It was announced in June that the Florida Panthers were removing "Sweetness" by Jimmy Eat World as the team's goal song for the 2022-23 season. That shouldn't be allowed to happen.

The struggle of Sweetness is similar to the struggles of the Panthers themselves. Old media members hate the song, and old fans want something more traditional, but those who like it would undoubtedly fight for it to stay. The Panthers are a non-traditional team in a non-traditional market who have spent decades being delegitimized and heckled by the sport's more historically-rooted fanbase, but have still managing to create a home in South Florida against all odds. "Sweetness" is more than an incredible song being used for a great purpose, its place is similar to that of the Panthers; rebellious, daring, underrated, and disliked by those who simply can't understand why it works.

Changing "Sweetness," especially to something more "fitting" for a goal song, would do more than just change a defining part of the team's identity for the past half-decade, it would be relenting to the sea of voices that constantly say the Panthers should head for Quebec and bowing to the dissidents that never cared about this team to begin with.

If you care about the Panthers, if you care about building the ways of the future more than idolizing the ways of the past, then let a little sweet and simple keep numbing South Florida. Keep the goal song, #SaveSweetness.