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<blockquote data-quote="Point-Illinois" data-source="post: 1949022" data-attributes="member: 747217"><p>See that’s the thing…in my opinion the bolded is not true. (And I’d posit it’s not true for other live events where performers feed off of crowd energy but that’s another argument)</p><p></p><p>Fans that think like this (I don’t owe the team anything until they prove it) aren’t understanding the mutual relationship of team/fan.</p><p></p><p>Your loudness isn’t something fans owe the team. The noise you make and energy you bring isn’t currency that players/coaches can put into their pocket and cash in later for their own benefit.</p><p></p><p>The reason making noise/having energy is (should be) different in sports than in other venues is that it makes you, the fan, PART of the game.</p><p></p><p>You can actually HELP your team do better by making it harder for the other team to communicate or concentrate.</p><p></p><p>You don’t owe something to the players, you owe it to yourself to try to be part of a raucous crowd that opposing players hate to play in front of and mess up routine plays when they do.</p><p></p><p>But I get it, it’s hard to get excited when the team is showing absolutely no competence and is down by 20+ in the 4th quarter.</p><p></p><p>When it’s still a winnable game though, you better believe my a$$ is standing up and cheering and trying to help the team any way I can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Point-Illinois, post: 1949022, member: 747217"] See that’s the thing…in my opinion the bolded is not true. (And I’d posit it’s not true for other live events where performers feed off of crowd energy but that’s another argument) Fans that think like this (I don’t owe the team anything until they prove it) aren’t understanding the mutual relationship of team/fan. Your loudness isn’t something fans owe the team. The noise you make and energy you bring isn’t currency that players/coaches can put into their pocket and cash in later for their own benefit. The reason making noise/having energy is (should be) different in sports than in other venues is that it makes you, the fan, PART of the game. You can actually HELP your team do better by making it harder for the other team to communicate or concentrate. You don’t owe something to the players, you owe it to yourself to try to be part of a raucous crowd that opposing players hate to play in front of and mess up routine plays when they do. But I get it, it’s hard to get excited when the team is showing absolutely no competence and is down by 20+ in the 4th quarter. When it’s still a winnable game though, you better believe my a$$ is standing up and cheering and trying to help the team any way I can. [/QUOTE]
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