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jayswin · 11-06-2006, 12:59 AM

Evening all, I just had a random thought after watching a video of some fans overseas.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pAcUAMiuRRE

When you see all the passion from fans in europe and around the world towards sports teams in Soccer, Rugby and other sports, it sends shivers down my spine. In Canada we are very passionate towards hockey, and it shows with the way people talk about their favorite teams, and how much fans care about the success of their teams. Occasionaly canadian hockey fans look out of control and show great organized passion at games IE: Oilers fans singing anthem together, Flames fans all wearing red without prompting or t-shirt giveaways.

So my question is: Why doesn't our passion translate into crazy chanting and cheering at our games? Why do soccer teams over seas attract thousnads of crazy fans, while our teams attract many business men that sem more interested in how they look, and talking on their phones, and many more fans that like to sit in silence for the most part.

I know many will say "we don't cheer during play because we're too busy watching the game", and that Soccer doesn't have a lot of action. But I like to cheer really hard the entire game, both during play and during stoppages, and I feel that most fans don't share the will to do this. I fel that there is enough passion for hockey in Canada for huge organized chants, and crazy color coordination and what not, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't happen here. Is it because hockey games are more like an 'entertaining night out' than a chance to cheer your heart out for your favorite team?

I know the answers to my question are probably pretty simple, but I just sometimes wonder how cool it would be to actually see something like the video I posted in this thread at a canadian hockey game. The best example is probably the Leafs, they have the largest following and some of the most passionate fans in the league, yet that somehow translates into rich people who have no interst in cheering at the games, buying a majority of the tickets. maybe that's the answer right there, but that still doesn't satisfy me. Rich business men obviously buy season tickets for the best seats for soccer games as well, but instead of sitting on their hands, they cheer their hearts out. In Canada, it seems that rich people buy seats because it's a sign of their wealth, well that's my opinion on those sapps anyways.

11-06-2006, 12:59 AM	#1
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	Why doesn't our passion show at games? Evening all, I just had a random thought after watching a video of some fans overseas. http://youtube.com/watch?v=pAcUAMiuRRE When you see all the passion from fans in europe and around the world towards sports teams in Soccer, Rugby and other sports, it sends shivers down my spine. In Canada we are very passionate towards hockey, and it shows with the way people talk about their favorite teams, and how much fans care about the success of their teams. Occasionaly canadian hockey fans look out of control and show great organized passion at games IE: Oilers fans singing anthem together, Flames fans all wearing red without prompting or t-shirt giveaways. So my question is: Why doesn't our passion translate into crazy chanting and cheering at our games? Why do soccer teams over seas attract thousnads of crazy fans, while our teams attract many business men that sem more interested in how they look, and talking on their phones, and many more fans that like to sit in silence for the most part. I know many will say "we don't cheer during play because we're too busy watching the game", and that Soccer doesn't have a lot of action. But I like to cheer really hard the entire game, both during play and during stoppages, and I feel that most fans don't share the will to do this. I fel that there is enough passion for hockey in Canada for huge organized chants, and crazy color coordination and what not, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't happen here. Is it because hockey games are more like an 'entertaining night out' than a chance to cheer your heart out for your favorite team? I know the answers to my question are probably pretty simple, but I just sometimes wonder how cool it would be to actually see something like the video I posted in this thread at a canadian hockey game. The best example is probably the Leafs, they have the largest following and some of the most passionate fans in the league, yet that somehow translates into rich people who have no interst in cheering at the games, buying a majority of the tickets. maybe that's the answer right there, but that still doesn't satisfy me. Rich business men obviously buy season tickets for the best seats for soccer games as well, but instead of sitting on their hands, they cheer their hearts out. In Canada, it seems that rich people buy seats because it's a sign of their wealth, well that's my opinion on those sapps anyways.