Good Game Cougars, it was a close one, and a great one to watch at that. However, there is one thing I would like to touch upon that was not met at that game; Sportsmanship. Today, while sitting with the rest of the softball girlies, we got to hear two sets of W&J fans the entire game. Not only were they throwing fits about a majority of the calls, but also did not know basic rules of the game.
"Sportsmanship is a set of behaviors to be exhibited by student-athletes, coaches, game officials, administrators and fans in athletics competition. These behaviors are based on values, including respect, civility, fairness, honesty and responsibility." Today, that was not met by these fans who could not help but to voice their opinion on every call, pass, basket, or team player who stepped onto the court. It is fans like these who give our college athletics a bad name. It is fans who cannot even support their own team without making excuses the entire game that make the viewing expirience for others rather unpleasant.
I would like to thank everyone who did support their team without yelling at the ref every single call, or yelling out "three seconds" everytime a cougar got the ball.
Lastly, good job to the refs. They followed one of the first rules of basic Refereeing which is used no matter what the sport. Don;t let the fans get to you, and if you Dont/Do call something, you keep Not calling/calling that same act, no matter which team has the ball. If not, then you are being unfair. It's like in softball, if a low outside pitch is not a strike for one team, then that same low outside pitch is not a strike for the other team.
Yours Truly
Laurel Lee
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