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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
I disagree, here. I will most certainly condemn the fan. We want the athletes to maintain a professional demeanor, while the fans display behavior that would make a barbarian blush. No, I think not. The guy was an ass. He may not have had an ass beating coming, but I certainly would have had him hastily escorted from the arena, with a some strong advice never to return.
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I don't know Bill, it has been my experience at games that if the eatms act professional and the players go out and give their best, yeah they may recieve some vocal abuse but overall the fans respect them.
It's not until athletes act like total asses that fans do.
There are some exceptions like the White sox and KC baseball incidents. In which fans jumped onto the field and deserve what they got.
However, there were incidents with the Angels and NY Yankees where players, showed no respect and charged into the stands.
We will never be able to control the fans verbals abuses (nor should we try). But we should expect and demand the athletes to hold up to a certain civilty.
Hey, if the fans get too bad, and the players truly feel threatened, then I have no problem with a game delay until the fans are quieted and can show respect for the game.
And that's what this all boils down to respect for the game and the fans. It's hard to respect the game when the players treat the fans like shit and the owners threaten the cities with moving or refuse to spend money to better the team etc. And it's hard for the athletes to respect the fans when they are paid so much and given so much all their lives that they don't have that sense of responsibility to anyone.