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Originally Posted by Greg Needel
What ever happened to "If it's too loud then you are too old"
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I'm 19, hardly "too old".
I work the sound equipment at my church, which means occasionally going down to the band area during songs. It's not nearly the level that FIRST events are at, but it's loud. Now I don't have to subject myself to this for three days over periods of 6 hours or so. If I were, I'm sure I'd have to make a case to the church/band leaders to bring down the noise. But because it's less than 2-hours worth of noise once a week, I can take the beating.
If I go to an Indians game: #1, they don't have huge 6-feet speakers next to the cheese pretzel concession stand. #2, I'm not subjected to
nearly the same amount of noise that I do if I'm sitting in the stands of a FIRST event.
As mentioned multiple times earlier in this thread, not every event has this sound problem, so to others, this may seem like it's being taken overboard. There are things like acoustics and amount of space and whatnot to take into consideration at each venue, and because of that, we can't expect the same sound levels to work everywhere.
Now maybe trying to compare this to OSHA standards won't work because this is not a work place per se, but I really think this is the same concept. We want a safe "workplace" so that we can all go home in the same physical condition (maybe better due to the excitement and energy) that we came with. I play games, so I like my hearing.
I really don't think this is being blown out of proportion at all.