Originally posted by: ShadyCambo
Date: October 15, 2008 at 01:24 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/booing-in-america-but-not-japan.6614/
Brick said:
ShadyCambo said:
Brick said:
You can tell the "fans" who have never participated in a combat sport in their lives. Just look for the booing. ?
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Here we go again, it was only a matter of time before someone brought up the "you don't train, you don't know s**t" argument
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Please don't misrepresent my argument. I never said that those who don't train don't know s**t...in fact, in other threads I have made arguments to the contrary, pointing out that people like Bob Costas can be great NFL announcers, etc. My complaint is not with analysis and commentary from those who don't train, which is appropriate, but with booing, which is not.
ShadyCambo said:
Would you not have booed Kalib Starnes?
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No I would not have booed Kalib Starnes, but I certainly understand why those who would boo him do so. That is an extreme example (an ultra-extreme one at that) and I don't think you will find many who have a problem with the boos thrown at Starnes. If we were talking about booing during an event like that, or during something like Arlovski/Sylvia III, then there probably would not be much disagreement.
But you know damn well that booing starts flowing even when the two fighters are bringing it any time there is a momentary lull in the action. That crap makes my physically angry when I'm at an event an it occurs. It shows a total lack of understanding of the effort being undertaken by the participants, hence my comment that those who train/fight generally don't boo. Watch most of the CA events for an example of what I am talking about...first round of the first fight, you are almost sure to hear the idiots in the crowd booing regardless of the circumstances if it hits the ground or if someone doesn't throw a punch for five seconds or so.
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If you are attending an event, you have the right to boo whenever you feel like it. That's my point. You don't have the right throw things, jump railings and cause a disturbance, but booing is just an expression of dissappointment. If you don't like what you see, whether you understand it or not, you are still a paying customer and allowed to express your displeasure through booing. If hearing people boo makes you physically upset than maybe you need anger management. There is nothing wrong with a crowd that boos, in America a quiet crowd is worse than a booing crowd because a queit crowd shows a total disinterest.
