Chants coming to an end?

[JRutledge]

Booing is not a personal insult. It is showing displeasure for an event or series of events. I have no problem if fans (which can be students, parents, alumni and townies) booing me as an official or even a player. I do have a problem if there is a chant about someone personally where there is something about their condition or family member. I do not expect a school to have total control over the collective behavior of fans as it relates to booing. I do expect something to be done with chants and things that can be insightful to an individual or a crowd. I know when I worked my games this past week many insults were thrown at me. Now I can handle that personally and I know it comes with the territory. I have no problem with getting rid of people that get out of line, but you are not going to stop collectively thousands for comments. Even when I have attended the Big Ten Tournament, is extremely rare you hear any comments that are vulgar and completely inappropriate. I remember a few years ago when the tournament was in Indy, and I was sitting in the Iowa section for the championship game. There was a guy using profanity while yelling at the referees. A couple of guys turned around and told the guy to knock it off and the guy stopped completely. I was amazed how cooperative this guy was to the request of fans. There was also security available if there was anything that got out of hand. You do not need a policy like this to encourage good behavior. You just need to get rid of the clowns that think they can say anything without penalty.

Peace

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You do not need a policy like this to encourage good behavior. You just need to get rid of the clowns that think they can say anything without penalty.

Sadly, in the institutionalized world of education, with the threat of lawsuits on every hand for any act that could be regarded as disciplining Little Johnny, the lack of a policy can make a big difference. If left to their own devices, some administrators already do an admirable job of policing their crowds. And some do not. The creation of a policy will empower, even encourage some of the slackers to take care of business. But, of course, it will not solve the problem entirely.

[Old School]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Sadly, in the institutionalized world of education, with the threat of lawsuits on every hand for any act that could be regarded as disciplining Little Johnny, the lack of a policy can make a big difference. If left to their own devices, some administrators already do an admirable job of policing their crowds. And some do not. The creation of a policy will empower, even encourage some of the slackers to take care of business. But, of course, it will not solve the problem entirely.

Yes, but it will help to keep it at bay, especially for what you call the slackers. Remember, this is a race. We are trying to stay one step ahead of the people who insist on being idiots. The idiots are trying to find what they can do that is within the rules, which goes to your point about disciplining Johnny. Too often our society doesn't consider anything a problem until someone has either gotten hurt or killed. Then everyone is ready to act. I say nip it in the bud right now before an accident happens.

As far as the problem being solved entirely. That is not the job or responsibility of basketball. We are only concerned about what takes place at our games. What you do or say once the game is over and you are off the school grounds becomes the problem of the state.