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Originally Posted by Tiki
I find that people tend to stand up at the most inopportune times, such as when a robot is about to cap a goal or when the scores are displayed. If you are smart enough to build a robot (although on some teams the kids dont), then you are smart enough to realize when to sit down. Some other teams had an OD on stupid pills or something because they were not courteous at all to anyone sitting behind them or anyone. Ive even told a few people to get out of the way when i was trying to walk down the stairs in the arena, its as if peoples minds freeze during matches, in a time of stupidity or not.
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If you too are smart enough to build a robot, aren't you smart enough to realize that if you stand up and cheer too you can see above them?
I think standing and cheering for anything and everything is great. Sure there may be people who can't see around you, but you do have an opportunity to get up and move, since you didn't pay for your seat. While I was in FIRST for my 4 years we were always encouraged to stand up and cheer for other teams, heck most of the time we have very good friends on those teams. While in high school I had never attended a college level sports event, now that I'm a sophomore in college I can say that I've attended 95% of all of my school's (Purdue) football and basketball games. I can not remember once sitting down during the entire length of a football game, and only recently during basketball season (due to a very disturbed student section).
If you're not willing to show your support for other teams by standing up and applauding/cheering during the awards and matches what is the point of even showing up? You can stay at home and watch the matches over NASA TV in a very comfortable chair.