Anyone in Hanover able to give some on site reportage on the apparent "slurs" dropped by Dartmouth fans at the Harvard squash match?
In 2004, I was subject to similar treatment at our regular season match against Penn, something I no doubt encouraged as the match went on by throwing in a few fist pumps and wearing my purtiest pink bandana. Turns out the playoffs that year were at Penn as well so I took the opportunity to exact some revenge on the gallery-- not by winning but by being ejected after tossing my racquet such that it flew up into the audience and struck a young girl in the face. Take THAT, homophobes!
UPDATE: At first glance this seems to be quite the weak sauce-- one of the Jewish Harvard players is objecting to it being pointed out that he was being "bagel-ed." Having been "triple-bageled" on more occasions than I care to divulge, I can say the only slur intended was against this wanker's poor play, not his ethnic/religious heritage. Christ on a friggin hippo, that is lame...
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What about all the c_ _ _ sucker and f_ _ comments? Did they really call female fans whores?
It seems a little much, even for those mustachioed, casually coiffed AD folks.
I had no idea squash matches got so heated. Or that there were spectators...
What does being "bagel'ed" mean?
My sports lingo is pretty limited.
bagel=zero=being shut out in the match or game or set=golden shrub
i agree with MLR a bit...seems like some excess. I like yelling and hooting at opposing teams, but while seated alongside the harvard parents and calling the female players "sluts"?...that seems rough.
Well, are the girls actually sluts? I mean, we can't really judge unless someone knows the Harvard girls in question and can vouch for their prude-ness, right? :) kidding, kidding.
The heckling didn't bother me in this as much as the Harvard kid who tried to cover up his crappy playing by crying foul bagel slang usage. People are hyper-sensitive now a days.
People heckle at games- in any sport- what's the big deal? Maybe the Harvard parents just needed to get involved a little bit more. My teammate's dad would yell out during our games all sorts of random phrases, like: "Pimp slap those b--ches!" "We love you more when you score!" and, one of my all time favorites, "Kate Spade bags for everyone if you win!"* It became a competition to see who could have the most asinine one-liner at a DI women's lacrosse game. None of it made any sense but it was all in good fun and the other teams' fans (parents included) thought it was great that we had such fired up fans.
*Yes, he did stay true to his word. Nothing goes better with a Patriot League title then a new Kate Spade bag.
waka waka
The fans at our club tennis matches were pretty subdued. That said, our opponents often could be seen lounging by the courts smoking cigarettes before the match.
"Kate Spade bags for everyone" = ok
vs.
"Slut"/"Fag"/"Pimp slap those bitches" = not ok
Less importantly, funny vs. not funny.
Hot off the blitzmail presses: Blitz from the soccer team to all student-athletes for forming a committee to discuss heckling.
AOG = worst
Hi Angry Anon- I missed you too.
Nope, that's a different one. Original is here, and still in love with your conservative self just as much as ever. Loved your intro, no kidding needed. Take her to bed Arod, or lose her forever.
People are FINALLY talking sense about this. People need to grow up. If you've ever been to a Boston sporting event wearing ANY other jersey, your experience would be 50 times worse than the good old-fashioned rivalry at the squash event. Would that warrant an alarmist Valley News piece too? These people are children.
- sasha
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