Every sport needs fans cheering at
their competitions. Having no fans at an event makes the people competing very
upset. They are representing your school and they deserve fans out there
cheering them on. Even just attending an event would help the players. Some
schools don’t even have a crowd in the bleachers and some schools have every
row filled up in the bleachers. It is kind of sad going to a game and seeing no
one there supporting them.
I am currently in two sports and
have experienced many different crowds the past few years. Whenever we play
Xavier, Washington, and Jefferson there is always a large crowd in the stands.
That is mostly because they are our rival schools. All of the other games we
don’t have as many students in the gym. Some games we only have one or two rows
filled. When we only have one or two rows filled it is very upsetting. It makes
you not want to go to other events and cheer them on.
I would have to say we have more
fans at volleyball matches than our girls’ basketball games. Some games for
basketball, we wont even have one student their supporting us. When the boys
have basketball games everyone goes to them. Even when they are away and us
girls are home; students still go to the boy’s away game. That hurts us even
more because students don’t even come to our home games to watch us.
I know that there is a way to fix
all of this and it has been brought up before. The administrators say that it
will most likely not happen but I don’t understand why. I will explain this
marvelous idea in another blog. But really, no athlete likes to play in front
of no one. They want someone to perform for and they want people cheering them
on.
Also I am not a swimmer but I know
that swimming here at Kennedy does not have many fans that attend their meets.
I bet that is very frustrating on the swimmers because they are performing for
just their parents. Obviously every student would appreciate their parents
being there for every one of their events but its not the same when you have
students from your school going to them also. I know that the first people I
look for in the stands are my parents and then I go over to the student section
to see who is there. When no one is present it makes the athletes very down.
Next time you are sitting at home
and don’t have anything to do, call some friends and attend one of the sporting
events going on that night. You will feel better about yourself and your
classmates will appreciate it very much!
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