Last night I went to the Greyhound game with Jane. We sat in section 107 and immediately noticed a guy sitting near us wearing a Greyhound jersey, goalie helmet and he was carrying a homemade sign attached to two hockey sticks. My first thought? How awesome is this guy? Because someone who does that is a pretty passionate fan.
Seeing as the Greyhounds lost to Plymouth the previous night 8-1, I’d say the team needs all the support they can get. People are losing faith in this team fast and it’s nice to see some enthusiasm.
Apparently the employees of the Essar Centre don’t feel the same way.
When the Greyhounds scored, this guy would stand up and wave his sign. Never during the play - only when the whistle was blown and the play was stopped. He stood up for maybe 3 or 4 seconds each time. An older man and woman sitting about 5 rows back were angry about this. He apparently was blocking their view. Of what? - I haven’t figured that part out yet. Their first course of action? To throw their garbage at him. Can you believe that? I was appalled. But that didn’t slow the guy down and he ignored them. Good for him. So then this couple complained to staff at the arena. The woman who was working in our section come down to tell him to stop.....cheering for the team....?
In between periods I noticed the lovely, mature couple go and complain further. I’m sure they failed to mention that they threw garbage. Another staff came to reprimand this super fan. This time it was the Marketing and Events Assistant of the Essar Centre. Really?? Let’s reiterate that he never blocked anyone’s view during the actual game. We should only wish we had more people as enthusiastic and supportive as this guy. I’d love to see an arena full of signs, costumes and screaming fans. But no - we have a quiet arena full of old people complaining and throwing garbage at each other. Hasn’t anyone seen European soccer? Have you been to an NHL game? People full of enthusiasm with signs and body paint all over the place. It’s awesome.
But our fans can’t handle a sign and the staff are called in. Even worse, the staff scold the fan.
Disgusting? Wrong? Not sure what word I'm looking for here...How about embarrassing?
4 comments:
you should send your post to the Sault Star letters to the editor....
I agree... send it in and see what they say. The Sault could use a little excitement ;)
That is exactly the comment that I was going to make - you should send it in as a letter to the editor....
Yes! Send a letter to the Star. That's really sad. Some people just crave indignation.
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