Upon the release of recent video clips of the Knicks-Bulls game when Antonio Davis entered the stands to protect his wife, a reoccurring probing question entered my mine. When did cheering at games become the wrong thing to do?
I know it didn't happen recently, because during my senior year of college a friend and I would travel to several of the Nebraska Men's Basketball away games, and time and time again we were told to sit down and shut up. As far as we were concerned it was no big deal, we were at a sporting event, not the opera and that's what you do at sporting events is cheer. But then the angry fans called security and they threatened to remove us if we did not quit standing up and cheering on our beloved Huskers. This happened at K-State, Oklahoma and Colorado, and the Oklahoma game we were losing.
So I understand when Mrs. Davis stood up and gave him the one for. Clinton Portis's mom took a similar stance, when, while playing in Philadelphia a Phili fan poured beer on her, while wearing her son's jersey, and she stood up and punched him. Unfortunately, I was working for the University during the times I was threatened with ejection so I could not react, but these women exuberate power once only allowed to men. Finally, fans are taking a stand for well, standing.
It's true some will read this and condemn me for congratulating these women, but maybe it's those people who need to sit down and shut up.
