PSA: Booing is NOT okay
https://twitter.com/grant_newsome/status/906620103525101568
Hearing the Michigan 'faithful' boo today made me sick. Completely disappointed in that display of 'fandom'.
Expressing yourself by rolling your lips in just before forcing out your foul breath is not okay. If you are not willing to cheer and encourage your team on while they are not performing up to expectations, don't buy a ticket or go to the game. Just because you spend money on entertainment does not entitle you to act that way.
If you want someone to succeed, do you boo them to or do you encourage them to push through and persevere? People forget these are impressionable young men who hear that and are affected by it. Yes, they need to be able to play through adversity. Do you really want to be the cause of that? These players want to hear you cheering loud and proud. Do it.
The masses need to know this is not okay. Don't let anyone in your section get away with this without ridicule. This needs to stop now.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
you're part of the problem with that response
September 9th, 2017 at 6:07 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 9:20 PM ^
an osu fan??...... so i boo you .....
September 10th, 2017 at 6:51 PM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
Poster.
September 9th, 2017 at 9:38 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 10:06 PM ^
Pretty sure that was the exact point he was making.
You're out of your element Walter.
September 9th, 2017 at 7:43 PM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 9:35 AM ^
for a school where the fans never boo and never criticize the players or the coaches.
Right?
September 9th, 2017 at 6:43 PM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 6:59 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 7:02 PM ^
We don't believe you, you need more people.
September 9th, 2017 at 7:04 PM ^
You shall forever be known as LeBoo
September 9th, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 8:27 PM ^
"Hearing the Michigan 'faithful' boo today made me sick."
Aww ... you POOR thing!
Pompous so-and-so, aren't you?
September 10th, 2017 at 1:36 AM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 9:36 AM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 12:29 AM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 6:13 PM ^
And I boo at times. Yet I'm mostly friendly.
September 10th, 2017 at 1:16 AM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 7:18 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^
Booing aside, I'm averse to condescending posts like the one the OP wrote. I suspect many others are, too, based on the voting.
September 9th, 2017 at 8:55 PM ^
Ok....
September 9th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 5:29 PM ^
Were you all saying Boo or Boo-urns?
Booooooooooo!
*throws tomatoes*
*uses grappling gun to shoot himself to safety*
September 9th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 6:14 PM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 7:38 AM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
The only time that I can remember it being appropriate to boo in Michigan Stadium as a Michigan fan is when Shane Morris was put back in the game.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:39 PM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 5:27 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^
I don't believe the booing was at the players either, I believe it was at the clock management. Still inappropriate
September 9th, 2017 at 5:29 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 5:31 PM ^
That's why I said it was inappropriate. I feel like that level of basic analysis should be pretty much universally held.
September 9th, 2017 at 6:15 PM ^
Eh, in certain circumstances one can tell the boos are obviously for the coaching rather than the players. For example, deciding to punt rather than go for it on a close 4th on the opponent's end of the field--that will often get some boos. Same with taking multipe timeouts in a row. I give the players enough credit to recognize that. However, I grant that today, at least on TV, it definitely felt like some of the boos were directed at the play itself and the players.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:29 PM ^
Regardless of where the booing is directed, do you think that is accounted for when players hear that on the field?
September 9th, 2017 at 5:31 PM ^
No, and that is part of why I find it inappropriate
September 9th, 2017 at 7:06 PM ^
Is there a safe space for the players to go when/if they are booed? I don't think there is and this is inexcusable! This must be priority one.