Sitting down during matches

[Mr MOE]

I know that MOE has been a "stand up and cheer team" many times. Generally, we do what others have mentioned, stand and cheer during intros and sit down during the match. If something great happens on the field, we might do an "unplanned stand." It doesn't have to be positive either. Last year, our bot, DynaMOE, tipped over a few times over the course of the season. I have video of some of our team members standing up suddenly when that happened. [Blocked the video of the field, too] People are human and will do these things.

I totally agree that standing during a match blocks others' view and should not happen. I also realize that when teams go to events, they gather team groupies that support the team, but are not team members. We try to educate team members on what we expect, but usually do not have the opportunity to train parents, family members, etc.

So, I agree that we all should sit down. As has been suggested here, if teams do stand, let's try to politely, but sternly let them know why it is important for everyone that we are all sitting during a match.

Thanks for starting the thread. Just don't get me started about saving seats!