Sitting Down versus Standing Up

[Eja117]

Did anyone else think this was a bathroom question when you saw it? I was like "who the hell sits?" 

[vinnie]

To me it's a mob rule situation.  If the vast majority of the crowd is standing up, or the people in front of you are, it's time to stand up.  If you're the only one in your section standing up, I might get a little annoyed with you if I was sitting behind you.

That said, you gotta go with what you feel.  If you've got ants in your pants and you need to dance who's to stop you from cutting loose! (just don't blame the dude behind you if you're bugging him). 

The mob rule is why the Garden isn't as rocking as it should be. There are too many idiots at games who just don't know what's going on. The people around me last night stood and danced at timeouts, but when the game was tight, they sat firmly in their seats chatting or texting. Should I have followed their lead and only stood at the most inane time? Everyone at the Garden is a slave to the Jumbotron.

Not sure what games you have been attending.  As a season ticketholder, I can tell you that the Garden has been extremely loud through most of the playoffs.  Still has not reached the level of the 2002 comeback against Jersey, but it has been close a couple of times.  As for standing up, I agree with the mob rules.

I do agree with Pawtucket though on the people who stand up and dance during the timeouts, etc. and pay little or not attention to that game.  Unfortunately, that is why fans like us, who are at the games, have to put up with all of the crap that goes on at timeouts.  Drives me crazy.  Just play the games.

[bdm860]

Very interesting article I just read on yahoo.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Fans-are-asked-to-treat-Chiefs-games-like-bowlin?urn=nfl,91291

The Kansas City Chiefs have a "Fan Code of Conduct," which is essentially a list of rules that fans have to follow when they're attending a game at Arrowhead. In theory, it's not a bad idea, as you'd like your stadium to provide a friendly atmosphere for families and people who aren't drunken hooligans.

In practice, though, it might not be such a great idea, especially if the person responsible for coming up with the rules is an 85-year-old woman who teaches the 2nd grade and regards standing up as one of the evil things that young whippersnappers often do. Seriously, standing erect is the No. 2 item on the list of things that are prohibited:

• Standing and/or obstructing the view of other fans

Not only that, Pro Football Talk points out how seated fans can anonymously tattle on their upright counterparts:
The Chiefs also have set up a text-messaging system that allows fans who might be offended by behaviors like standing to report the situation to the powers-that-be.s

Now I mentioned early in this old thread that I'm not really down for people standing the whole game and at inappriapriote times (but there are plenty of appropriate times to stand don't get me wrong), and it would be nice just to send a text so you don't have to look like a jerk asking the guy in front of you to sit down, but this is way too extreme for me.  Also you know some fans will take it way too far.  And won't this be a complete drain on stadium personel?  Arrowhead Stadium seats 79,451, think how many texts the ushers (or whoever gets the texts) will get complaining about people standing?   They may need to double the ushering staff.