Problem chain crew's

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

Me- pointing to home stands- "You wanna go sit over there?"
Chain guy- "No"

Now, see, where I come from, that's no threat at all. It's hard to get volunteers to hold sticks when they'd much rather get a better view of the game and a seat, if there are stands around the field. So their answer would be "Yes" rather than "No", unless it's a child who wants to feel important, and that usually works for only 1 game. Sometimes games are held up for several minutes while they plead for people to hold the sticks. I've seen this in NYC & Chicago, and I don't imagine it's an unusual state of affairs. I've even seen a couple of games where it wasn't until after the opening kickoff that they realized they had nobody for the sticks -- or they were trying to get volunteers at the same time, knowing they didn't really need them for the opening KO.