Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Rules of Fans

Last week Dan wrote a post laying out rules for watching a game with a buddy. That along with the recent Giants game, where fans booed Tiki Barber and went bizerk for the other 29 players inducted into the Giants Ring of Honor got me thinking about rules fans should follow while at a game.

Rule No. 1: Understand the game. One of the things that pisses me off, I see it a lot at UK games, is when fans don't understand to get loud/quiet. In football when your team is on offense, shut up. Don't get loud on 3rd down-something a lot of UK fans tend to do.

Rule No. 2: If you're at a game where your team is playing, wear something that represents your team. Whether it's a jersey, a t-shirt, hat or even a polo with the teams logo on it. Wear it. Too many times you go to a game now and people are dressed in an American Eagle shirt and a pair of jeans. This is a sporting event-where it's okay for 50 year old men to wear replica jersey's of dudes 20 years younger than them.

Rule No. 3: Have small talk with your neighbors. Sporting events bring people together. You're there for one cause and have one goal in mind. If your team doesn't win you're going to be pissed. (Unless your Texans fans. Then you beat the shit out of each other. If you don't know what I'm talking about youtube the brawl they had during the tailgate before the Cowboys game.) Talk about why your team should be running a 4-3 instead of a 3-4. Which brings me to my next rule;

Rule No. 4: Always accept a high five. Big first down pick-up. Touchdown. Sack. 3rd down stop. Someone next to you is going to be looking for the high five. Get in the spirit and slap hands.

Rule No 5: Go ahead and boo as well. Were the Giants fans right in booing Tiki Barber because he made comments about the team a week ago? Absolutely. Were they right in going bizerk for Lawrence Taylor-someone accused of raping a 15 year old girl? Absolutely. He never talked bad about their team. He won Super Bowls for them. That's what's great about being a fan. Do you think Steelers fans care that much about Big Ben as long as he wins? No, not during the season. If your team is playing bad or someone becomes a diva all of a sudden, boo them.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This article is very very dull. Could've done much more with it. Nobody is afraid of high fives or small talk with friends. Those are not rules by any means.