[Daniel Brim]

Alright, time for an anecdote! (woo)

Last year, when I went to championships, my body was falling apart. My knees were going out and I had lost 30 pounds in the six weeks prior. Needless to say, I was a mess.

Granted, I was in the pits most of the time, but when I was in the stands, I wanted to sit down and relax with my team and not have to worry about things. If a team stood up in front of me, I found that highly irritating and I tried to ask them to sit down. To do this it involved standing up, walking down stairs, talking to a mentor, walking up stairs (which was highly painful) and sitting down again. Why do all of that when a team can be courteous and just sit down during a match? If an arena was meant for standing, there would be no seats. I can understand and respect (and I did this year) standing to applaud, but during matches, it just seems like common courtesy to sit down.

My $0.02

-Daniel