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Originally Posted by chseagle
Here's a Sportsmanship/Fan Etiquette listing I found in a HS Basketball program:
- Welcome visitors to your gym & treat them as guests!
- Do not "boo" opponents or officials!
- No chanting in poor taste or distractions during opposing introductions!
- Always displayappreciation for good performance, even if it is by the opposing team!
- Excercise self control & permit only POSITIVE sportsmanlike behavior-Don't accept swearing or negative comments about players or coaches in your rooting section!
- Make an effort to know the rules of the contest!
- Be supportive to all & this will greatly enhance your enjoyment of the contest!
- General rules: NO noisemakers, NO signs, NO stomping/pounding on the bleachers, NO negative activity during player introductions, NO booing of officials/opponents.
How many on this list do you approve? Of those you disapprove of, why? |
#6 seems to be this abstract idea. They learn a couple and generally think they know all the little nuances the game can present.
What's considered a negative comment? Disagreeing with a call or play? Then fans either won't come to this gym (if this is enforced) or a lot of fans will start being removed by game admin if they enforce this. Which to me is a bit over kill, why can't someone disagree with something on the court?
What's so wrong about stomping on the bleachers? I've never perceived it as negative at all.