Have fun in the stands
I’ve been reading a lot not only in the local newspapers, but a certain web site as well, about fan conduct at basketball games this season.
Earlier in the year, a couple of student sections were cleared out at games because of bad behavior.
Last week, Sunday News staff writer Mike Gross wrote an article about the sportsmanship of fans throughout the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
There were a number of incidents mentioned in the story, including some chants at the last Columbia and Lancaster Catholic game.
I’ve been to gyms all over the Lancaster-Lebanon League, the state and District 3. It wasn’t that long ago that Trinity played Sto-Rox in the state finals, where the fans emptied onto the floor at the Giant Center because of a brawl.
I thought then and still think to this day, that both teams could have been striped of their medals. But, it didn’t happen.
So why am I writing this now and why have I written about this in the past. Well, first off there’s a big game on Monday night and it was mentioned in Gross’ article about how that other school meets with its students about sportsmanship. I will not comment on that.
Then, I’ve been reading about problems over at Manheim Township, where the school is taping the student sections. I understand Hempfield does the same.
I know the L-L League, just like District 3 and the PIAA have sportsmanship policies in place.
I can remember last year at Pequea Valley, complaining about the conduct of their students and nothing was done.
My feeling is and always will be, that is a policy exists, it need sto be enforced equally at every school and not enforced by what school is visiting. It shouldn’t be up to the schools to pick and choose what part of the policy they want to enforce.
It’s almost to me like how different some officials officiate during the regular season and in the playoffs.
Poor sportsmanship has filtered down to the youth level.
I guess what I’m trying to say that fans need to be on their best behavior and not try to bring attention to their schools. That’s how schools get bad reputations.
Schools should also promote in the right way of how the student bodies get involved in the right way.
I think video taping of fans, at the high school level, is a little too much. But selective enforcement of sportsmanship policies isn’t the right answer either.
Let’s keep it clean Monday night and enjoy the biggest game of the season!
Earlier in the year, a couple of student sections were cleared out at games because of bad behavior.
Last week, Sunday News staff writer Mike Gross wrote an article about the sportsmanship of fans throughout the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
There were a number of incidents mentioned in the story, including some chants at the last Columbia and Lancaster Catholic game.
I’ve been to gyms all over the Lancaster-Lebanon League, the state and District 3. It wasn’t that long ago that Trinity played Sto-Rox in the state finals, where the fans emptied onto the floor at the Giant Center because of a brawl.
I thought then and still think to this day, that both teams could have been striped of their medals. But, it didn’t happen.
So why am I writing this now and why have I written about this in the past. Well, first off there’s a big game on Monday night and it was mentioned in Gross’ article about how that other school meets with its students about sportsmanship. I will not comment on that.
Then, I’ve been reading about problems over at Manheim Township, where the school is taping the student sections. I understand Hempfield does the same.
I know the L-L League, just like District 3 and the PIAA have sportsmanship policies in place.
I can remember last year at Pequea Valley, complaining about the conduct of their students and nothing was done.
My feeling is and always will be, that is a policy exists, it need sto be enforced equally at every school and not enforced by what school is visiting. It shouldn’t be up to the schools to pick and choose what part of the policy they want to enforce.
It’s almost to me like how different some officials officiate during the regular season and in the playoffs.
Poor sportsmanship has filtered down to the youth level.
I guess what I’m trying to say that fans need to be on their best behavior and not try to bring attention to their schools. That’s how schools get bad reputations.
Schools should also promote in the right way of how the student bodies get involved in the right way.
I think video taping of fans, at the high school level, is a little too much. But selective enforcement of sportsmanship policies isn’t the right answer either.
Let’s keep it clean Monday night and enjoy the biggest game of the season!
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