My issue isn't really with fans who stand up. Fans should cheer for their team in a matter that they feel most comfortable. If that means standing up, so be it. However, other fans have the right to watch the game and you can't watch a game through other people's bodies. That said, my issue is not so much with fans who have come to a game to sit on their backsides.
My issue is with fans who sit and do little or no cheering for their team. Those are the fans I don't care for. Doesn't matter whether they are fellow fans of my favorite team or fans of the opposing team. Make noise. Provide your share of vocal encouragement for your team. Doesn't require yelling for 60 minutes if that's not who you are. Try 30 minutes. 15 minutes. Shoot. One minute of hollering 'LET'S GO DEFENSE' when it's third down. Say something! Otherwise, I don't really feel empathetic seeing anyone frown because all they're doing all game long is staring at someone else's butt cheeks for several hours.
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Have you been to Jerry World?
Between the plays they crank up the music to the point you can't hear the crowd. You can't even hear yourself scream. Obviously, when the play starts they have to turn it off, but it's on longer than it's off.
It's like standing next to a Jet Engine that is on 40 seconds of every minute and you get 20 seconds of that minute to make noise. At some point you figure out that regardless of how much noise you and the rest of the crowd makes, that you sound quiet compared to the time that the Jet Engine (music) is on. Eventually you feel deflated and give up.
In college games you could close your eyes and still feel the highs and lows of the game based on the crowd noise. At a Cowboys game in Jerry World, you would have no idea what is going on if you closed your eyes other than thinking your at a really bad rock concert but louder.
I sat right in front of the main speaker at a Metallica concert that was reported to be the loudest sound system ever on tour at the time. It was quiet compared to Jerry's sound system.
