Comments on: SEC Limits South Carolina Rooster Crows

By: Ugh

Ugh — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:59:46 +0000

You want energy, get ahead of the visiting team.

Yeah. Last Wizards game I went to they played a dreadful first quarter and no amount of techno music was going to get the crowd back up. But when they eventually caught up and took the lead, everyone was jazzed. The NBA used to have a rule of no music during play, IIRC, but it got violated so many times I think they gave up on it.

Also, I went to a few games back in the old Chicago Stadium, and the crowd was plenty fired up without all the nonsense (though having MJ helped, of course).

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:46:36 +0000

Cuban knows more about running a basketball operation than I do. I know *I* find it damned annoying, though, to have all the blaring. You want energy, get ahead of the visiting team.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:43:23 +0000

My favorite is the Panther growl after a tackle. It seems especially appropriate after stopping the guy for only a 13 yard gain.

By: Sean Hackbarth

Sean Hackbarth — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:32:53 +0000

Next, could the NFL ban the Vikings' obnoxious blaring horn they pump through the Metrodome?

By: talboito

talboito — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:26:57 +0000

The NBA isn't in the Basketball business. It is in the entertainment business. Read Mark Cuban sometime about "silent nights". People complained there wasn't enough "energy" in the arena. So he turned the noise back on.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:50:01 +0000

I think it only stops when the Wizards are shooting free throws.

But remember - we get that jingle if they make it!

By: Ugh

Ugh — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:37:13 +0000

Still, I must say that artificial noise during athletic games is one of my pet peeve as a fan.

Amen to that. I second Mark's comments on the Wizards game, nonstop noise before, during, and after play. I can't have a conversation with the person next to me. I think it only stops when the Wizards are shooting free throws.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:34:03 +0000

When I saw this headline I thought SEC stood for Securities and Exchange Commission. LOL.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:21:18 +0000

Yeah, one pet peeve I always had about Wizards games is when the other team has the ball on offense, the speakers blare out "DEFENSE" and we get all the graphics on the scoreboards all around the arena.

And then the music that is played when the Wizards are on offense. It would not hurt to tone it down a bit...