some fans were baffled while others offered stronger opinions on the whole situation.

Here are some of the responses on social media.

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Did Micah Parsons send a secret signal to Philadelphia about leaving Dallas?

With all the brouhaha about Parsons wearing a Philadelphia jersey, does it make sense to assume that he wants to be an Eagle?

One of the reasons this comes up is because Parsons is a Pennsylvania native. He went to high school in Harrisburg and attended college at Penn State. Both of them are closer to Pennsylvania than to Dallas.

He has professed his love for the Philadelphia Phillies before and was seen cheering them on against the Houston Astros in the World Series. However, in this case, he has said he was not there to support the 76ers in Game 4 of the NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics.

Instead, Micah Parsons pointed out that he was wearing the jersey of Tyrese Maxey. Maxey plays for Philadelphia, but is from Dallas. He was born there and went to high school in Garland, Texas.

Wherever his allegiances lie in other sports, Parsons' loyalty to the Cowboys cannot be questioned. He has not only performed admirably for Dallas, but he has also professed that it is where he has always wanted to be, given that his parents are huge Cowboys fans as well.

“This (playing for the Cowboys) is all I ever wanted," he said when he was drafted.