At what point is it creepy to go to highschool sporting events?

• KR1245

  

  I go to the Schott for the boys bball tourney every year, I dont think its creepy at all.
• Mulva

  

  Glory Days;1093966 wrote:find 1 post from me on one of the highschool forums...

  I've never been on the high school forums and I'm not going over there to look for ghosts. I just thought it was an ironic tidbit.
  
  You shouldn't be posting on a minor league message board at all though. You now have adult things to do.
• mcburg93

  

  I find it weird that people find it creepy if someone attends a sporting event. To me if its creepy at high school levels then it should be creepy on all levels. If your a fan of football no matter the level its alright to go watch. Seriously its a sport that you enjoy to watch. As a fan of football I go to watch football not young kids playing the game. Im not understanding whats the problem with watching a sport. If your there creeping it dont matter what level it is your still doing the same thing. After I graduated I still went back to watch my friends that I grew up with play the game. Now that Im older I still go watch the game cause I like football no matter what level. Fridays find a game i like I go watch it. Saturdays I watch college. I hate pros but still watch cause I like bitching at the tv screen.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Mulva;1093957 wrote: I also find a little irony in the fact that many of the people saying it's creepy to attend high school sporting events after you graduate migrated over here from a website called JJ's Ohio High School Sports Huddle.

  I'll address this as you added it in later.
  
  I started posting on JJ when I was in high school. I used it to follow results some of my fellow younger teammates for my first 2 years in college (as I knew them for 2-3 years before). After that I really didn't pay attention to high school sports until I started coaching then that one I followed the boards again. But now I just recently stopped coaching (no longer time for it) and I occasionally check results to see how some of my former athletes are doing as I worked with them for a few years.
  
  The only HS athletic event I stop by is the Alumni evening and that's to see old friends.
• Fly4Fun

  

  mcburg93;1093976 wrote:I find it weird that people find it creepy if someone attends a sporting event. To me if its creepy at high school levels then it should be creepy on all levels. If your a fan of football no matter the level its alright to go watch. Seriously its a sport that you enjoy to watch. As a fan of football I go to watch football not young kids playing the game. Im not understanding whats the problem with watching a sport. If your there creeping it dont matter what level it is your still doing the same thing. After I graduated I still went back to watch my friends that I grew up with play the game. Now that Im older I still go watch the game cause I like football no matter what level. Fridays find a game i like I go watch it. Saturdays I watch college. I hate pros but still watch cause I like bitching at the tv screen.

  So there is no problem with a 40 year old man, no connection to the team what so ever, to go watch 9 year olds play football? I mean, football is football right, "no matter the level."
• mcburg93

  

  Fly4Fun;1093989 wrote:So there is no problem with a 40 year old man, no connection to the team what so ever, to go watch 9 year olds play football? I mean, football is football right, "no matter the level."

  Your exactly right hes there to watch the game. I go watch little kids play the game on sundays sometimes. Im 36 and dont see a thing wrong in it. I love the sport and the game in its self. Now if the 40yr old is known pervert then yes i would have a problem with it. You seem to have issues with things like this or it was the way you were raised. Either way there is nothing wrong with it. You have your opinion. You keep thinking just cause a forty year old is going to a game he has to have alternative notions as in being a pervert. Im not sure how you come to that conclusion. Must be a city thing cause where I live its always been a good thing to go to games.
• Fly4Fun

  

  mcburg93;1093996 wrote:Your exactly right hes there to watch the game. I go watch little kids play the game on sundays sometimes. Im 36 and dont see a thing wrong in it. I love the sport and the game in its self. Now if the 40yr old is known pervert then yes i would have a problem with it. You seem to have issues with things like this or it was the way you were raised. Either way there is nothing wrong with it. You have your opinion. You keep thinking just cause a forty year old is going to a game he has to have alternative notions as in being a pervert. Im not sure how you come to that conclusion. Must be a city thing cause where I live its always been a good thing to go to games.

  Never did I say that the person has to be a pervert, but it is a cause for concern. Now I guess my excessive use of creepy might start to bring a person to that conclusion, and that's my fault.
  
  I just think at that point in that persons life, they should be doing something else. If I'm a parent and I know there is some guy with no connection to a family or team going to watch my 9 year old's team play a sport, then I'm going to keep an eye on that person. I wouldn't just assume he's a pervert and call the cops, but I would definitely be wary.
• KR1245

  

  Fly4Fun;1093989 wrote:So there is no problem with a 40 year old man, no connection to the team what so ever, to go watch 9 year olds play football? I mean, football is football right, "no matter the level."

  What's the problem with that?
  
  It's not like every person out there is Jerry Sandusky
• mcburg93

  

  Fly4Fun;1094005 wrote:Never did I say that the person has to be a pervert, but it is a cause for concern. Now I guess my excessive use of creepy might start to bring a person to that conclusion, and that's my fault.
  
  I just think at that point in that persons life, they should be doing something else. If I'm a parent and I know there is some guy with no connection to a family or team going to watch my 9 year old's team play a sport, then I'm going to keep an eye on that person. I wouldn't just assume he's a pervert and call the cops, but I would definitely be wary.

  The creepy part is why I jumped about the pervert thing. I dont see a problem with it personally. I was raised not to judge anyone. What if that guy is married and could never had any kids and he just likes to go watch kids play. I mean there are a thousand other things I worry about beside what the guy in the crowd is doing. To say there are other things to do I dont get either. If you like the sport of football then what else is there to do but watch the sport of football. I think this is more of a city thing. When I went to college some of the city guys seemed a lot like you. Not sure what the difference is in the city and the country towns but give me the country people are way more friendlier.
• karen lotz

  

  I'm glad there were so many "creeps" that went and watched football and basketball games I played in in HS. It would have sucked to play in front of 50 people.
• Fly4Fun

  

  mcburg93;1094016 wrote:The creepy part is why I jumped about the pervert thing. I dont see a problem with it personally. I was raised not to judge anyone. What if that guy is married and could never had any kids and he just likes to go watch kids play. I mean there are a thousand other things I worry about beside what the guy in the crowd is doing. To say there are other things to do I dont get either. If you like the sport of football then what else is there to do but watch the sport of football. I think this is more of a city thing. When I went to college some of the city guys seemed a lot like you. Not sure what the difference is in the city and the country towns but give me the country people are way more friendlier.

  I agree that I wouldn't be worried about who is in the stands normally. But if I had reason to know that there was just some stranger there, I would definitely keep it in mind.
  
  But I think at some point someone should move on past certain things (stop going to watch kids, whether they be 9 or 17 play football unless you have one of my aforementioned reasons).
• hoops23

  

  What a stupid thread.
  
  I see nothing wrong with people who want to go watch a HS sporting event like football or basketball...
• Glory Days

  

  KR1245;1094006 wrote:What's the problem with that?
  
  It's not like every person out there is Jerry Sandusky

  Jerry Sandusky wasnt always "Jerry Sandusky".
• Steel Valley Football

  One year my wife was running a race downtown C-bus and I went to watch. It started to rain and I just happened to be near the convention center so i went to stay dry. To my surprise, there were about 100 girls volleyball teams there for a 16-19 yr old tourney. Needless to say, I felt like a creeper. But I stayed lol but only cuz it was still raining.
• like_that

  

  SnotBubbles;1093965 wrote:LOL. There is nothing creepy about it. Maybe if a 50 year old man (Wayne from Ft. Wayne lets say) goes to all of the girls games and sits in the front row staring lustfully at the girls. But for a grown man/woman to go to a game just to watch their local school or alma mater and cheer on the community...there isn't anything creepy about it.
  
  I've gone to games when I wasn't broadcasting (notably playoff games). I'm not there to pick up students and take them back to my house for butt secks.
  
  This is a stupid thread. Sorry DA.

  This (can't believe we found something to agree on.)
  
  Whenever I go home to see the family, if my dad asks me to go catch the HS football game, I am not going to say "sorry dad, but I am in my mid 20's and people like c4f think its creepy if someone like me goes to the game, because 1. there is no relative or family friend participating, 2. our town is fairly big, and 3. the HS in this community has a very good athletic program top to bottom."
  
  That is beyond idiotic. Some communities take pride in their HS representing them in a positive way through sports. I have never seen successful programs discourage members of the community to not come to any sport event as a spectator, because they think it is creepy. Each school has their group of dipshits who still need to vicariously live their HS years through current HS athletes, and I think for some of you it has clouded your judgement.
  
  If you go by idiot c4f's logic, then it is also creepy for businesses in the community (no family or friend ties) to sponsor HS teams. SMH.
• hoops23

  

  As somebody else said, going by C4F's logic, the HS kids would be playing in front of 50 people. That sounds like fun. I know when I played I'd have rather played in front of a sparse crowd instead of a sold out one. :rolleyes:
• like_that

  

  hoops23;1094078 wrote:As somebody else said, going by C4F's logic, the HS kids would be playing in front of 50 people. That sounds like fun. I know when I played I'd have rather played in front of a sparse crowd instead of a sold out one. :rolleyes:

  Same, I was very paranoid of these creeps supporting me. How pathetic of them. They should have been at a hole in the wall bar getting pissed drunk, instead of supporting their community.
• dlazz

  I'm known to attend high school sports events from time-to-time. I also sometimes watch MAC football games on ESPN.
  
  It's something to do.
• said_aouita

  

  A businessman from New York was in C-bus for a business trip the same weekend as this dual. Stayed an extra day just to attend a high school dual meet in little town St Paris.
  
  Check out this vid. Pretty sure not everyone attending is related to one of the competing wrestlers.
  
  [video=youtube;h_xeTQxMlm0][/video]
• Thinthickbigred

  I thought I lived in football crazy ohio . What part of the state do some of these guys live that thinks its creepy to go to a HS football game . I guess all of us people from Steubenville area are creepy huh . Better include the city of Massillon ,I do know they get tons of fans at there games . Dont know about the sorry Cinci area or whatever part of Ohio some of you that think its creepy are from . go back to West Texas and watch 6 man football weirdos or South Dakota or something
• like_that

  

  like_that;1094076 wrote:This (can't believe we found something to agree on.)
  
  Whenever I go home to see the family, if my dad asks me to go catch the HS football game, I am not going to say "sorry dad, but I am in my mid 20's and people like c4f think its creepy if someone like me goes to the game, because 1. there is no relative or family friend participating, 2. our town is fairly big, and 3. the HS in this community has a very good athletic program top to bottom."
  
  That is beyond idiotic. Some communities take pride in their HS representing them in a positive way through sports. I have never seen successful programs discourage members of the community to not come to any sport event as a spectator, because they think it is creepy. Each school has their group of dipshits who still need to vicariously live their HS years through current HS athletes, and I think for some of you it has clouded your judgement.

  
  Here is an example of what I am talking about with the bolded part:
  

  Thinthickbigred;1094090 wrote:I thought I lived in football crazy ohio . What part of the state do some of these guys live that thinks its creepy to go to a HS football game . I guess all of us people from Steubenville area are creepy huh . Better include the city of Massillon ,I do know they get tons of fans at there games . Dont know about the sorry Cinci area or whatever part of Ohio some of you that think its creepy are from . go back to West Texas and watch 6 man football weirdos or South Dakota or something

• Glory Days

  

  hoops23;1094078 wrote:As somebody else said, going by C4F's logic, the HS kids would be playing in front of 50 people. That sounds like fun. I know when I played I'd have rather played in front of a sparse crowd instead of a sold out one. :rolleyes:

  i didnt play the game to entertain people.
• karen lotz

  

  Glory Days;1094096 wrote:i didnt play the game to entertain people.

  
  I don't think anyone said they did. Its more fun and exciting to play in front of big crowds.
• Thinthickbigred

  like_that;1094094 wrote:Here is an example of what I am talking about with the bolded part:

  Your so sorry you never played anything the only thing you ever did was smoke weed and maybe sell a little You never were naybody and you never will be . Your weak . your not near as smart as you think so take another toke and sip some of your warm beer in your house that is 85 degrees . Your welfare check will be here in a week dont worry
• said_aouita

  

  karen lotz;1094099 wrote: Its more fun and exciting to play in front of big crowds.

  Not always in cross country but that sport is stupid anyways.