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10th August 2011

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Bad Language at Sports Stadiums

Is it acceptible?

I watch Rugby League. Rugby League (RL) at St Helens, to be exact. Our crowds are more vocal that any other fan-base in the League. Some teams chant their team-name over and over, but St Helens (SAINTS) have a long history of making songs, not just for the team and our own players, but the opposing team and players, too.

Enough with the history, now the question. Should swearing in songs at sporting events be acceptable?

At the likes of Wimbledon, no. It’s full of southern-jessies drinking pimms. Tennis is a game for royalty, celebrity and pussies.

For followers of RL and soccer, I think we can get away with it. To a point. Kids understand bad language, these are the times we live in. Though we (or most of us) wouldn’t shout “Fuck Off’ in front of our kids in the street, the high spirits of a fast-paced game kind of let us get away with it. It’s us against them. They don’t like us, we don’t like them.

For the record, I’m not talking Hooliganism, here. Just regular fans enjoying RFL, NRL, AFL. Oh, and soccer *smirks*

When ten thousand supporters call Kevin Sinfield a cunt, it could be mistaken for blatant hatred.

What if it’s sung to the tune of Oh My Darling Clementine? Now it’s starting to take on a jovial feeling.

Kid’s can handle that. You can see they actually find it amusing. Yes, there is a chance they’ll take it out into the real world, but it’s up to the parents to explain it’s ‘stadium-language’ only.

Parents who can’t should go to Wimbledon with the rest of the pussies.

There’s a time and place for everything, letting a player know he’s got a fat head is okay, pointing out he’s a prick because of the colour of his skin or sexual orientation is not okay. Go do that at home with your retarded mates.

In conclusion, cos i don’t know how to wrap this up, keep racism away from the terraces, and if you want to point out one of the opposition might have been bummed in a prison shower, put it to a nice tune. Keep the IDEA of threatening behavior away from the kids, not the language. Being around bad language is just another way for a kid to enjoy the atmosphere. If they do take it out, it will only be to explain to their mates at school just how much they enjoyed themselves.

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