The Fans at Utah State are questionable during basketball games. The Statesman was looking for two people with opposing opinions on the issue. I am a rare student to find in that I think our fans are out of control and need to change their cheers. This piece I wrote was published Monday January 12, 2009 in the UtahStatesman.
Utah State Basketball Fans Lack Class
“You suck, you suck, you suck…” is chanted by hundreds of USU student fans each basketball game as they try to tear down the opposing team. Talking to other students, I have heard everything from these chants are totally awesome to they are rude, yet funny.
When I attend Utah State Basketball games you will not find me standing in the heart of the student section and you will not hear me chanting any of these nasty cheers. This is not because I am not proud to be an Aggie or that I don’t support the basketball team, but it’s because I will not stoop to the low level of sportsmanship in which our fans seem to share.
Sportsmanship is a level of character for everybody involved in a game: athletes, coaches, officials and fans. The basketball team and coaches have good sportsmanship and represent Utah State University very well and I am sure they are a respected team in the league because they could put anybody up to a good challenge. But when somebody does not want to come to our campus because of the way our fans treat the other team, I think we have gone too far.
Have you ever thought that every cheer that is being chanted negatively towards the other team can be chanted right back at our own team at some point in the game? The cheers are hypocritical. Every time an Aggie shoots an air-ball I feel like yelling “air-ball, air-ball, air-ball.” Why undermine the other team when we are just as guilty? It’s not classy and students look like idiots.
Being on that court can be stressful and it wares on one mentally, physically and emotionally. All of you students who have been athletes at some point in life or another, think back to when you may have had a bad game. Weren’t you glad to hear your team and fans cheering you on and building you up, trying to send you the vibes of their energy and team spirit.
The USU basketball team is not perfect and definitely can use work in some areas. So as students why don’t we just put all of our energy into our own team? Who cares if the other team sucks, let’s not waste our breath. Let’s chant positive things to our own team and just leave the other team out of it.
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