When you attend sporting events....(sporting event etiquette?)

• wkfan

  I stand if the people in front of me are standing, thereby blocking my view of the game. I don't think it appropriate to block other peoples view of the game without a good reason.
  
  I had an arguement with some Brownfans (as am I) when I attended my first (and probably last) NFL game last year in Cleveland. These 5 or 6 20-somethings would not sit down from the very first play and had no reason to be standing as they were the only ones in the entire section standing up for every play. Refused my respectful requests to sit down...even to the point of accusing me of being a Jets fan (the opponent was the Jets) and challenging me to a fight for asking them to sit down.
  
  They finally sat down when some of them passed out (alcohol involved?? Imagine that) and one of them puked in his spit cup. Possibly the rudest fan behavior I have ever witnessed.
• FatHobbit

  

  bigkahuna;893127 wrote:I've gotten pissed at old people who tell me to sit down, don't get me wrong. I was at the Michigan OSU game back in 2009. It was the opening kickoff, and a boney finger tapped me in the shoulder "Sit down, please." "Um, do you see the 5,000 people in front of us standing? No, I won't sit down." "Well, either sit down, or I'm getting the usher." "Go get him."

  I feel a little bad for old people who can't stand the entire game. Not bad enough that I'll sit down if the people in front of me are standing, but I'll sit if it doesn't obstruct my own view.
• queencitybuckeye

  Scooter1369;893104 wrote:999 people in that section need to give up their tickets.

  Yes, God forbid that others can't or aren't interested in enjoying the game in the exact same manner as you.
• thavoice

  I prefer to stand at games, and that is my biggest complaint about going to games.
  
  At HS football games we stand at the top of the bleachers for home games........and usually stand down along fence for road games.
  At steelers games...only 2 rows are above us and we have gone so far as switching with the people behind us because they dont stand much, but the top row does.
  
  
  I prefer to stand as much as possible.
• bigkahuna

  FatHobbit;893147 wrote:I feel a little bad for old people who can't stand the entire game. Not bad enough that I'll sit down if the people in front of me are standing, but I'll sit if it doesn't obstruct my own view.

  This.
  
  When I was younger, we had tickets in the top row at Michigan Stadium. I loved it because 1. there was 3 feet of blank behind us to put stuff, and 2. We stood the entire game.
  
  I've noticed at Michigan Stadium that if you're in rows A-~50, which could be considered the "lower bowl" because of wheel chair seating, then you pretty much stand the entire game. If you're in rows 55-95 (or however high it goes, I forget), you sit most of the game unless you're in the top row or the visitor seating. It seems like a lot of the OLD people are in the upper level.
  
  There at least, the best rows to be in are ~50 and lower because it's more of a "party" atmosphere where strangers hug you and high 5 you and stand a lot.
• bigkahuna

  As far as High School games go, I stand the entire game because I can't see the entire field from my press box window if I sit; doesn't bold too well for the team if I can't see us in the redzone because of the wall
• Scooter1369

  

  bigkahuna;893127 wrote:I disagree 100% Like I said, I would much rather stand at a game, but there is no reason to stand at that point. Is my ticket more valuable than the other people behind me? No, so who am I to block their view?
  
  I've gotten pissed at old people who tell me to sit down, don't get me wrong. I was at the Michigan OSU game back in 2009. It was the opening kickoff, and a boney finger tapped me in the shoulder "Sit down, please." "Um, do you see the 5,000 people in front of us standing? No, I won't sit down." "Well, either sit down, or I'm getting the usher." "Go get him."

  queencitybuckeye;893148 wrote:Yes, God forbid that others can't or aren't interested in enjoying the game in the exact same manner as you.

  There are reasons that stadiums with half the capacity of Ohio Stadium get louder than we do. Too many old people at the games, and too many people who are there to be seen, not seen the game. You get to your seat and find the person next to you is an 85 year old woman knitting a farking scarf.
  
  Until the atmosphere changes at Ohio State, it will stay this way.
• FatHobbit

  

  Scooter1369;893790 wrote:There are reasons that stadiums with half the capacity of Ohio Stadium get louder than we do. Too many old people at the games, and too many people who are there to be seen, not seen the game. You get to your seat and find the person next to you is an 85 year old woman knitting a farking scarf.
  
  Until the atmosphere changes at Ohio State, it will stay this way.

  I'll give you the schott could be louder, but the shoe is pretty damn loud.
• bigkahuna

  FatHobbit;893904 wrote:I'll give you the schott could be louder, but the shoe is pretty damn loud.

  Yea, most people say that the Shoe is a pretty loud place to play at for a visitor.
• Scooter1369

  

  The Shoe is loud for big games and big games only. and only at certain times. Im at every game. I work there. Its sad to see how quiet that stadium can be when the opposing team has the ball. The loudest I have ever heard it was Gamble' Int return against PSU in 2002. After that, its Will Allen's pick to preserve the win against Michigan that same year.
  
  Ever been to a game at Autzen or at the Swamp? Its loud. Stupid loud.
• bigkahuna

  Scooter1369;893790 wrote:There are reasons that stadiums with half the capacity of Ohio Stadium get louder than we do. Too many old people at the games, and too many people who are there to be seen, not seen the game. You get to your seat and find the person next to you is an 85 year old woman knitting a farking scarf.
  
  Until the atmosphere changes at Ohio State, it will stay this way.

  I'll agree with you that older people going there to eat cheese and drink whine don't help the atmosphere at any stadium. I don't want you get the wrong idea. Every time I go to a Michigan game, I leave hoarse from yelling, and I stand as much as possible.
• Scooter1369

  

  I'm an employee of the Athletic Department. I've watched things change on campus on gamedays for about 15 years. The first stupid move was moving the RV lot, the biggest, richest tailgating lot, a whole mile from the stadium. Stupid. It used to be right on Lane Avenue across from Hineygate (I'll get to that fiasco in a minute). Now its out at Bill Davis Baseball stadium on the north side of the Schott. It takes nearly 15 minutes to walk to the stadium from there. Then, they decided to pre-sell every pass for RV's before the season starts. No day of game parking for visiting teams or Buckeye fans driving an RV. If they show up at the RV lots without a pass, we have to send them to the fair grounds. And they basically sell the season pass RV spots with a PSL (Personal Seat License). In order to buy a season RV pass, you have to start with $5,000 donation to the university to get on the list. When it was first come first serve day of game rv parking, we'd have 100 rv's lined up at 4:30am to get in. Now, they show up around 9:00 because they know their spot is reserved for the day. The whole tailgating atmosphere is gone and the big spenders in this lot are pissed.
  
  On to Hineygate. The biggest oncampus party on gameday, right on Lane Avenue. The pulse of the gameday atmosphere moved to make the Holiday Inn a dorm. STUPID STUPID STUPID!!
  
  I have never seen a fanbase treated so poorly by a university. And they do it because they know they can. If the current 100 Season pass holders stopped buying, they have 500 more just waiting to be abused in their place. It all started with Geiger. Spielman once said on the air that Gieger would let everyone in the stadium line up and smack his wife on the ass if he thought he could charge them for it. At some point, we need an AD that will turn the university over to the rightful owners: the students.
• Scooter1369

  

  bigkahuna;893924 wrote:I'll agree with you that older people going there to eat cheese and drink whine don't help the atmosphere at any stadium. I don't want you get the wrong idea. Every time I go to a Michigan game, I leave hoarse from yelling, and I stand as much as possible.

  My daughters like to mess with me on Sundays following a game by trying to get me to yell at them knowing I don't have a voice. :laugh: