Sporting Events becoming Social Events

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Fun_dip

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Maybe this is just LA where the superficial live, but I'm going to assume it's bigger than that.

Yesterday I went to a LA Galaxy(MLS sucks I know) and some many people are fucking idiots trying to impress others by starting claps/chants. They don't care about the sport or the team, they just think it's cool to post pictures of themselves at a sporting event. I've had this at countless baseball games and a couple hockey ones as well. People in the USA are no longer true fans of their hometown team until they win something and even then they can't tell you anything other than the leading scorer or captain's name. People constantly take pictures of everything and are looking at their mobile more than the game they paid money to see.In large contrast I will watch foreign soccer, whether it be English, French, Spanish, Italian, etc.. and the team could not be the best and the fans will still fully support their team and be actively engaged with the game.

Bottom line, don't go to a sporting event if your don't care about the sport or team.
 
The Buffalo Bills...KNOWN for losing...

They went 6 and 10 last season.

Yet, their first three home games for this season sold out before the season even started.

Their home venue (The Ralph Wilson stadium) holds almost 74,000 people.

Need I say more
 
Went to a King's game and it was sold out weeks in advance. Bunch of phonies were still there. As I said maybe it's just LA.
 
Yes I've been to plenty and noticed it there. I am referring to professional sports where it's not cheap to go and the event is actually entertaining. Ever been to one of those?
 
I would rather watch a game at home than actually be present at the event mainly because of the reasons that you mentioned in the OP. Did anyone else notice that in the opening and closing ceremonies of the olympics, like 90% of the athletes and people walking out with them were all holding their iphones and video recording devices. They were all so eager to capture the moment via video, yet completely lacked any ambition to actually participate in the moment and take it all in. It was pretty much a bunch of people taking videos and pictures of other people taking videos and pictures.
 
I think it might be more prevalant in the MLS, I am seeing the same thing happen here with Sporting KC who I don't follow at all. it seems that pretending to like soccer is somehow tied into a weird euro/global sort of hipster image that certain people want to project. its cool to like it because its kind of obscure
 
who cares?

so what if they're just there to party or w/e. tailgating is the ONLY reason i ever attend football games. its fun as fuck and in the end they're still supporting your team

that stick in your butt, remove it
 
Definitely not in Seattle. Sounders games are rad, everybody is into it. If people around you aren't paying attention you're in a shitty section or you aren't drunk enough, otherwise you wouldn't notice you'd be yelling too loud
 
Of course they're social events...

They've always been. Tailgating is social, going to a ballgame with a bag of seeds and a buddy/date is social, they have always been social. Games are entertaining to watch and also give people stuff to talk about.
 
well the Sounders seem to be a model franchise of MLS so theres probably enough people in the area who actually like soccer to begin with buiying the tickets.

here it is people who have never played soccer, never been interested in soccer, likely don't know anything about the strategy of the game but like to dress up in scarves and stuff and sit in this section called 'the cauldron' where they do their best hooligan impressions. their 'passion' seems completely fake. even the team's name is a euro rip off.
 
Yeah Bills fans are true fans, that's a fact. I've always wondered if there will ever be a time when people can be called "bandwagon" bills fans. Maybe there were some back in the '90s, but I was too young to notice.
 
A large part of this is it being LA.

There is a reason why the second largest media market in America, the third largest economic center in the world and second most populated city in America does not even have an NFL team any longer. This is a metro area that has a long history of poor support for their sports teams.

That said, live viewing of sports games is LARGELY driven by the fact that it is a social event now. Fans attend games for the atmosphere and sharing the excitement of the game with thousands of others. Fans don't go to games as the principle way to view the game any longer as media coverage has become prevelant. The social event IS the reason to go to a game.
 
What I said is coming across wrong. I have no problem with people talking to each other, having fun or being drunk. What I am complaining about is people who go to games just to take pictures of themselves and to be able to tell others "I was at _____ sporting event. It was so fun"*aren't you jealous?*.
 
People in Philly know what's up too. Union games aren't as crazy as Sounders games, but the majority of people know what's going on and are cheering on the team. The Union suck, but people here still love the team. You can't drive around the city and the surrounding area without seeing Union bumper stickers everywhere.

DOOP
 
move to toronto.

pay $1000 to watch leafs game.

leafs loose 20-0.

repeat.

season, after season, after season.
 
Word. I fee llike a masochist every time I don the blue and white. There are no longer any bandwagon Leafs Fans, just the disgruntled many.
 
The Washington Redskins....KNOWN for losing...

They went 6 and 10 last season.

Yet, they have sold out THREE-HUNDRED AND NINETEEN games in a row.

their home stadium holds 92,000

holy fuck that took research
 
CAN YOU HEAR THE GALAXY SING

NOOOOO

NOOOOO

CAN YOU HEAR THE GALAXY SING

NOOOOO

NOOOOO

CAN YOU HEAR THE GALAXY SING

I DONT HEAR A FUCKING THING

SOUNDERS 4 LYF
 
also, IF I HAD THE WINGS OF AN EAGLE, IF I HAD THE ASS OF A CROW

ID FLY OVER L.A. TOMORROW

AND SHIT ON THOSE BASTARDS BELOW!!!

SHIT ON, SHIT ON, SHITT ON THOSE BASTARDS BELLOW US!!!!

COME ON DC SCORE A GOAL, ITS SO FUCKING EASY, PUT THE BALL INTO THE NET WELL GO FUCKING APESHIT

WERE ALL PART OF BENNY'S ARMY, WE ARE ALL OFF TO WIN THE LEAGUE

CUZ WERE GONNA ROUGH EM UP AND WELL REALLY FUCK EM UP

CUZ UNITED IS THE GREATEST FOOTBALL TEAM!!!

LA BARA BRAVA LA BARRA PUTA

LOS QUE NO SALTEN SON HIJOS DE PUTA!!

LA LA LA LA L AL LA LA LA AL AL ALA LA LA AL ALA LA LA AL ALA LA ALA POOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH OOOOOOOOOOH OHHHHHHHHHHHHO OHHHHHHHHH LALALALALALALALALALALALALA ALA L LA AL AL AL ALA LA ALA AL ALA

DC UNITED *raises arms* *claps*

i like the DC united
 
We came to drink, we came to sing whoa whoa

We came to drink, we came to sing whoa whoa

We came to drink, we came to sing ECS from one thirteen!

Whoa, ooohhh, oohh

Burn destroy wreck and kill whoa, whoa

Burn destroy wreck and kill whoa, whoa

Burn destroy wreck and kill, Seattle Sounders surely will!

Whoa, ooohhh, oohh

Emerald City we are here, whoa whoa

Emerald City we are here, whoa whoa

Emerald City we are here, supporting Sounders drinking beer!

Whoa, ooohhh, oohh

and my personal favorite is when an opposing player flops, the entire stadium chants "LET HIM DIE, LET HIM DIE"
 
I find sports funny. Now I used to follow them a lot more, and there are teams I root for but still. Some dude with a giant beer gut, that's never run 1/4 mile in his life, let alone played sports, reading up on teams like he's studying for some test, and then arguing with another fat man of equal athletic caliber is fucking retarded.

I love hearing fat people at the bar talking about their team, MY team, WE'RE getting, I scored. Lol, you can barely survive the walk from the fridge back to the couch. Please tell me more about your incredible athleticism and all you do to basically carry your team every year.

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Also drinking some of the worlds shittiest beer prices at double what their worth simply because they advertise through billboards, commercials, and sporting events and you're to stupid not to blindly absorb everything that's put in front of you.

BOOM
 
^I agree with everything you said.Food prices/beer are ridiculous. A cup of beer was $8.50 at the Galaxy game. The smallest/shittiest cotton candy I've ever seen was $5. Only food I buy at sporting events is a Dodger dog and occasionally an ice cream.
 
I definitely see some of this at Real Salt Lake games, Although the mexican supporters groups counter it nicely. Looking forward to going up to Seattle for the RSL game and seeing what the atmosphere is like at CenturyLink.
 
5 chicks sitting in a circle in the student section at the Utah Byu game this year.. all on their iphones showing each other pictures on facebook.. this may be more woman logic but why were they there??
 
by "leafs fans" ill naturally assume you mean...

of all the people at the leafs game.

20% actual fans.

70% business men or clients who coincidentally cant name a single player on the team.

10% mlse employees.
 
OH EM GEE

But seriously I hate that shit. I've been at shows where it was in one of those beautiful serene moments where the music was just perfect, just mellowed out to that perfect bliss, and there a few girls talking/ yelling at each other and looking at facebook pictures. Or taking pictures and adding them to facebook and having a convo about captions or something dumb.

Makes me want to punt a cunt. Why the fuck did you waste your money to go to the show? Can we get designated areas where those people can chat about facebook and the rest of the people can just enjoy the music. The next bitch that shouts to her friend during the slave or divided sky jams is done.

/rant
 
Its kind of like that at the Chicago Fire games. They had a good idea, they put all the people that do that stuff in an area called "Section 8". The way that they get them all in there is they give it out to a seperate "section 8" club to sell the tickets at a lower price. You wouldnt go if your old though because you have to stand the whole time and everyone is pissed drunk.
 
Nah I think that's just jock kids. All the jocks in my high school went through a phase of trying to start a slow clap or whatever any time anything happened. One kid would start doing it and all the others would just be like herp derp broooooooo slooooooow clap slooooow clap braaaahhhhhh.
 
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everything about the MLS is just awful.

Baseball games are, and always have been social get togethers until the playoffs simply because while the outcomes do matter in the end, losing a game in may doesn't seem that bad. Plus there's a bit of downtime.

Compare it, for example, to european soccer leagues. 45 minutes of action, 15 minutes to get food/drink/piss, and another 45 minutes. Done. Plus in most top leagues, the champion can come down to something as basic as scoring fewer goals over the course of the entire season, and losing 4+ matches is considered the end of your title hope.
 
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