c) communication between fans and the athletes and sports employees
Communication between fans and athletes and sports employees is one of the most important ones
, but also the most problematic. Fans, the audience, with its cheering express their satisfaction or dissatisfaction. They have every right to, as they are the ones who pay for the tickets to watch sporting events, they are the ones for whom sports exists. The problem occurs when fans exceed the limit of good behavior when expressing their discontent. This often leads to violent outbursts of individual fans or national groups, which hurts the club they are supporters of (a financial or some other punishment), countries from which these people come (damaging the reputation of the country) and often, unfortunately, innocent people suffer.
Fans have to make their behavior, their communications show that they came because they enjoy to support the sport, support that club or a particular athlete. Vulgar behavior or singing offensive songs at the stadium, showing undue signs or artifacts are not only damaging the reputation of the competition, but these acts are often punished and after sporting events by viewing the footage recorded, such as deducting points or exclusion from the competition. Scrimmage at the stadium or outside the stadium lead to the same result. One of the finest examples of good communication of the supporters who express their support for their club, are the fans of football club Liverpool, who, at the start of each match, sing their club anthem You Will Never Walk Alone. And is it not better to hear that 45,000 people in one voice sing together, then some sort of hillbilly songs intended for insulting the opposing team.
An example of poor communication, which I heard, happened in Croatia, at a home game between the Croatian and Serbian under 21 representatives, when the Croatian fans started to yell "kill the Serbs". This has caused much debate, because the match is of course broadcasted live on television, and later it was discussed should the tone be muted if it happened during the transfer. This would of course mean that viewers do not hear anything, but still this left a feeling that something bad was happening. This type of verbal communication is very bad, but of course only part of the problem. Fans and nonverbal communication has often caused even bigger problems. Fighting with the opposing fans wants to show that their team is better and they are cheering for them, but it can be solved in a much more civilized manner. Throwing objects onto the court expresses their displeasure, but it can also be done by whistling in the extreme case, and thus no one would get hurt physically. Often a match was interrupted because the thrown object injured a player or the referee. For example, a few years ago the players of KK Cibona had to escape from the hall after the victory over Partizan Belgrade because its audience threw all kinds of artifacts at them that could have seriously hurt them. By burning torches they cheer for their team, it is true, but when these flares cover the whole ground so that nothing can be seen, then you really wonder what is the point of all that. They come to the game to watch, and not to see nothing when the smoke settles down.
Fan protests can be directed to different people. It can be directed to individual players because the audience believes that he/she does not put enough effort or that they are not good enough. They are often directed at judges, with right or without it. However, all these protests should be in the limit of proper behavior, because the judges and the players are just people, and they are not and can not be perfect. Today there began to appear fan protests outside the stadium in large numbers, not in the time of the sporting event. If fans are not satisfied with the administration, which governs their favorite team or athlete they often deal with them in different ways. A recent example of such a verbal protest to express their dissatisfaction I heard of was when the fans of some club (I am not sure which one, sorry, contact me if you know) covered the city with conventional plastic bags. It was a peaceful protest without disorder and problems, which is a pure example of good nonverbal communication. Unfortunately, not everyone is so peaceful. Many of the fight with local supporters and damage the city they are in. It is a very poor communication, that does not do anything good.
Now, however, a new problem appears. As the stadiums today get bigger and bigger, with them comes supersaturation. Numerous cheering is good, but since so many fans are in the stadium they create such a noise that impedes not only the conversation between actors on the ground, but it makes it impossible for the viewers on television to hear the commentators. This was particularly evident at the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa, where the air horns are a deep-rooted tradition in the fans attendance to a game. Some football associations around have banned these air horns, called vuvuzelas. These are good examples of cheering, but it is also an example of noise which prevents communication. Although the sport would not be the same without those sort of fans. So, as we see there is constant communication between the fans and athletes. When athletes ask for applause, it is communication. Or if he asks for silence so he could concentrate better. Such applause or silence by the fans show their support for these athletes. The whole time during a sporting event there is
communication, a lot of different ones.
c) communication between fans and the athletes and sports employees
By: Mislav
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