Last night we were at Hofstra, supporting the marching band who were supporting the high school football team as they played the county championship game. Into the third quarter of the game, one of the guys on our squad got hurt and was down for several minutes while he was being examined. During the time he was down, the other team's pep band was playing and their cheerleaders were performing. The other crowd got loud doing their hometown cheers.
Why would it be OK to do this? I found it disturbing that anyone would condone this behavior. Even if the pep band conductor didn't realize that a man on the other team was down, someone ought to have alerted the conductor to stop the music. Ditto for cheerleading; they aren't facing the crowd, but someone could have gotten their coach's attention. Mercifully, a referee finally walked to that side of the field and motioned to them to stop.
Sportsmanship, anyone? Concern for one's fellow man? Does competition really trump all of that?
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