This is particularly relevant after the game I went to yesterday. Sydney Swans (my team!) lost to Carlton by 34 points after a slight improvement in the last quarter.
Now I don't want to go on and on about the game, but I would like to talk about good sportsmanship. Everyone wants their team to win but it just ain't gonna happen every round. So you do what a good fan does and come back next week ready to cheer and hope for the best. You might get a bit cranky, but you still cheer your team on until the end of the game. And if you win you celebrate, sure. You might gloat a little. But I really don't think you need to be mean about it. I don't think you need to boo the other team (whom you are beating by quite a lot) every time they take a shot on goal (and then laugh if they miss). I don't think you should laugh when your child says things like, "haha, suck it! You guys are suckers!" and "No one's ever gonna beat us!" for the entire game. I think there is such a thing as being a good winner. And a good looser.
Do you agree, or am I just being overly sensitive?
I agree. I found it really terrible the couple of times I've been to the AFL to hear the crowd boo-ing the opposite team. Didn't like it,
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