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 8:55 PM ^
People who say "safe space" on the internet are so tough.
September 9th, 2017 at 11:05 PM ^
People that call out internet tough guys are also tough
September 9th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^
Fans are allowed to express their opinion. Especially paying fans. Not booing isn't going to magically change the product on the field. I guess you have a problem with UCLA fans booing their team last week before they came back and won.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:30 PM ^
And booing is supposed to magically change the product on the field?
September 9th, 2017 at 5:36 PM ^
Not at all. But somebody has to let them know that the product on the field is unacceptable.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:45 PM ^
What do you think coaches do?
September 9th, 2017 at 5:56 PM ^
Call stupid timeouts?
September 9th, 2017 at 7:04 PM ^
Not sure, but I sure hope they do nothing to hurt the players' feelings!
September 9th, 2017 at 7:20 PM ^
Eighteeen-to-twenty-two year old kids playing for your school. Be a stupid consumer elsewhere. D*ckheads who were slobbering over Harbaugh yesterday are booing today because the team isn't killing the opponent by a sufficient margin; weak as chihuahua sh*t.
September 9th, 2017 at 6:02 PM ^
If you want to boo, go to a Lions game. These are not pros.
September 9th, 2017 at 6:57 PM ^
pros has nothong to do with it. if you want all the great things that come with playing the game, you have to take the bad. people acting like you cant boo is stupid. god forbid someone gets their feelings hurt.
September 9th, 2017 at 7:38 PM ^
This helps prepare them for the pros.
September 9th, 2017 at 7:16 PM ^
On one hand, I agree with the spirit of your statement that kids shouldn't get booed. On the other, I feel like without fans voicing their displeasure, we'd still have Dave Brandon and Rich Rod. The fact is they're kids playing college football and that means something. I think people should be more forgiving than they might be of a pro team. Booing someone because they're not talented or experienced enough I think is not good,, but booing a lack of effort is fair game.
September 9th, 2017 at 7:16 PM ^
They aren't pros but they are pretty damn close. Free tuition, room and board, special training facilities, tutors, libraries and food service all at a level a paying student would kill for but aren't allowed to have. Plus, all the glory and trappings that come with it when they win. Well, there's a flip side to that coin.....when you fuck up you hear about it. Just like everyone else in the real world.
September 10th, 2017 at 2:28 AM ^
When you, or I fuck up you hear about it from your partner, boss, or family members. Not some random person you have never seen.
That is not an apples to apples comparison.
September 10th, 2017 at 10:40 AM ^
That's because they aren't interested in watching me do my job. Now, if they want to pay me (even indirectly) for that right, have at it.
September 9th, 2017 at 8:18 PM ^
Along those lines, former Marquette basketball coach Al McGuire--during his stint as a commentator for NBC--said that amateurs should never be booed. I think he was right under most circumstances. (An exception: commiting a penalty by conduct that endangers the health of another player.)
September 9th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^
BOOOOOOOOOO. You make me sick.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^
Boooooooo
September 9th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^
Boo this man!
September 9th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^
You can express yourself however you want.
If the booing bothers you as an athlete, you may want to reconsider your career.
September 9th, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
You mean they may want to reconsider their "student athleticism."
Thanks,
The Cartel
September 9th, 2017 at 6:51 PM ^
They're college athletes. This isn't their career.
September 9th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^
lol... how many michigan football players come to Michigan with no dreams of making it their career? This is essentially the paid internship part of their career (yes, paid, when food, lodging, clothing and some spending money is all provided).
September 9th, 2017 at 8:26 PM ^
They're not NFL players at this point, and ignoring the difference is rather silly. Most college players--even at football schools like Michigan--won't move up to the pros.
September 9th, 2017 at 8:45 PM ^
Some but not all. Irregardless, calling them playing college football their career is just fucking stupid.
September 9th, 2017 at 10:28 PM ^
BOOOOO!!!
September 10th, 2017 at 9:57 PM ^
I don't think interns should be booed either.
September 9th, 2017 at 6:55 PM ^
you have to boo student-athletes, you may want to reconsider your hobby.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:29 PM ^
Dumb thread. Grow a pair and deal with it. I hear far worse things at a game than booing. Go find your safe space.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:36 PM ^
Safe space has nothing to do with this. Go boo someone you care about next time they mess up. That will really make them fix everything.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:43 PM ^
I don't boo as a general rule but you're whining about is pathetic. I don't hear you telling people not to swear. So that's cool but don't boo. The delicate flowers might hear you. GTFO
September 9th, 2017 at 5:45 PM ^
Negative reinforcement works all the time. This is a simple law of performance. If you don't fear failure you will never succeed. Having 110,000 people remind you that your performance matters is a hell of a motivator. But for you, I'll save your participation trophy in the back of my car.
September 9th, 2017 at 7:03 PM ^
Freud.
September 9th, 2017 at 8:02 PM ^
You are welcome! Now stop masturbating to your mom. It'll make you go blind.
September 9th, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
Actually Skinner, but close enough and dont even get me started on the positive punishment versus negative reinforcement angle...
September 9th, 2017 at 6:58 PM ^
it's become a shield for lousy behavior. Just be decent human being, and don't blame others for pointing out when you're not.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:29 PM ^
I am an alum. I work for a living. I paid for that ticket to the stadium today. However I wish to react to each play is entirely up to me. I have the right to boo. Why? BECAUSE I PAID FOR THAT DAMN SEAT. I earned the right to boo.
Want to see less booing? Harbaugh needs to get the O-line and Speight to play to their full potential. Until then, let the booing continue. I guarantee Harbaugh heard it. I guarantee Harbaugh will remember it during practice this week.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:29 PM ^
What about booing coaches and crappy click management?
September 9th, 2017 at 7:33 PM ^
Me opening this thread was crappy click management.
September 9th, 2017 at 8:02 PM ^
Ask Antonio Cromartie about crappy d**k management.
September 9th, 2017 at 8:30 PM ^
Lloyd Carr deemed that much more acceptable than booing the players, back when he was coaching.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:30 PM ^
when I boo, it is specifically directed at the millionaire coaches and not the kids playing, so it's ok.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:30 PM ^
People weren't booing the team, they were booing the bad play calling. And the terrible roughing the passer call.
September 9th, 2017 at 6:55 PM ^
That was a good call. Gary left his feet and hit the qb late. You can't do that.
September 9th, 2017 at 7:05 PM ^
His feet. Was it late? Maybe but that goes uncalled all the time. bang bang. Wasn't surprised it was called but wouldn't have been surprised if it hadn't been called.
September 9th, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
He left his feet.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:30 PM ^
They're adults. The team played poorly. They can take it.