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Not only do I believe in booing the other team but I think it should be required.
Stories about booing
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Not only do I believe in booing the other team but I think it should be required.
boba
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The terms "sore loser" and "sore (gloating) winner" come to mind when I read that comment. I know I am old, and the protocols and policies of my youth are now discounted and discarded. Nevertheless, I still cling to those old ways, respect the opponent, act like you have been there before, and above all, do on to others as you would have them behave towards you. Then again, I'm old and confused.
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You are way cool.
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@boba @cohenzone I don't think there is anything that demonstrates more respect than booing your opponent. The old Reggie Jackson quote comes to mind, "they don't boo nobody's."
So I don't think it has anything to do with being cool, actually. If anything, it's the opposite of that - making an idiot of yourself is kind of what you are supposed to do at a sporting event if you a fan. There are lines, of course, but booing an opposing team falls well shy of that line, IMO. It's not personal, it's not even mean-spirited. I wasn't aware this was even a debate.
So I don't think it has anything to do with being cool, actually. If anything, it's the opposite of that - making an idiot of yourself is kind of what you are supposed to do at a sporting event if you a fan. There are lines, of course, but booing an opposing team falls well shy of that line, IMO. It's not personal, it's not even mean-spirited. I wasn't aware this was even a debate.
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I've been booed and cussed at Villanova (2), BCU (3), Syracuse and Georgetown games when attending our road games while honoring the don't sit 'til we score tradition. That one has faded since BEast days. Countless times at MSG for both neutral games and BET games. Dukies knew the tradition and let us have it. Used hand gesture to demonstrate their collective basketball IQ.